Then I guess we're going to disagree.

Then I guess we're going to disagree.
by FaytlND (2024-01-04 12:39:57)
Edited on 2024-01-04 13:01:36

In reply to: Shocking that Ivy league admins aren't keen to investigate posted by Barrister

Going back to the original point of the thread and dealing with "rot" at academic institutions, I don't think supporting politically-targeted investigations to get rid of people we don't agree with is going to solve the problem.

EDIT: And as to why they don't "investigate their own", it has little to do with the Ivy league specifically. I'm sure they all know that if people looked hard enough, they'd all be guilty of similar attribution errors.

EDIT2: And to be clear, I do think the examples are plagiarism. So then what to be done about it? Well, it should have been handled by the same processes which govern all other academic misconduct at Harvard, including students. The result of that investigation may have warranted termination, or maybe it would have warranted something less severe.

Replies:

So the solution to the problem of "rot" in higher education - Barrister 2024-01-04 12:57:54
- The solution would be to investigate and - FaytlND 2024-01-04 13:03:57
  - I assume outside parties had no say in Prof. Gay's - Barrister 2024-01-04 13:09:10
    - It would be naive to think outside parties had no "say". - FaytlND 2024-01-04 13:15:39
      - She was caught plagiarizing work on multiple occasions. - krudler 2024-01-04 16:23:12
        So are you pleased she got canned because - FaytlND 2024-01-04 17:13:41