My point is this: of course Nigeria has its own barrages of higher ed anomalies about which we can write all day, but when it comes to the culture of untoward academic writings "in partial fulfillment of this or that degree," it's a disease of which no region of the world is absolved!
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And with all due respect, Oga Afolayan, what is this point you're trying to make? That because there is also poverty in America (and in all regions of the world), we should not complain about poverty in Nigeria or do something about it? Or that because America has Donald Trump, we should not complain about Buhari's ongoing destruction of Nigeria? At any rate, does your post not invalidate the whatever point you're making since you discuss how plagiarists were punished and held accountable? Have you seen such accountability in Nigeria? And what about the weight of numbers? Does it matter that, per capita, Nigeria has more plagiarism cases than the America (your reference)? Or that the Americans are doing something about it while our people in Nigeria are mainstreaming it? Or that plagiarism makes news while in Nigeria it is the norm and therefore not considered newsworthy or scandalous? I know some senior academics in Nigeria who do not even know what plagiarism is. Is that acceptable? I know others who think plagiarism is an acceptable research/citation practice. Should we not at the minimum push for a greater awareness of what constitutes plagiarism so that clear cases of deliberate violations can be punished and so that we can reduce or eliminate cases of plagiarism by ignorance?
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 9:30 PM 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--"The story could be worse here in Nigeria. For instance, a former Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof Peter Okebukola, said 60 per cent of theses submitted by Nigerian undergraduates were plagiarised works. He also added that at Master's degree level, the rate was between 15 and 20 per cent; and eight per cent at PhD level."This is a global virus that does not typify Nigeria or India (or just Third World countries, for that matter). It happens even in the United States. I have served on PhD committees where we failed students purely on the basis of either plagiarism or engaging in what we called TH (Thesis for Hire). The President of my university system himself was investigated and found guilty of plagiarism after he fired a young assistant Professor for "plagiarizing" his own work (that is, the young academic presented a report that he previously wrote and used at a different institution to submit as a new report to our institution - confusing as it may sound!). My point is this: of course Nigeria has its own barrages of higher ed anomalies about which we can write all day, but when it comes to the culture of untoward academic writings "in partial fulfillment of this or that degree," it's a disease of which no region of the world is absolved!MichaelOn Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 4:04:49 AM GMT+1, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:Sent from my iPhone--Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at AustinTo post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.comTo subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.comCurrent archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogueEarly archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html---You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/49DD1206-A4B0-4742-AB2D-55F08F15DD35%40austin.utexas.edu.
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