The Times is slow to catch up to a firestorm of academic intrigue and high profile dismissals over the past ten years. While each case is unique, the larger problem remains the same: success at the professor level is a zero sum game of winning publications specifically where many others fail. It encourages plagiarism, sabotage, and fuzzy statistics. Individualism over the progress of science as a whole.
The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship
Cases involving Stanford, Harvard and M.I.T. are fueling skepticism over the thoroughness of research — even from the academic world’s biggest stars.
nytimes.com