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Consequences? A friend of mine copied an assignment to the point that he even included the other person’s name in the code. He got 100% and a note telling him

• biofox 6y ago
  There are usually policies to give guidance and mentorship on 'academic conduct' for minor and first-time offenders; but if the cheating was so extensive, then that's a serious dereliction on the examiner's part. I can understand why it happens though. For the professor to take it further, they'd have to escalate it within the school, involving a whole load of bureaucracy, meetings, production of evidence, and likely a formal hearing with the student, etc. Unfortunately, there's often no incentive or institutional support for professors to do any of this.