I will weigh in on my wife's experiences, as she teaches computer engineering. Plagiarism is now rampant - but for structural reasons. The university seemingl

I will weigh in on my wife's experiences, as she teaches computer engineering. Plagiarism is now rampant - but for structural reasons. The university seemingly decided they want the money of foreign students, and started deciding that degrees from certain foreign universities counted as prerequisites for CS Masters programs. A lot of these foreign students somehow have little programming skill despite undergraduate degrees in CS. The cheating is obvious. She gives students 0's with no push back from administration if she thinks they are cheating. Some amazing stories: - Students who turn in assignments with someone else's name of them - Students who admit to cheating and do it again and again, never becoming more sophisticated at it. - Students who get caught cheating 5 times and ask if there is any way they can pass the course. - Students who despite being told there is no way to pass the course, request a call or in person meeting to discuss how they might be able to pass the course (she has never taken them up on this - one wonders what their pitch would be) Cheaters who put a little effort in are undetectable. Or at least she suspects, but can prove nothing and grades the (not obviously plagiarized) code on its own merits. The general feeling is that barring these foreign students, cheating is there but not too widespread. She does, indeed, have a bad rating on RateMyProfessor and does not care. Her administration still thinks highly of her because of her other work (such as running accreditation programs). If you are a professor YMMV. This is how it is for my wife.