Academic Honesty, Linguistic Dishonesty: Analyzing the Readability and Translation of Academic Integrity and Honesty Policies at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions

Taylor, ZW; Bicak, Ibrahim

doi:10.1007/s10805-018-9321-6

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“…Even when documents are explicitly directed to cover international students or are more likely to be relevant to students for whom English is not a first language, they may be drafted in ways that are hard for most students to comprehend. This issue and the possible value of providing translation is, of course, not limited to Australia (see Taylor and Bicak (2019) on university academic integrity policies in post-secondary institutions in the United States).…”

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Seeking Approval: International Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Applying for Human Research Ethics Clearance in Australia

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University human research ethics application procedures can be complicated and daunting, especially for international students unfamiliar with the process and the language. We conducted focus groups and interviews with four research higher degree and 21 Master's coursework international students at an Australian university to gain their views on the human ethics application process. We found the most important influences on their experience were: the time it took to do an application; support from supervisors, peers and others; their own language skills; and their lack of familiarity with research ethics procedures. To improve the experience of international students undertaking research involving human research ethics applications, we recommend universities provide guidance on institutional ethics review processes, concepts and terminology, with translations in a range of languages, together with guidance on how to conduct research ethically within and outside the students' own countries. We also recommend curricula be developed to further students' understanding of the importance of ethical research practice, and that these curricula be embedded in undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs and reflected in course learning outcomes.

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Seeking Approval: International Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Applying for Human Research Ethics Clearance in Australia

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“…This power analysis produced a sample size of 345 institutions of higher education. After exploring readability sample sizes in earlier studies (Taylor, 2018b(Taylor, , 2018dTaylor & Bicak, 2019a), the research team learned it was necessary to over-gather data, as for-profit institutions close on an annual basis (Taylor, 2018b).…”

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Ni máquina, ni humano ni disponible: Do College Admissions Offices Use Chatbots and Can They Speak Spanish?

Taylor¹,

Eguiluz

Wheeler

2022

JoCTEC

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Colleges continue to use technology to connect students to information, but a research gap exists regarding how colleges use a ubiquitous technology in the business world: chatbots. Moreover, no work has addressed whether chatbots address Spanish-speaking students seeking higher education in the form of automated (AI) chatbot responses in Spanish or Spanish-programmed chatbots. This study randomly sampled 331 United States institutions of higher education to learn if these institutions embed chatbots on their undergraduate admissions websites and if these chatbots have been programmed to speak Spanish. Results suggest 21% of institutions (n=71) embed chatbots into their admissions websites and only 28% of those chatbots (n= 20) were programmed to provide Spanish-language admissions information. Implications for college access and equity for English learners and L1 Spanish speakers are addressed.

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“…Inconsistency in education policy is not a problem isolated to Canada. Inconsistencies in length, access, and readability of academic integrity policies across the United States are also issues that challenge promoting academic honesty across higher educational settings (Taylor & Bicak, 2019). We also know that higher education policy in Canada is affected by a number of extraneous factors like relationships between governing and quality assurance bodies that exist at the provincial level and relationships between federal and provincial governing bodies.…”

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Academic Integrity Policy Analysis of Publicly-Funded Universities in Ontario, Canada: A Focus on Contract Cheating

Miron

McKenzie

Eaton

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In this article we report findings from a review of universities’ academic integrity policies in Ontario, Canada. The research team systematically extracted, reviewed, and evaluated information from policy documents in an effort to understand how these documents described contract cheating in Ontario universities (n = 21). In all, 23 policies were examined for contract cheating language. The elements of access, approach, responsibility, detail, and support were examined and critiqued. Additionally, document type, document title and concept(s), specific contract cheating language, presence of contract cheating definitions and policy principles were reviewed. Findings revealed that none of the universities’ policies met all of the core elements of exemplary policy, were reviewed and revised with less frequency than their college counterparts, lacked language specific to contract cheating, and were more frequently focused on punitive rather than educative approaches. These findings confirm that there is further opportunity for policy development related to the promotion of academic integrity and the prevention of contract cheating.

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Academic Honesty, Linguistic Dishonesty: Analyzing the Readability and Translation of Academic Integrity and Honesty Policies at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Seeking Approval: International Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Applying for Human Research Ethics Clearance in Australia

Seeking Approval: International Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Applying for Human Research Ethics Clearance in Australia

Ni máquina, ni humano ni disponible: Do College Admissions Offices Use Chatbots and Can They Speak Spanish?

Academic Integrity Policy Analysis of Publicly-Funded Universities in Ontario, Canada: A Focus on Contract Cheating

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