• Saturday, February 18, 2012
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We're All Potential Plagiarists, Psychology Professor Says

Critics were quick to pile on when plagiarism scandals last week hit a Harvard University sophomore and the chief executive of the Raytheon Corporation (The Chronicle, April 24, April 25, and April 28), but according to a Southern Methodist University psychologist, everyone is a potential plagiarist, so we should be wary of casting stones. The scholar’s views are described in today’s Boston Globe.