The Latest Breaking News from Plagiarism

Quite a few high-profile careers in higher education have been upended as of late amid questions of academic integrity. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who had served as president of Stanford University for seven years, stepped down in 2023 after it was determined that he had co-authored several academic papers that contained manipulated…

Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman plans to use AI to combat plagiarism at top universities, amidst scandal and controversy. Dive into the details now!

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"Every faculty member knows that once their work is targeted by AI, they will be outed," wrote the billionaire investor.

‘Neri has yet to vet yesterday’s plagiarism allegations, but she will get to them when she has time to do so,’ Mr Ackman wrote

The head of Harvard’s fate was sealed when she became the focus of a culture war battle over antisemitism, plagiarism and free speech

‘I regret and apologize for these errors,’ Neri Oxman wrote after she was made aware of some of the allegations

Right-wingers' witch-hunt of Harvard's first Black president, Claudine Gay, ended with her resignation after plagiarism allegations.

After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation

Gay resigned amid claims of plagiarism, but was it the person being accused rather than the violation itself that brought about her downfall?