Academic scandal

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An academic scandal is one that exposes the unethical or erroneous work of a major academic figure, or which otherwise brings academia (or a portion thereof) into disrepute. Academic scandal is closely related to journalistic fraud. See also the narrower notion Scientific misconduct.

List of academic scandals

• False verifications
  • Verification of the James Ossuary by the Geological Survey of Israel (GSI) and Andre Lemair of Sorbonne University
  • The verification of the authenticity of the Hitler Diaries by Hugh Trevor-Roper
• Corporate involvement in academia
  • Nancy Olivieri-Apotex scandal
• Academic fraud
  • Jon Sudbø
  • Michael Bellesiles forced to resign from Emory University over allegations of fabrication and academic fraud in a book he authored.
  • Fujimura Shinichi
  • Ward Churchill academic fraud and plagiarism allegations
  • Piltdown Man
  • Martin Luther King Jr. plagarised his doctoral thesis
  • Jan Hendrik Schön
  • Victor Ninov
  • Hwang Woo-Suk
  • Sir Cyril Burt's twin study research
  • Bruno Bettelheim
• Academic experiments with ethical issues
  • Stanford Prison Experiment
  • Little Albert
  • Milgram experiment
  • The unchecked power of the Principal Investigator
• Academic freedom
  • Biscuit Fire publication controversy
• Other
  • The Sokal Affair
  • The Bogdanov Affair
  • Michael Bellesiles
  • The Orr Case

See also

• Plagiarism

External links

• Several links relating to the Nancy Olivieri-Apotex scandal: [1] [2] [3]
• Stealth scandal: Scientific Researchers Routinely Fudge Citations ja:アカデミックハラスメント