It is interesting to see the comments by Rep. Scott Sales in the April 2 Chronicle article on academic freedom.
In trying to make the case that there is a liberal bias in academia, Rep. Sales admitted (inadvertently perhaps) to cheating in college.
As a student at Boise State University, Rep. Sales received an "F" on a term paper from one professor, but got an "A" from another professor for "the exact same term paper."
According to Boise State's Student Conduct Program, "Cheating is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents or misleadingly demonstrates that he or she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he or she has not mastered, including the giving or receiving of unauthorized help in an academic exercise. Examples include…resubmitting substantially the same work that was produced for another assignment without the knowledge and permission of the instructor." The sanctions for such conduct is "a failing grade for the course."
If this is the case, then it does not help his argument for academic freedom. One must hold him or herself to the same standards of integrity as their professors.
However, I tend to be a trusting person, so I will give Rep. Sales the benefit of the doubt and assume that he had the other
professors permission to turn in the exact same paper.
Ryan Seher
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