Harvard University President Accused of Plagiarizing PhD Thesis

Several apps I pasted this into said it's likely AI. If it's not, then I apologize to the poster. I have no idea how the detection programs work, but there's something about the style that stood out to me and made me want to check. Fascinating. What is it about the syntax or whatever else I wonder that raises red flags for humans as well as computers? I don't get the mechanics of it but sure someone here knows.

 

Given modern verification tools this will become very common, altho cutting and pasting 2 pages directly from Wikipedia does seem exceedingly bold.

 

It's a nuanced issue when discussing academic integrity and the standards of quoting or paraphrasing in scholarly work. The critique of Rufo's choice of words in his article highlights the importance of maintaining consistency in academic standards, especially when making accusations of plagiarism. This case underlines the complexity of editorial practices and the need for careful review to uphold the integrity of academic conduct. It seems more like an oversight rather than intentional plagiarism, emphasizing the role of editors in the publication process.

 

There is something screwy going on with this quote of my earlier post. Not only does it make not much sense wrt my quoted post, but under the bell icon in my notification section it shows @williamwill009 quoted the post twice - at the same time - 6:12pm. Weird.

 

Looking at the writing style, that user appears to be a bot.

 

So thankful you found a hobby.

 

It is indeed a discussion that requires deeply subtle nuance, whereas an unrestricted instinctual temerity may require one to pause and reassess. It is necessary to avoid the intellectual vacuum perpetuated by contemporary social congruence . Conversely one must acknowledge that immoderate equivocation may signal a tendency towards fecklessness and moral castration.

 

Interesting how Rufo the Clown keeps going after successful Black academics. Sounds like a guy who lied about his own educational background is targeting Black people who earned their way into an institution (Harvard) that Rufo is bitter he could not get into. Very interesting.

These accusations of plagiarism are the weakest yet. The professors she's accused of plagiarizing shot it down.
Fourth Black Female Harvard Scholar Accused of Plagiarism Amid Assault on DEI Initiatives | News | The Harvard Crimson
Three scholars from whom Cross was accused of plagiarizing rejected the allegations in emails to The Crimson. Three of the allegations against Cross involved excerpts from a paper written by Stacey J. Bosick, who currently serves as the associate vice president of academic affairs at Sonoma State University, and University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Paula W. Fomby.

Bosick wrote to The Crimson that she wasn’t “concerned that any path-breaking ideas have been stolen here” but that she was “more concerned about the disproportionate surveillance of black scholarship.” Fomby, who served on Cross’s doctoral committee at the University of Michigan, similarly wrote that she was “not troubled by the overlap.” “Indeed, it would be unusual for one researcher to cite another researcher’s description of a public dataset,” Fomby wrote in an email.

The complaint also suggested Cross had copied a description of survey questions from a study led by Ann W. Nguyen, a professor at Case Western Reserve University. “After careful review of the claims suggesting that Dr. Cross’s work plagiarized from my research, I am confident in affirming that these claims do not hold merit,” Nguyen wrote, adding that “in describing a particular dataset, it is not uncommon that some type of boilerplate description of the data and variables within the data set is used.”

The survey questions were drawn from a “publicly accessible, national survey” — the National Survey of American Life, conducted by the University of Michigan — not research by Nguyen’s team, she pointed out.

 

"His" comments have been thoughtful, articulate, and inoffensive. Every real person here knows that none of us can manage all three in a single post.

 

The red flags for me are how the account writes and its tendency to summarize the discussion without taking a position on the issue. It's writing a lot of words without saying anything of substance. That's not usually what draws a person to Too Hot.

 

As usual, nothing substantive to offer. Should have just posted a tweet.

 

Summary of 98% of posts on Too Hot: “I am right and you are an asshole”

 

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