When you plagiarize, you lose the opportunity to learn and practice skills you'll need in your profession, and you also lose the opportunity to receive honest feedback from your professors.
In addition, plagiarism is a serious academic offense. Davenport University regards plagiarism as academic dishonesty, and consequences include:
All members of an academic community shall be confident that each person's work has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. The work that a student submits shall be a fair representation of his or her ability, knowledge, and skill. The University expects students to respect and exhibit these principles as they form the basis of the quality of the institution and the quality of Davenport's graduates.
The Student Code of Conduct states that the University may discipline a student for academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty is defined as any activity that tends to undermine the institution's academic integrity and includes but is not limited to the following:
Definitions of these violations can be found in the Student Code of Conduct