"Troves of code online, on sites like GitHub, may have answers to the very assignment the student is wrestling with, posted by someone who previously took the c

"Troves of code online, on sites like GitHub, may have answers to the very assignment the student is wrestling with, posted by someone who previously took the course." If the assignments are not changed from year to year, the institution is partially to blame. A good student, researcher or scientist is expected to do research. When you stumble upon the solution (either by accident or intentional) to your problem, it will become very hard to come up with a different solution. Your solution is very likely to be viewed as plagiarism. Of course, the student should cite the source of their inspiration, but since the instructor may reduce the grade when he learns that the student looked at someone else's solution, this is a devil's dilemma.