Timeline for Accused of cheating on a class that I passed a year ago. Can my "pass" be revoked? Could this missing prerequisite affect other classes I have passed?
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| Dec 23, 2021 at 22:43 | history | undeleted | Massimo Ortolano | ||
| Dec 21, 2021 at 1:16 | history | deleted | Servaes | via Vote | |
| Apr 30, 2021 at 1:46 | comment | added | Acccumulation | I'm unclear what you mean by "this seems perfectly fine". It certainly isn't fine for the OP. Are you saying you find it acceptable? The OP didn't ask for opinions on the acceptability of this policy, but rather what it is. | |
| Apr 29, 2021 at 17:18 | comment | added | eps | This is like answering a question about paper cuts with a story about beheadings. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 22:53 | comment | added | Nobody | @Peteris Interesting case, thanks. But this guy published a lot of fraudulent papers after his doctorate and even then the first court actually came to the conclusion that the degree couldn't be revoked and the university had to appeal. So I don't think it can serve as a counter example to my argument. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 22:37 | comment | added | Peteris | @Nobody as in this answer, it depends on the institutions involved. The institution which granted the doctorate may revoke the degree or refuse to revoke the degree depending on their own policies and decisions. Revoking degrees is rare, and usually the culprit doesn't have a further degree, but as the doctorate can be revoked for scientific misconduct unrelated to the dissertation (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6n_scandal precedent), it technically could also be revoked for that in an appropriate situation; but there are also opposite examples where a later degree isn't revoked. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 22:04 | comment | added | Nobody | The problem with your comparison is that usually when a degree is revoked, it's because of misconduct in relation to a dissertation or other work central to the degree. If the student went on to pass more advanced classes without cheating, in my view this makes the difference between "didn't demonstrate the required competences" and "demonstrated the required competences, but violated academic norms in the process". If someone buys their BSc thesis and has their degree revoked 10 years later, but in the meantime got their doctorate the honest way, I doubt the doctorate is revoked. | |
| Apr 27, 2021 at 7:12 | history | answered | Servaes | CC BY-SA 4.0 |