Abstract
This study evaluated the dimensions of academic dishonesty among undergraduate students at public universities in Edo State, Nigeria. The survey design was considered appropriate for this study. This study's population included all 569,398 regular undergraduate students in public universities in Edo State, Nigeria, from which a sample size of 569 students was drawn using stratified random sampling. The research instrument used for the collection of data was designed by the researcher. After content validation of the instrument by experts, the reliability of the instrument was established at 0.79 using the test-retest reliability technique. Mean (X)and standard deviation (S.D) were used to analyse the research question while the t-test statistical technique was used to test the two hypotheses formulated for the study. Plagiarism, paper-facilitated cheating such as using smuggled textbooks into
the hall, technology-facilitated cheating such as cheating with phone devices, unauthorized collaboration, multiple submissions of a single academic effort by several students, and copying from another student during an examination or allowing another to copy your work are the dimensions of academic dishonesty perpetrated among undergraduates in public universities, according to the findings.
Also, sex and study level differences were found, with male and older students demonstrating more involvement than their counterparts (females and the relatively new students) in the perpetration of academic dishonesty. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that the university administration should work to implement a learning management system (LMS) such as student canvas that is integrated with Turnitin, iThenticate.com, or any other plagiarism tool to help verify the originality of every assignment, thesis, or dissertation submitted to every lecturer or supervisor.