Questions about Doug Mastriano’s thesis spur university fraud probe: reports

A panel of three academics will investigate issues involving Mastriano’s 2013 doctoral dissertation from the University of New Brunswick after scholars came forward alleging it contained hundreds of inaccuracies, fabrications and omissions.

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@black_intellect the most coveted position in academic departments is no longer the department chair, but the chair of the doctoral committee, and they have their reasons to create PhDs that are not academic.
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