It's more-or-less impossible to prove that any kind of take-home assignment was actually done by the student himself/herself.

This is why a large proportion of a degree should be based on in-class work where the student is physically present.

Also, when these people graduate without understanding the subjects they cheated on, won't they be too incompetent to hold down the jobs their degrees are supposed to enable?

I just wonder, as a student, is it more important to get your qualification than it is to learn something?

water is wet, the sky is blue.

the only thing mildly surprising about this is that police care.