The Investigation of the Relationship Between Anomie and Academic Dishonesty of College Students

Academic dishonesty is a ubiquitous phenomenon that happens in all disciplines at the college level. A serious matter of academic dishonesty, student cuts to the heart of the rationale of higher education. The completed college students may not have the necessary information and proficiency implied by their academic transcript. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. The study was descriptive-correlational in nature and data were collected using anomie scale and academic dishonesty scale through survey method. The sample of the study was 212 college students selected via random sampling technique. Among them 105 was male and 107 was female college students. The results of the study are: a significant positive relationship was found between anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. The study revealed insignificant difference on anomie and academic dishonesty of college students. Implications of the study for educational institutions are discussed.