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Another university president accused of plagiarizing his Ph.D. thesis

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

In 2007, IPBiz noted a report in the Birmingham News: Jacksonville State University officials are investigating other newspaper columns that appeared under the byline of school President William Meehan after a second instance of plagiarism was brought to their attention..

On 22 April 2009, WAAY-TV reported: A strange accusation against the president of Jacksonville State University.

President William Meehan is being accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Alabama.

A lawsuit claims that he copied part of another professor's work around the time he became JSU president in 1999.

Jacksonville State says no substance has been found in the charges, and no action by the university will be taken against him.

Such an accusation would parallel that against Glenn Poshard of Southern Illinois University, who ultimately was found to have inadvertently plagiarized portions of his Ph.D. thesis. In the Poshard case, there were assertions that the charge of plagiarism was politically motivated, although evidence of plagiarism was present.

Previous IPBiz post:

More academic plagiarism

Full post as published by IPBiz on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).