From the issue dated December 17, 2004
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 Professor Copycat
But when the conversation turns to individual cases, the room falls strangely silent. The same professors who constantly bemoan their students' lax attitudes toward plagiarism often clam up when it is their colleagues doing the copying. Journal editors, department chairmen, and association leaders likewise become skittish, fearing lawsuits and bad publicity. In this special report, The Chronicle examines academic plagiarism -- not the kind that procrastinating, lazy students engage in late at night, but the kind that professionals who know better attempt in order to further their careers. *** UNORIGINAL SIN Lazy students are not the only ones guilty of plagiarizing. We found four scholars who copied the work of others without giving credit. How many more plagiarists are out there? HIS PROTÉGÉ'S VOICE A biology professor published his graduate student's words as his own. Is that wrong? WHO'S TO JUDGE? The responsibility for punishing plagiarism falls to any of a number of entities, few of which ever take action.
COLLOQUY: Join an online discussion about the extent to which professors plagiarize work done by the graduate students they advise, and about what can be done to deal with the problem. COLLOQUY LIVE: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Peter Charles Hoffer, a University of Georgia historian and author of a recent book about academic fraud, about why colleges, universities, journals, presses, and associations are so reluctant to take action against academic plagiarists. http://chronicle.com Section: Special Report Volume 51, Issue 17, Page A8 |
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