Proposed Ethics Training for Human-Subjects Researchers Sparks Debate

Do scholars who work with human subjects — and those who approve such experiments — get good enough training in research ethics?

Four months ago, the Office for Human Research Protections, the federal agency with authority over such matters, announced that it might issue new ethics training requirements, because current university practices might fall short. (The Chronicle, July 2).

That possibility has generated debates among bioethicists and other

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