Plagiarism Scandal Spurs Renewed Call on Southern Illinois U. Campus to Secede

The Chronicle News Blog: Plagiarism Scandal Spurs Renewed Call on Southern Illinois U. Campus to Secede

More than 30 faculty members at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville have signed a petition asking that the institution be made officially separate from the system’s Carbondale campus. The petition, which was addressed to the state’s governor, follows revelations that Glenn Poshard, president of the Southern Illinois system, copied numerous portions of his master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation without properly citing the sources.

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