With regard to the eighth command, it would be nice to say that this is a Christian college, and that we have consequently never had any problem whatever with stolen work. When you have a lot of work to turn in, and the pressure is high, it is easy to start making excuses to yourself, or to shove the noisy part of your conscience into a closet. And computers have made it easier to get into all kinds of sin, including the sin of plagiarism, which is intellectual theft.
Douglas Wilson
Plagiarism
“Students must avoid plagiarism, misrepresentation, misappropriation of the work of others, or any other form of academic dishonesty, whether intentional or the result of reckless disregard for academic integrity. . .”
Students must avoid plagiarism, misrepresentation, misappropriation of the work of others, or any other form of academic dishonesty, whether intentional or the result of reckless disregard for academic integrity (see “Plagiarism” in Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers, sixth edition, p. 74 [5.2]). Such academic dishonesty may be grounds for disciplinary action by the instructor and Greyfriars Hall administration up to and including dismissal from Greyfriars Hall.
Douglas Wilson
Via Rachel Miller’s Combox
Rachel gave me permission to repost this: Speaking as an actual academic,* this review does not merely devastate Douglas Wilson’s claim to scholarly credibility; it annihilates it. The level of plagiarism here is egregious. A single one — any one . . . Continue reading
“Academic integrity is the heartbeat of any academic institution”
And last, I should apologize to New St. Andrews College. Academic integrity is the heartbeat of any academic institution, and even though the board has acted promptly and wisely in accepting Randy’s resignation, I am still distressed by the headache this has caused them.
Douglas Wilson
“Indisputable ×3”
“Speaking of ‘professors,’ how can these guys get by with this plagiarism? Indisputable ×3. . . . The proper response is not to attack Rachel but to admit the truth.” Scot McKnight
“Looking at the two relevant sections, side by side, we know that there is a citation problem.”
All that said, at an objective minimum, there is a gross citation problem in Driscoll’s book Trial, which needs to be acknowledged, owned and corrected. Looking at the two relevant sections, side by side, we know that there is a citation problem. What we don’t know is why or how it got there, about which more in a little bit. But regardless, however it got there, it needs to get out of there. The problem should be owned and corrected, in public, by the author and the publisher. The same goes for anything comparable.
Douglas Wilson
Wilson Responds
Pastor Doug Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow, has written a short response to Rachel Miller’s discovery of wholesale plagiarism in the Omnibus textbook series, which he co-edited. I will not link to the land of Gog but you can find it on Google just as easily as the Omnibus contributors found the content for their essays.
Rachel Miller has answered Mr. Wilson in a post entitled Wilson Responds. Please take a moment to read it.
I’m Pretty Sure We Found Our Tool
The Flimflam Man Edits Textbooks
Of suckers and those who suck them dry. Continue reading
On the Common Denominator
A Visual Exercise
Classical Christian Plagiarism. Continue reading
“We would identify it by its proper name — plagiarism — and recognize it as a species of theft.”
We would identify it by its proper name — plagiarism — and recognize it as a species of theft.
Douglas Wilson
A Postcard from Palookaville
“The indefatigable Rachel Miller is telling another tale. Or is it the same one? I’m losing count at this point. Given the scale of the evidence (once again) one wonders what some people have to do to lose credibility in the . . . Continue reading
“I DENY THAT I AM A PLAGIARIST.”
I DENY THAT I AM A PLAGIARIST.
Douglas Wilson
Plagiarism!
Rachel Miller has just posted Plagiarism, Wilson, and the Omnibus, in which she reveals that the self-declared wordsmith Douglas Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow, has placed his name on the cover as an editor of six massive homeschool textbooks, each . . . Continue reading