“We believe that student beliefs about their peers … can influence misconduct, while faculty beliefs about student academic misconduct can influence efforts to prevent and challenge the misconduct.” (p. 1059) Said another way, the researchers (citation below) are afraid that if students think that a lot of their peers are cheating, it will increase the likelihood that they will cheat. And, if faculty believe that lots of students are cheating, they will do more to prevent it. Conversely, if faculty don’t think academic dishonesty is much of a problem in their classes, they will do less to prevent it and make it easier for students to get away with it.