Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Coats, Linda
Committee Member
Bourgeois, Thomas
Committee Member
King, Stephanie B.
Committee Member
Moyen, Eric
Date of Degree
5-11-2022
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Community College Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Educational Leadership
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of an act of academic misconduct on transfer student GPA, retention and completion. Three groups were compared from data compiled from 2009-2015: freshman and new transfer, transfer and native student in honor code violations, and transfer student between violators and non-violators. The outcome determined if not committing an act of academic misconduct benefits students’ immediate academic success as seen through a maintained or higher GPA, retention from one semester to another, as well as completion.
The study utilized the quantitative, quasi-experimental study design. The research was conducted using descriptive statistics to analyze data research question one, What are the differences in the number of honor code violations for transfer and native students. Then, an independent t-test was administered to determine significance regarding research question two: What are the differences in academic indicator for violators and non-violators? (a) GPA in the semester of violation, (b) Retention, and (c) Graduation rate and research question three: What are the differences in academic indicator for transfer student violators and non-violators? (a) GPA at the end of the first semester (b) Retention and (c) Completion
Recommended Citation
Mullen, Tabor Lancaster, "Academic misconduct: Its importance to persistence and graduation" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 5448.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5448
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