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The purpose of this research is to measure the beliefs and behaviors, concerning academic dishonesty, of students at a Historically Black University (HBCU) located in the Southern United States. A literature review suggests that there is no existing work showing a similar study at a HBCU. Our primary goals are to detail student beliefs and behaviors, and to then better understand the relationship between student beliefs about academic misconduct and their own behaviors. This study uses sixteen questions, measuring various academic misconduct actions, previously asked of students enrolled at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI). Our paper then, in part, compares the findings from the PWI survey to those from our HBCU survey. In addition, our work compares student self reported beliefs to their self reported behaviors. Our data indicate that there is incongruence between beliefs and behaviors; students are more likely to take part in misconduct actions than their reported beliefs indicate.

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