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<div class=”statcounter”><a class=”statcounter” href=”http://www.statcounter.com/” mce_href=”http://www.statcounter.com/”><img class=”statcounter” src=”http://c30.statcounter.com/2854829/0/bc2873b5/0/” mce_src=”http://c30.statcounter.com/2854829/0/bc2873b5/0/” alt=”web stats” /></a></div> From the December 2 Senate Meeting comes the long-anticipated draft revision to the Code of Conduct for McGill Computing Facilities.? Recall, this was supposed to have been brought forward … Continue reading →

Nathan Yau of Flowing Data took the web-outing approach of exposing a possible plagiarist (who allegedly stole his work) on-line.? The page has since disappeared from Nathan’s site without explanation, but remains accessible via Google cache.? The follow-up comments weighing … Continue reading →

The Toronto Star covers updates on the McGill Ghostwriting Scandal here and provides some valuable commentary on “What’s the harm”.? Meanwhile, a reader comment on the Gazette story notes: I am a MCGILL psychology student and I just saw that … Continue reading →

Provost Anothony Masi announces today, I write to inform you that [...] McGill?s Chief [Senior Administrative Officer], has decided to leave the University effective 31 December 2009 in order to pursue new opportunities in higher education administration. Gee, any bets … Continue reading →

Today’s Montreal Gazette broke the news of a McGill professor who put her name to a journal article that was largely written by ghostwriters for a pharmaceutical company.? The article quotes McGill Provost Anthony Masi’s statement: ?McGill University is committed … Continue reading →

British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University has introducing a new grade of FD — meaning failure with dishonesty.? Although this would appear to strengthen the hands of those who take offense at cheating for grades, there’s a catch: Quoting Rob Gordon … Continue reading →

After a bit of a summer hiatus, I’m back to blogging about McGill and academic integrity. Back on July 9, I received an announcement from the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (CREPUQ) of their planned workshop on … Continue reading →

On April 22, I received a memo from the [Senior Administrator, Faculty of Engineering], informing me that several of my recent expense reports “do not comply with University procedures applicable to claims for reimbursement”. This administrator, demonstrating exceptional largess (I … Continue reading →

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