Plagiarism scandal Ohio University

These are certainly not the headlines we'd like to see about the universit.

http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2006/08/22/State/Ouch-Ohio.University.Looking.To.Recover.From.Scandals-2236805.shtml?norewrite200609112111&sourcedomain=www.bgnews.com

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/21/334017-ohio-college-stung-by-plagiarism-charges

Department chair resigned as a head of the program. Contract for associate professor canseled, Neither will be permitted to continue to advase students.
In addition 37 enginnering graduates have been told they must either give up their master degrees, rewrite their theses, or chalange the acusations in a hearings.

A 1992 study showed that aproximatly 82% of engineering students said they had been academically dishonest compared to 71% of natural science students and 73% of social science students.

 

Why is this in Accredited vs State-Approved vs Unaccredited?

 

my mistake, I was going to post it in of topic section.
It needs to be mooved.

Learner

 

I've argued for years that engineering programs should add more writing and speaking courses to get students more comfortable with the process. Most engineering students that I have met have not been trained well in writing.

 

Re: Re: Plagiarism scandal Ohio University

Is Engineering the liberal arts degree of the 21th century? That was the question asked by Venkatesh Narayanamurti, dean of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard University.

They are going to call it Harvards technology, engineering and society concentration that will give students both a foundation of scientific and engineering basics and exposure to the connections between thechnology and aspects of society, such as policy, law, business, and ethics.

Now NAE - National Academy of Engineering recomends Testing to Mesure Technological and General Literacy starting at K12

 

There is no excuse for such a stupid behavior. In my opinion, Ohio was pretty lenient. Presenting other people's work as your own is ilegal. Plagiarism in the real world is a crime. But good that Ohio University managed to find a solution. It is a top tier university and should act as such.

 

BTW, as Eric said, I have also read many theses from engineering students, and one feels like crying when you realize the different writing styles accros the paper (suggesting unscrupulous copy and paste). This is not a problem that affects only to Ohio University. If we were to scrutinize master's theses accross the country (or Europe) we will find many surprises. I am sure.