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Fending Off a Plagiarist

An assistant professor found herself having to prove that her dissertation was really hers

By KIM LANEGRAN

A colleague on my campus calls me the "scourge of student plagiarists." I'm proud of that reputation. But I had an experience this year in which plagiarism nearly defeated me, shaking my faith in academe's core values as well as my ability to turn my students into honest...

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