Hope you all had a merry Plagiarism Day! It seems entirely appropriate that we should celebrate it by not working. Read all about it:

Quote:The first public sermon that King ever gave, in 1947 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, was plagiarized from a homily by Protestant clergyman Harry Emerson Fosdick entitled "Life is What You Make It," according to the testimony of King's best friend of that time, Reverend Larry H. Williams.

The first book that King wrote, "Stride Toward Freedom, - -was plagiarized from numerous sources, all unattributed, according to documentation recently assembled by sympathetic King scholars Keith D. Miller, Ira G. Zepp, Jr., and David J. Garrow.

And no less an authoritative source than the four senior editors of "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.- - (an official publication of the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., whose staff includes King's widow Coretta), stated of King's writings at both Boston University and Crozer Theological Seminary: "Judged retroactively by the standards of academic scholarship, [his writings] are tragically flawed by numerous instances of plagiarism.... Appropriated passages are particularly evident in his writings in his major field of graduate study, systematic theology."

King's essay, "The Place of Reason and Experience in Finding God," written at Crozer, pirated passages from the work of theologian Edgar S. Brightman, author of "The Finding of God."

Another of King's theses, "Contemporary Continental Theology," written shortly after he entered Boston University, was largely stolen from a book by Walter Marshall Horton.

King's doctoral dissertation, "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Harry Nelson Wieman," for which he was awarded a PhD in theology, contains more than fifty complete sentences plagiarized from the PhD dissertation of Dr. Jack Boozer, "The Place of Reason in Paul Tillich's Concept of God."

According to "The Martin Luther King Papers", in King's dissertation "only 49 per cent of sentences in the section on Tillich contain five or more words that were King's own...."!

In "The Journal of American History", June 1991, page 87, David J. Garrow, a leftist academic who is sympathetic to King, says that King's wife, Coretta Scott King, who also served as his secretary, was an accomplice in his repeated cheating. ("King's Plagiarism: Imitation, Insecurity and Transformation," The Journal of American History, June 1991, p. 87)

Reading Garrow's article, one is led to the inescapable conclusion that King cheated because he had chosen for himself a political role in which a PhD would be useful, and, lacking the intellectual ability to obtain the title fairly, went after it by any means necessary. Why, then, one might ask, did the professors at Crozer Theological Seminary and Boston University grant him passing grades and a PhD? Garrow states on page 89: "King's academic compositions, especially at Boston University, were almost without exception little more than summary descriptions... and comparisons of other's writings. Nonetheless, the papers almost always received desirable letter grades, strongly suggesting that King's professors did not expect more...." The editors of "The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers" state that "...the failure of King's teachers to notice his pattern of textual appropriation is somewhat remarkable...."

But researcher Michael Hoffman tells us "...actually the malfeasance of the professors is not at all remarkable. King was politically correct, he was Black, and he had ambitions. The leftist [professors were] happy to award a doctorate to such a candidate no matter how much fraud was involved. Nor is it any wonder that it has taken forty years for the truth about King's record of nearly constant intellectual piracy to be made public."

Supposed scholars, who in reality shared King's vision of a racially mixed and Marxist America, purposely covered up his cheating for decades. The cover-up still continues. From the "New York Times" of October 11, 1991, page 15, we learn that on October 10th of that year, a committee of researchers at Boston University admitted that, "There is no question but that Dr. King plagiarized in the dissertation." However, despite its finding, the committee said that "No thought should be given to the revocation of Dr. King's doctoral degree," an action the panel said "would serve no purpose."

No purpose, indeed! Justice demands that, in light of his willful fraud as a student, the "reverend" and the "doctor" should be removed from King's name.

Is "Uncle" Janko really a female? It does make sense - if there is any truth to this- as women speak about 7000 words per day while men speak about 2000. "Uncle" uses more words (mostly drivel) than all the others (supposedly males) at DD put together. Notice there are hardly ANY females on the forums? Guess one is enough if Janko is it.

Question: Concerning John Bear, Rich Douglas, Sheila Danzig.
These three people were all connected to the same school as employee, faculty, trustee. For 100 points and a silver star, what is the name of this school?

Answer??

Is Canyon College legal anywhere? Nice strawman peckerhead. From degreediscussion:

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Legal to operate? Sure. But to use the degrees? Not always.

Personally, I hope they don't prosecute; having to resign is itself pretty grim.

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American Military University tends to get good press on distance learning forums. My one experience with them was bringing an academic legitimacy issue to their attention (they had a faculty member whose credentials were all from degree mills) and they responded immediately and decisively, where other schools might have hemmed and hawed.


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Was this the guy that ruined Quinn's life?

http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/01/10...stVTex.pdf

I believe that January 15 was DD's 2nd anniversary. I'm really suprised that Gus didn't grace the membership with so much as a commemorative post. Any bets on whether DD makes it to a 3rd anniversary?

Quote:Come to think of it, wasn't Bill Cosby the other star of U.N.C.L.E. Fancy that, a hit show with two future Ph.D.'s as the stars. Do you suppose they talked about it?

The following notice from the State of Colorado was provided by DETC in response to inquiries as to the status of American Health Science University:

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Notice of School Closure

Effective January 11, 2008, American Health Sciences University (AHSU) has closed and ceased operations.  AHSU has elected to resign its accreditation status with the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), effective January 12, 2008.  The best option available to students actively enrolled in ASHU and the Certified Nutritionist or the Masters Program is to continue their course of studies through what is called a “Teach-Out Agreement”.  AHSU has entered into a Teach-Out Agreement with Huntington College of Health Sciences, an accredited institution recognized by DETC.  Under this agreement Huntington will accept AHSU students into its institution in order for ASHU students to continue their education, without additional cost for which the student has already contracted.  

You are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to continue and complete your education, at no additional cost with Huntington beyond what you already agreed to under your original ASHU enrollment agreement for completion of the CN or Masters program.

For information and questions about the transfer process, please contact the following representatives with Huntington:  Eva Schmidt and Terry Curran at empickett@msn.com, and terrycurran@comcast.net, respectively.  Leave a name and phone number and they will put you in their queue for return calls.  You may also call Huntington’s Registrar, Cheryl Freeman, at 800-290-4226, who can assist you.  

In addition, the State of Colorado encourages you to contact it for information and your student options brought about by AHSU closure and this “Teach Out” Agreement with Huntington.  You can reach Jim Parker, Director of the Division of Private Occupational Schools, Colorado Department of Higher Education at:  303-866-2723, or jim.parker@cche.state.co.us.

Transcripts:  Students wishing to obtain a copy of their transcript may contact the Division of Private Occupational Schools, Colorado Department of Higher Education, 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80204, (303) 866-2723, Fax: (303) 866-4237.

Apollos University in Huntington Beach, California offers a DBA for $200/unit by distance learning.  The school is an applicant for DETC accreditation.  

Obviously no guarantee they ever will gain accreditation, but if you are the gambling sort this might be a good bet for a relatively cheap DBA.

Despite the Greek sounding name, no apparent connection to John Dovelos.