Yes, but. The “but” is that plagiarism allegations are easy to verify independently, mooting whatever malign motive lies behind them. The December 11 complaint was troubling, but it concerned Gay’s ...

Claudine Gay is the president of Harvard University. In recent weeks, she has come under fire for plagiarizing portions of her 1997 doctoral dissertation, as well as published articles she had ...

On Wednesday, I reported on the serial plagiarism of Times of London tennis correspondent Neil Harman and on how Wimbledon continued to sell its annual yearbook even after discovering Harman’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Claudine Gay has resigned from her position as Harvard president after just six months at the helm, making her the shortest-tenured official ever to lead the top university. In a statement on Tuesday, ...

Plagiarism is a growing problem for higher education institutions. Temesgen Kifle and Parvinder Kler share tips for instructors (and students) on how to reduce this form of student academic misconduct ...

Plagiarism can devastate your writing career. Learn what qualifies as plagiarism and take these steps to protect your reputation against it. Stephen Covey, the motivational educator who wrote “The 7 ...

Last week, a reader tipped me to an instance of potential plagiarism by Gerald Posner in the Daily Beast, for which Posner is chief investigative reporter. After I called the plagiarism to the ...

It became glaringly apparent yesterday that The New Yorker’s big-name new hire Jonah Lehrer has often reused his own work, word-for-word, for publications including Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and ...