"Plagiarism in a doctoral dissertation is not something that goes away
once the dissertation has been accepted by the candidate's university:
the scholar is always answerable for his or her work. And the nature
and extent of the plagiarism in Glenn Poshard's thesis are *not*
excusable on the grounds that there were no word processors 24 years
ago! The kinds of copying evident in Poshard's dissertation have never
been acceptable among scholars. The fact that SIU folk seem so ready
to defend Poshard suggests to me that there is no real commitment to
excellence there. At best, his academic work was worse than mediocre.
"

Chicago Tribune has called for "Dr. " Poshard to step down.

"Doctor" Glenn Poshard said he was not worried about losing his Ph.D.
"Dr." acknowledged he needed the degree to get the $300,000-a-year job
as president but said he never used the degree for political gain in
his years in the state Senate and U.S. House.

Do the private colleges, sub tier state universities have presidents
with degrees from their colleges and all of the degrees from their
college?

Was "Dr." Poshard more about politics and less about academics?

"Plagiarism in a doctoral dissertation is not something that goes away
once the dissertation has been accepted by the candidate's university:
the scholar is always answerable for his or her work. And the nature
and extent of the plagiarism in Glenn Poshard's thesis are *not*
excusable on the grounds that there were no word processors 24 years
ago! The kinds of copying evident in Poshard's dissertation have never
been acceptable among scholars. The fact that SIU folk seem so ready
to defend Poshard suggests to me that there is no real commitment to
excellence there. At best, his academic work was worse than mediocre.
"

Shalom,

--- Prof. Leland Milton Goldblatt

Shalom,

--- Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. ®
Distinguished Professor
http://www.prof.faithweb.com
http://drgoldblatt.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/miltongoldblatt
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