In the wake of plagiarism allegations, the president of Hobart William Smith Colleges has resigned. This rapid outcome (allegations against him were made only a few days ago) suggests the charges were probably true, the plagiarism significant, and the fight to retain the position not worth it.
April 13th, 2018 at 10:18PM
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/04/11/trump-nominee-federal-judge-killed-texas-lawsuit-trump-university
April 14th, 2018 at 2:42AM
I was about to email you the link. Have you seen the statement from the board?
April 14th, 2018 at 6:35AM
No – haven’t seen it. Send it along! UD
April 14th, 2018 at 6:37AM
dmf: This sort of thing SO stands to reason as our most powerful leaders are open, uh, scoff-laws — increasingly, the way to personal advancement will be through using your position to quash lawsuits against them.
It’s all so … Russian. Or Italian.
April 14th, 2018 at 8:29AM
who needs ethicists and laws when you have Omertà ?
April 16th, 2018 at 7:11AM
Certainly what drove this process was the OUTSIDE committee chosen by the board.