Editing Openai/685c0d4c-c498-800c-a453-8e1a327151d8 (section)

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# Strong Emphasis on Sanctions Over Definitions of Cheating - Both my inductive coding and the findings from McAfee & Rodriguez (2023) highlight that the most common theme in syllabi is the listing of sanctions for academic misconduct. - The study found that 45% of syllabi only listed consequences of cheating, whereas my analysis also identified sanctions as one of the most frequently occurring codes.
# Cheating Receives More Attention Than Plagiarism - Both analyses indicate that cheating on exams and assignments is emphasized more than plagiarism. - In McAfee & Rodriguez (2023), most syllabi that mentioned examples of misconduct focused on unauthorized materials during exams rather than broader forms of plagiarism. - My coding scheme similarly found that cheating was a dominant theme, while plagiarism appeared less frequently.
# Policies & Procedures Are Often Vague or Redirect Students Elsewhere - My analysis found a moderate presence of "Policies & Procedures" codes, often indicating that syllabi referenced institutional policies without further elaboration. - McAfee & Rodriguez (2023) found that some syllabi simply directed students to external university resources rather than defining misconduct explicitly.
# Boilerplate Language Is Common in Syllabi - Both analyses found that instructors often reuse standardized statements about academic integrity. - McAfee & Rodriguez (2023) explicitly identified a "Boilerplate" code, noting that many syllabi contained nearly identical phrasing regarding sanctions and cheating. - My analysis, while not using a dedicated "Boilerplate" code, still found that Sanctions were framed in repetitive, formalized ways.

====== 1. My Analysis Captured More Mentions of Academic Integrity as a Principle - My coding scheme included “Academic Integrity” as a standalone category, capturing general statements about honesty, ethics, and integrity expectations. - McAfee & Rodriguez (2023) focused more on specific mentions of cheating and policies, but they also coded for "Ethical Responsibilities", which was a smaller category in their analysis. ======
# I Did Not Explicitly Identify "Directs Students Away" as a Code - McAfee & Rodriguez (2023) used the code “Directs Students Away” to describe syllabi that provided links to university policies without further clarification. - My Policies & Procedures code captured similar references, but I did not specifically distinguish cases where students were explicitly told to find information elsewhere.
# McAfee & Rodriguez Coded for "Lab Report Statement," Which I Did Not Include - Their study included a unique code for syllabi that provided additional guidelines about academic integrity in laboratory work. - My analysis did not separately code for lab-specific statements, though some content in my Plagiarism and Cheating categories may have overlapped with this.