September 8, 2006

Panel to Review Plagiarism at Ohio U.

By PAULA WASLEY

Graduates of Ohio University's Russ College of Engineering and Technology who have been accused of plagiarizing portions of their master's theses will be required to appear before a panel that will decide if they will be allowed to rewrite the compromised theses or face harsher penalties.

The 37 engineering graduates were notified by letter that their degrees were in jeopardy because of plagiarism. The letters gave those alumni three options: to voluntarily forfeit their degrees; admit

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