Fang Shimin, under the pen name Fang Zhouzi, has been publicizing
allegations of academic fraud and questionable medical claims on his Web site New Threads for about a decade.
All declared baseless
allegations of academic fraud.
Not exact matches
The scope
of the Tar Heels»
fraud would be tough to match, but throughout Division I college sports, there have been many
allegations that athletes are steered into easier classes, even at schools traditionally known for
academic excellence, like Stanford and Northwestern.
But upon learning
of allegations and charges
of academic fraud and other abuses at charter schools in Florida that are managed by Newpoint Education Partners — a company that hopes to open two charter schools in Wake and New Hanover counties — the Board indicated Wednesday that they are likely to temporarily put the brakes on allowing that charter management company to do business in North Carolina, a decision that will be determined in a final vote Thursday.
The
allegations of intellectual and scientific
fraud like those made against Dr. Mann are serious against anybody involved in
academics, but the impact in this case is significantly elevated.
After staunchly defending his book, «Arming America: The Origins
of a National Gun Culture,» against criticism
of his research and findings, Bellesiles offered his resignation when an
academic investigative committee «researched the
allegations of scholarly
fraud and concluded that Bellesiles was guilty
of both substandard research methodology and
of willfully misrepresenting specific evidence in» the book.