Neri Oxman, a former M.I.T. professor, is accused of copying from Wikipedia. Her husband, Bill Ackman, vowed to check the work of the entire M.I.T. faculty.
Even so, her alleged plagiarism seems like a weak case; playing devils advocate and assuming an internal review had no teeth and a soft touch…
The three corrections to Dr Gay’s 1997 PhD dissertation were announced as part of a review into her work conducted by the Harvard Corporation, the university’s most senior governing body.
The review found three instances of “inadequate citation” in her dissertation.
They had to go back to 1997. Not in publications or continuing work since, not a consistent effort to cheat in numerous cases - three passages in a lengthy PhD dissertation. Worthy of attention and explanation, absolutely. But Harvard didn’t feel it merited demotion, condemnation or resignation, even when they were under Congressional scrutiny.
Oh, I agree completely. This appears to be simply the sort of oversight that happens all the time and in no way deserves the issue that was made of it by a racist activist who managed to get her fired. It’s telling that the board didn’t turn on her until they scattered for vacations and his cronies and lobbyists were able to get to them individually.
Given her background, it’ll be interesting to see how long it takes, if ever, for his wife to similarly atone for her misdeeds, however slight.
Even so, her alleged plagiarism seems like a weak case; playing devils advocate and assuming an internal review had no teeth and a soft touch…
They had to go back to 1997. Not in publications or continuing work since, not a consistent effort to cheat in numerous cases - three passages in a lengthy PhD dissertation. Worthy of attention and explanation, absolutely. But Harvard didn’t feel it merited demotion, condemnation or resignation, even when they were under Congressional scrutiny.
Oh, I agree completely. This appears to be simply the sort of oversight that happens all the time and in no way deserves the issue that was made of it by a racist activist who managed to get her fired. It’s telling that the board didn’t turn on her until they scattered for vacations and his cronies and lobbyists were able to get to them individually.
Given her background, it’ll be interesting to see how long it takes, if ever, for his wife to similarly atone for her misdeeds, however slight.