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<p>Honor codes range from the punitive to the redemptive so I would not make any blanket statements about how students are treated when they plagiarize. A few years ago, a colleague of mine caught two students plagiarizing. Both were punished but neither was expelled. Dean Baker was punished more severely in my opinion. </p>
<p>You might be iinterested to hear about a faculty member who was fired for plagiarizing a two-page teaching statement that he submitted as part of his annual review. There were other issues involved, but the plagiarism was the ostensible reason for dismissal. </p>
<p>[Southern</a> Illinois University Edwardsville, Fired P](<a href=“http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?postid=15706]Southern”>http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?postid=15706)</p>
<p>What is the right punishment for plagiarizing a teaching statement? This issue came up at my own institution a few years back. To this day I am not sure what the right punishment is.</p>