Academic honor codes effectively reduce cheating. Giving students significant voice and responsibility in issues of academic integrity appears to significantly reduce cheating. Chronic cheating is also prevalent. On campuses with honor codes, only one in sixteen students reported such levels.
Faculty are reluctant to report students for cheating.
Less than half of 800 faculty surveyed on 16 campuses in 1992 have ever reported an incident of cheating in their classroom. Student survey data suggest that cheating is highest in those courses where it is well known that faculty ignore cheating or fail to report it to the authorities. Cheating is higher among fraternity and sorority members.