Colleges and university students are responsible for following school's policies. Plagiarism is the act of using or copying someone else's idea and pretending it's their own work. However, according to Stacy Nall, Ghada M. Gherwash (2013), some students in colleges and universities, especially ESL students don't know plagiarism is a serious academic offense, which can suspend or withdraw students from the school. For this reason, many schools have their policies to avoid plagiarising in school. George Brown College and Seneca College also have their own school policies to punish students who plagiarise. Even though both the policies as mentioned have similarities and differences, Seneca College's policy is clearer and more specific.
Even though both schools have similar policies about judge plagiarism, Seneca’s policy is more specific. Both schools adjudicate plagiarism if students submit an assignment, which in a whole or part from other sources such as internet web pages, books or journal without reference. Also, both colleges will judge as a plagiarism if assignment containing the information without using quotation mark or citing sources. However,
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If students in Seneca College are detected plagiarism, Seneca College has more detail about giving a penalty to students in 3 phases. Students who commit plagiarism first time received a grade of “0” on their work. Additionally, if students commit second academic honesty offence, normally student get “F” score in the course which they committed plagiarism. Also, if students committed the academic offense again after two times of penalty, Seneca College will withdraw the student who committed plagiarism normally 2 years. In contrast, in case of George Brown College, it gives a grade of zero to students who plagiarised or did dishonest act such as purchased, contracted, or cheating on their exam, essay, project, or any evaluated