November 7, 2003

Academic Frauds

Should a doctoral student be allowed to hire an editor to help write her dissertation?

QUESTION (FROM "HONEST JOHN"): I'm a troubled member of a dissertation committee at Private U, where I'm not a regular faculty member (although I have a doctorate). "Bertha" is a "mature" student in chronological terms only. The scope of her dissertation research is ambiguous, and the quality of her proposal is substandard. The committee chair just told me that Bertha is hiring an editor to "assist"

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