Cheating in Online Courses for Financial Aid Fraud in the U.S.

Autor/in	Owen, Robert S.
Titel	Cheating in Online Courses for Financial Aid Fraud in the U.S.
Quelle	In: Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 6 (2016) 2, S.116-133 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2153-7615
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Cheating; Student Financial Aid; Online Courses; Federal Aid; School Personnel; College Students; Higher Education; Parents; Crime; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Grants; Budgets; Enrollment; College Applicants; Plagiarism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Prellen; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Schulpersonal; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Eltern; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Grant; Finanzhaushalt; Einschulung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Plagiat
Abstract	This manuscript reviews issues that differentiate traditional academic cheating from course misconduct that is motivated by a desire to defraud financial aid services in the U.S. Past research on college student cheating has assumed that cheaters are driven by an incentive to obtain undeserved grades in college in order to ultimately obtain a degree. However, researchers on academic dishonesty, professors, and college administrators might not realize that online class members can include virtual "straw" students who are puppets of a financial aid fraud ring leader. Cheating behaviors of straw students differ from cheating behaviors of actual, legitimate students. This has implications for those who attempt academic dishonesty research in online environments, and it has implications for course-level professors and university administrators who are in a "should have known" position with regard to discovery of a financial aid fraud ring. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01