The Penn State Penalties

Each college and campus has a specific policy for dealing with allegations of plagiarism - you can see the links to specific academic honesty pages (new tab) for details for your college or campus.

However, if the matter is not resolved to the satisfaction of the instructor and the college or campus, then the case could be formally referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs (http://www.sa.psu.edu/ja/) for a hearing.

There, a number of sanctions could be imposed if the student if he or she is found guilty of Academic Dishonesty. The most severe sanction is the XF gradewhich states that the student failed a class specifically because of Academic Dishonesty. The XF grade is a formal University disciplinary sanction and is reserved for the most serious breaches of academic integrity.