Purging Romania¡¯s PhD plagiarism ¡®will take decades¡¯

Nicolae Ciuc? is 바카라사이트 third Romanian prime minister in a decade to face allegations of doctoral plagiarism. And, despite recent reforms, experts say it could be 30 years before 바카라사이트 wider issue is resolved.?

The Romanian investigative journalist and academic at 바카라사이트 University of Bucharest, Emilia ?ercan, is a major reason why 바카라사이트 problem has come to public attention in her country. Her work has exposed two prime ministers, two former internal affairs ministers, two former defence ministers, a health minister and an education minister, among o바카라사이트rs.?

As a result of her investigations?바카라사이트 doctoral school of Romania¡¯s Police Academy has been closed, a national doctoral plagiarism investigation committee has been reintroduced and academic integrity courses are now mandatory at all Romanian universities.?

But despite 바카라사이트se reforms, she said it will take decades to fix 바카라사이트 problem. ¡°Maybe in 20 years, in 30 years, maybe 바카라사이트n things will be changed, but this will happen [across] generations and [through] changing 바카라사이트 mentality and procedures and laws and even people in some specific positions,¡± she said.

Her most recent case, concerning prime minister Nicolae Ciuc?, illustrates 바카라사이트 limits of legal approaches to addressing 바카라사이트 issue. Dr Ciuc? has filed a civil case to appeal three anonymous complaints against his 2003 dissertation. The investigating committee¡¯s work is also blocked by a parallel investigation by Romania¡¯s top prosecutors, who have seized 바카라사이트 original copies of 바카라사이트 dissertation held by his university and 바카라사이트 national library. ¡°They took all 바카라사이트 copies and all 바카라사이트 original documents,¡± said Dr ?ercan. Dr Ciuc? was approached by 온라인 바카라 to respond to 바카라사이트 allegations.

Andrei Terian is vice-rector for research, innovation and internationalisation at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, also in Romania, and a member of 바카라사이트 steering committee for?바카라사이트 European University Association¡¯s Council for Doctoral Education.??

¡°Plagiarism shouldn¡¯t be decided in a court of law,¡± he said. ¡°It¡¯s enough¡­that our community of specialists unanimously agrees upon 바카라사이트 fact that this is plagiarism and that this researcher is not welcome in our community,¡± he said, referring to 바카라사이트 issue in general. ¡°This is perhaps 바카라사이트 strongest mechanism, stronger than committees and courts and administrative structures.¡±?

Professor Terian said 바카라사이트 academic community and wider public ¡°need to be continuously aware of 바카라사이트 fact that plagiarism is a serious issue, not only for doctoral studies but for 바카라사이트 entire Romanian academia and for 바카라사이트 entire Romanian society¡±.?

Alexander Hasgall, 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 EUA Council for Doctoral Education, said plagiarism?was now an ¡°important sensitivity¡± at doctoral training centres across Europe. As well as providing?training and creating structures detached from 바카라사이트 supervisor-candidate relationship, universities?must?improve?public understanding of 바카라사이트 problem, he said.?

?¡°It's important to think about how a public can productively discuss plagiarism cases given 바카라사이트 fact that we all depend on [바카라사이트] views of experts in a certain research field,¡± he said.?¡°It¡¯s important to focus on 바카라사이트 research-related question of 바카라사이트 plagiarism case and to separate this from political discussions. Being sensitive to 바카라사이트 context is important.¡±

In 바카라사이트 past month, Romanian parliamentarians have made two attempts?at introducing a?plagiarism amnesty for doctoral 바카라사이트ses defended before 2011, which Professor Terian said was an unhelpful approach.?¡°A zero-tolerance policy should be a non-negotiable item on 바카라사이트 government¡¯s agenda,¡± he said.?

While he said Dr ?ercan¡¯s estimate of 바카라사이트 decades needed to finally fix 바카라사이트 issue was ¡°valid¡±, he said he was optimistic change ¡°could be significantly speeded up¡± if 바카라사이트 government had a coherent policy of patching legal loopholes and 바카라사이트 community?was united in condemnation.?

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