The Dean for the University of Alberta gave an impassioned convocation address that was originally presented by surgeon Atul Gawande at Stanford University’s 2010 medical school convocation, and reported in the New Yorker. The CBC’s story here.
Did he think the New Yorker is such an obscure reference that no one would notice? If he had just acknowledged his source at some point, no one would have cared. Instead, he behaved like a cheating freshman.
This is my father’s Alma Mater, and my cousin was President of the U of A for a time, so I feel particularly affronted.
An affiliation to any societal group ends up leaving you with egg on your face.
Academia, politics, sport, religion, the arts, popular culture. Whatever you believe in there are other believers in your passion that you’d love to disown.
That’s pretty egregious … heh, I wonder how he’ll treat the next student up on an accusation of academic dishonesty … 'but I learned how to copy essays off the ‘net from you!’
You know, had a student done this their academic career would be over. Every semester we get the same lecture: Don’t plagiarize or Jesus will punch a baby. And you’ll be kicked out of school with your tail between your legs and the only university you’ll ever be able to get into will be the University of Mogadishu.
I feel as though the same standard should apply to faculty. Especially the dean.
You know, had a student done this their academic career would be over. Every semester we get the same lecture: Don’t plagiarize or Jesus will punch a baby. And you’ll be kicked out of school with your tail between your legs and the only university you’ll ever be able to get into will be the University of Mogadishu.
I feel as though the same standard should apply to faculty. Especially the dean.
That’s what I think, anyway.
Anyone wanna buy my book?
You must go to a pretty shitty school, no offense. Even my crappy CSU in my podunk town (where I went), was adamant that you’d be sodomized by the entire faculty (sans lube) if you even thought about cheating like that.
But did it actually ever happen? Even the most egregious cases I ever saw were given slaps on the wrist. (Example: A student I’ll call G—a P—a plagiarized on two separate papers and then copied the final exam essay word for word from her neighbor. Consequences: not allowed to retake the course (I gave her an F) and required to take some sort of remedial class. I suggested expulsion given the egregious and repeated plagiarism—it was an upper-division class, and after each step I both spoke to her about the issue and reported her up the chain.)
Regarding the OP, I do not understand why the dean has not yet been fired. That’s simply unacceptable behaviour for anyone after their freshman year of college. No apology is sufficient.
Yes, actually. My friend is currently working on her Master’s and doing TA work during-- this last quarter, three students were booted for cheating from the classes she was helping with. There were others while I was in school, too, but those are certainly the most recent.
I’d say the chances were pretty good that no one would notice. Let’s say 1% of the people in attendance had read the New Yorker article. Out of these, many probably have forgotten the article by now. For those who actually remembered the article, they may have been bored out of their minds and not been paying attention. Graduation ceremonies aren’t exactly the most stimulating activity there is.
You know, had a student done this their academic career would be over. Every semester we get the same lecture: Don’t plagiarize or Jesus will punch a baby. And you’ll be kicked out of school with your tail between your legs and the only university you’ll ever be able to get into will be the University of Mogadishu.
I feel as though the same standard should apply to faculty. Especially the dean.
