This has been uncovered so many times in recent weeks that it’s hard to keep track of the cases.The leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer at a major New York City medical center has recently been accused of plagiarizing nearly a fifth of his Ph.D. dissertation.on Feb. 29 wrote that Alade McKen “plagiarized extensively in his doctoral dissertation, lifting entire pages of material, without attribution, from sources that include Wikipedia.
McKen’s dissertation, entitled, “‘UBUNTU’ I am because we are: A case study examining the experiences of an African-centered Rites of Passage program within a community-based organization,” was written for a Ph.D. program on education, social, and cultural studies at Iowa State in 2021. The complaint accuses McKen of plagiarizing more than 30 authors for his dissertation, with some listed in a bibliography but none apparently included for in-text citations.“The passages you shared can definitely be classified as plagiarism,” she told the outlet.
NEW: The chief diversity officer of Columbia University's medical school, Alade McKen, plagiarized extensively in his doctoral dissertation, lifting huge chunks of material without attribution.