Here is the response from Bentley's academic integrity officer:

We do consider this plagiarism and we have had a graduate student have a hearing over an incident where much of the first paper was cut and pasted into a second paper without citation.  Also caught by turnitin.  The student failed the course but largely because the 0 on the paper forced it.  We talk about this at freshmen plagiarism workshop and other places.  The problem is that is not something that is intuitively wrong or cheating, so, unless expressly forewarned, most students would not think they were doing anything wrong.  We recommend always clearing the use of an old paper with the professor and being sure to cite it properly  However, again, the intent to plagiarize is harder to assume as this act is not intuitively wrong.

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Marianne DelPo Kulow
Director, Women's Leadership Institute
and Associate Professor of Law
 
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