[pavel_lishin]

As someone who did go to college, every class in which we had to write papers stressed strongly the concept of academic integrity, and that plagiarism was unacceptable. I've seen people fail classes because they didn't properly cite their sources, etc.

Nothing to do with morals, so relax. It's just the fact that you cannot make it through college without hearing at least once that you cannot copy other people's work.

[henrikschroder]

Where I went to university, plagiarism would result in suspension or expelling, not just failing the class. There were always a few cases a year, and that info was always published so everyone at the university got to know when it happened. I went to an engineering university so the amount of papers to write was pretty light, but even if you managed to avoid courses with it, you couldn't avoid the news about it. It was just very strongly drilled into everyone that plagiarising is something you Do Not Do.