[WestIndianArchie]

Germany’s education minister and a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting for her political life on Wednesday after her former university stripped her of her doctorate for plagiarism.

Annette Schavan vowed to launch a legal battle against Duesseldorf University’s ruling on her thesis, “Person and Conscience”, written 33 years ago, amid opposition calls for her to resign.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/06/ge...te-thesis/



LOL

WIA

[Cincinnatus]

I'm supposed to believe the creature in the picture is a woman?

[UgSlayer]

I'm guessing this type of shit happens a lot in the academic world and flies under the radar most of the time.

[guerrilla]

How is she doing as education minister though? Have the stats indicated that she showed a good improvement within Germany?

If so, then let bygones be bygones, she's doing her job well. If not, then use this as leverage to get a new education minister who can do some good.

[Starbuck]

(02-07-2013 02:28 PM)UgSlayer Wrote:  

I'm guessing this type of shit happens a lot in the academic world and flies under the radar most of the time.

She has a (well, used to have ) PhD in "Educational Sciences". I daresay it was useless to begin with.
But yeah a lot of german politicians have been stripped of their doctorates over the past few years, the internet age is sure catching up with them

[Duke Castile]

Yeah, she plagiarized a female's gender.

[Mikev75]

It's really hard to imagine her as a "chick." By comparison Merkel almost looks semi attractive- almost.

[Samseau]

Education minister plagiarizes, pretty much sums up the average education specialist in the western world.

[WestIndianArchie]

(02-07-2013 02:31 PM)guerrilla Wrote:  

How is she doing as education minister though? Have the stats indicated that she showed a good improvement within Germany?

If so, then let bygones be bygones, she's doing her job well. If not, then use this as leverage to get a new education minister who can do some good.

[christpuncher]

Ha. This is no doubt a result of the Toronto school board head being canned when evidence of a long history of plagiarism arose last month. I bet school boards all over the world are double checking on a lot of people.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st...ol326.html

[Tytalus]

(02-07-2013 02:32 PM)Starbuck Wrote:  

(02-07-2013 02:28 PM)UgSlayer Wrote:  

I'm guessing this type of shit happens a lot in the academic world and flies under the radar most of the time.

She has a (well, used to have ) PhD in "Educational Sciences". I daresay it was useless to begin with.
But yeah a lot of german politicians have been stripped of their doctorates over the past few years, the internet age is sure catching up with them

This. Apparently getting a plagiarized PHD in Germany used to be pretty easy.