The Chronicle: Southern Illinois President Faces Allegations He Plagiarized His Dissertation
The president of Southern Illinois University, Glenn Poshard, is being forced to defend his 1984 dissertation against accusations that it contains numerous examples of plagiarism and improper citation.
The student newspaper at the university’s Carbondale campus, the Daily Egyptian, did a detailed examination of his dissertation and presented its findings to Mr. Poshard this week. He told the newspaper that he was very busy when the dissertation was completed. “This is not an excuse, and I would never offer it up as an excuse, but at that point in my life, I had a family,” he was quoted as saying. “I worked two jobs. I was running for the Illinois State Senate. I was trying to get my dissertation finished.”
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