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Article

The Unbearable Lightness of Academic Fraud: Portuguese Higher Education Students’ Perceptions

by
Rosária Ramos
1,*,
Joaquim Gonçalves
2 and
Sónia P. Gonçalves
1
1
Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas, ISCSP-Universidade de Lisboa, Campus Universitário da Ajuda, 1300-663 Lisbon, Portugal
2
Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-063 Lisbon, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Educ. Sci. 2020, 10(12), 351; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120351
Submission received: 24 October 2020 / Revised: 22 November 2020 / Accepted: 23 November 2020 / Published: 25 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research and Trends in Higher Education)
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Abstract

The perception that academic fraud is widespread in higher education affects the credibility of higher education schools, giving rise to doubts concerning the quality of learning and the students’ preparation for their professional life. Academic misconduct is presently a common research area. However, higher education schools still seem unable to contain academic fraud, given its prevalence and scope. Therefore, understanding students’ perceptions and attitudes remains critical for schools to define effective policies in promoting and defending academic integrity. Towards that aim, the results from a set of focus groups of students from a higher education school are presented. Students do not link academic fraud with unethical professional behaviour, propose more sanctions for those who commit academic fraud, and consider that certain evaluation methods favour unethical behaviour.
Keywords: academic fraud; academic integrity; higher education; perceptions; students academic fraud; academic integrity; higher education; perceptions; students

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Ramos, R.; Gonçalves, J.; Gonçalves, S.P. The Unbearable Lightness of Academic Fraud: Portuguese Higher Education Students’ Perceptions. Educ. Sci. 2020, 10, 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120351

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Ramos R, Gonçalves J, Gonçalves SP. The Unbearable Lightness of Academic Fraud: Portuguese Higher Education Students’ Perceptions. Education Sciences. 2020; 10(12):351. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120351

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Ramos, Rosária, Joaquim Gonçalves, and Sónia P. Gonçalves. 2020. "The Unbearable Lightness of Academic Fraud: Portuguese Higher Education Students’ Perceptions" Education Sciences 10, no. 12: 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120351

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Ramos, R., Gonçalves, J., & Gonçalves, S. P. (2020). The Unbearable Lightness of Academic Fraud: Portuguese Higher Education Students’ Perceptions. Education Sciences, 10(12), 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10120351

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