DQ 2-3

1.

Academic dishonesty undermines the purpose of graduate school based on the fact that we enter graduate school in order to gain more knowledge and understanding to elevate higher at our companies and to move into a higher position.  

“Students who cheat their way through the higher education system do not acquire the knowledge to which their degrees are supposed to attest nor do they engage in the intellectual and moral struggles that foster personal development” (Gehring & Pavela, 1994), basically this is saying that the student is actually cheating themselves of knowing if they truly understand the work that was taught to them. How would you know if you are grasping the information if you are not honest when it comes to testing, how else would you know if you really ready for your field at this level if you continue to cheat your way through school.    Gehring, D., & Pavela, G. (1994). Issues and perspectives on academic integrity (2nd d.). Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

2

Academic dishonesty undermines the purpose of graduate school because it goes against the ethics and policy put in place by the school’s administration. When we were kids our parents taught us that honesty is the best policy and based off the reading neither of those situations was based off honesty. Each scenario was based off something happening that resulted in the student or students being dishonest; such as plagiarizing, cheating, or stealing someone else’s work. It is most important that we follow by the rules and regulations of being apart of graduate school as well as following the right path set by God. Honesty is the best policy, because you only make the situation worse when you lie or try and deceive.

At the heart of academic dishonesty is the concept of the cheating culture. A cheating culture suggests students are tolerant of cheating, believe in the necessity of cheating to achieve success, and they perceive everyone else is cheating. This is very simple in nature; if the culture of the institution is accepting of or has an established culture of cheating, more students are likely to cheat (Tolman, 2017, p.580).

Reference

TOLMAN, S. (2017). ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IN ONLINE COURSES: CONSIDERATIONS FOR GRADUATE PREPARATORY PROGRAMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. College Student Journal, 51(4), 579-584.

3.

Academic dishonesty undermines the entire academic process; the dishonesty defeats the very purpose of self-improvement and understanding. If a student at any level undermines the learning process and uses an unacceptable method of meeting the requirements to satisfy a grade a true understanding of the topic is not present.  

Selling tests, for example not only compromises your integrity but also takes advantage of student who are under pressure to meet a certain grade and may be struggling. Buying a test presents may provide temporary relief for a given situation. Further, if the student that bought the test does not get caught they may be tempted to buy another test at a later time. While, the student who bought the test did something wrong the seller of the test created a situation where they not only compromised their own integrity but also created the potential for other to compromise theirs too.