January 18, 2008

History-Journal Editors Grapple With the Perils of Plagiarism

By RICHARD BYRNE

When the American Historical Association stopped adjudicating cases of plagiarism in 2003, the association promised that it would offer alternatives, including member education and new professional standards.

That decision was controversial at the time, in part because of well-publicized accusations of plagiarism involving prominent historians (including Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen E. Ambrose). With universities increasingly skittish about adjudicating plagiarism accusations as

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