Plagiarism in academia is largely attributed to the students.  But at Southern Illinois University, it is the faculty right now that is being scrutinized.

Daily Egyptian reports:

Former linguistics professor Joan Friedenberg on Friday handed committee member Mike Lawrence a stack of documents from across campus with wording that is nearly verbatim from other universities.

The director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute invited Friedenberg to discuss the accusations against Southern at 150, the university’s plan to become a top-75 public research institution by its 150th anniversary in 2019.

Friedenberg said she took the opportunity to bring the other documents to Lawrence’s attention.

She said some of the possibly plagiarized material came from teaching philosophies, departmental mission statements and a Morris Library Web site segment on effective teaching.

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