This study proposes that precision governance is the direction for addressing academic misconduct among postgraduates. Accurately analyzing the key influencing factors of postgraduates’ academic misconduct is the foundation for implementing precision governance. A measurement scale for these influencing factors was developed, covering 6 dimensions and 19 secondary indicators. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 994 master’s students from 15 universities, and regression analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0. The results show that three dimensions-academic behavior in middle and university stages, curriculum and teaching design, and personal morality-are the key factors that significantly affect postgraduates’ academic misconduct. In contrast, the other three dimensions-school academic ethics education, school academic systems and their implementation, and personal social responsibility-have no significant impact. Based on these findings, this study puts forward suggestions: incorporating middle and university stages into the scope of academic misconduct governance, carrying out supply-side reforms in postgraduate education and teaching, improving the effectiveness of postgraduate academic ethics education, and accelerating the promotion of precision governance for postgraduates’ academic misconduct.

Tao Feng, Runrun He. Focus Areas in Precision Governance: An Investigation into Key Influencing Factors of Graduate Students' Academic Misconduct. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 11: 183-192. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.081127.

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