So they let her fix the "mistakes" and now we're all good, right? https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/monica-crowley-treasury-plagiarism-dissertation-columbia/index.html
Plagiarism isn't an all-or nothing matter. After all, failing to cite a passage would be plagiarism, technically, but could be an error and just needs to be corrected. Even a re-interpretation or paraphrasing of another's writing without citation would be plagiarism, but hardly a reason for punishment. Unless it happened a lot. That would seem to indicate intent, not just bibliographical errors. As the article said, 32 required corrections covering thousands of words. Shouldn't a bunch of misdemeanors eventually add up to a felony? No one can say what the people from the university were thinking, but it seems to me like they were just trying to get rid of this as quickly and quietly as possible. It's not a good look for them.
Agreed. Their course of action likely implies they were trying to save face themselves. Trying to revisit a dissertation review from nearly twenty years ago is also, at best, frought with headaches. They did the quick action that kept everyone happy, understandable.
