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Why do individuals with revoked master’s/PhD degrees due to plagiarism or misconduct not return to retake them?
Actually, I suspect that a few do. But I also suspect that the biggest obstacle isn't regulations, but the inability to find an advisor after academic misconduct. There may be regulations in some ...
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Why do individuals with revoked master’s/PhD degrees due to plagiarism or misconduct not return to retake them?
I can come up with any number of reasons, including the following ones:
Why would an institution that has already revoked someone's degree once admit them again? In fact, why would any other ...
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Why do individuals with revoked master’s/PhD degrees due to plagiarism or misconduct not return to retake them?
At least in germany, for all examination rules I am aware of, the answer is that they are not allowed to.
The rules work roughly as follows: Certain failures of exams, theses, etc. invoke a process ...
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Why do individuals with revoked master’s/PhD degrees due to plagiarism or misconduct not return to retake them?
Some reasons come to my mind:
Financial issues: After working with a master's degree or PhD, you earn good money in industry and even politics. Going back for three years without or litte pay is ...
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I don't see any violation or any plagiarism (per se) unless you explicitly copy from another source without attribution.
Learning isn't about doing everything yourself without help. If it were, ...
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A slightly different approach: If you actually run into this situation, just reach out to the instructor and ask about their expectations.
There is a gray area and corresponding cultural expectations ...
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How can authors use LLMs (like ChatGPT) without accidentally plagiarising?
Plagiarism is when you take someone else's ideas and represent them as your own. Assuming the authors did not explicitly disclose that the text is AI-generated, the following:
plagiarism could ...
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