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Graduate students’ experiences of plagiarism by their professors
Author(s) -
Becker Kimberly D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/hequ.12179
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , misconduct , graduate students , academic integrity , psychology , higher education , medical education , pedagogy , academic dishonesty , work (physics) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , graduate education , sociology , political science , qualitative research , cheating , social psychology , medicine , social science , law , engineering , mechanical engineering
This study expands the inquiry about an egregious form of academic misconduct. Participants consist of graduate students who reported a violation of academic integrity because a professor plagiarised their academic work. Based on data collected through interviews and documents, interpretative phenomenological analysis is used to examine participants’ experiences. A key research finding of relevance to Higher Education policy is: individuals in positions of authority failed to resolve the reports. This study calls for more education about authorship. Equally important, universities need clear reporting procedures and protections for students when they report academic violations.