The Washington Post reported today that 02138 magazine which caters to the Harvard community, has released a exposé; Chicanery in Cambridge which details the many ways that esteemed law professors like Alan Dershowitz (defender of Claus von Bülow and O.J. Simpson) and Charles Ogletree basically have a handful of poorly-paid students research and/or write their books for them. I guess the old "Publish or Perish" adage has really gotten to these guys. Unfortunately for Ogletree, there was also a bit of plagiarism in his book. No less than six passages in one of his books were lifted from a book by - how humiliating! - Yale professor Jack Balkin.
While many universities have no-cheating policies in place for their students, it would appear that Harvard needs one for their professors.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Nutty Professors!
The Washington Post reported today that 02138 magazine which caters to the Harvard community, has released a exposé; Chicanery in Cambridge which details the many ways that esteemed law professors like Alan Dershowitz (defender of Claus von Bülow and O.J. Simpson) and Charles Ogletree basically have a handful of poorly-paid students research and/or write their books for them. I guess the old "Publish or Perish" adage has really gotten to these guys. Unfortunately for Ogletree, there was also a bit of plagiarism in his book. No less than six passages in one of his books were lifted from a book by - how humiliating! - Yale professor Jack Balkin.
While many universities have no-cheating policies in place for their students, it would appear that Harvard needs one for their professors.
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