Oh yeah, and since I didn't really answer the OP... if I were to have the authority, I'd say if you're caught cheating once - copying of assignments included, although this is much harder to prove - you get a zero on whatever it is that you cheated on, the incident gets noted on your permanent file, but hidden from your transcript. In other words, if you have any ambitions for Master's programs after your Undergrad... you better not cheat, 'cause the one offense will show up. This includes those who lend their work to others or are active in the cheating process by allowing others to copy.
Second offenders are booted from their program (not from the institution) and dinged with a permanent record on their transcript for the offence.
If you're caught cheating ever again in the same institution, you're out. Good luck getting in any where else.
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