Southern Illinois U. Faculty Call for President's Resignation
Filed in archive News by Greg Cruey on October 25, 2007

If "Alumni and Faculty Against Corruption at SIU" had stuck strictly to the issue of Poshard's academic integrity, the battle at SIU might seem more righteous. But the group evidently began by trying to Blackmail
Poshard into rehiring, Chris Dussold - a former faculty member who had been released for (you guessed it) plagiarism. I said that the struggle had taken on political overtones. Poshard served in the state senate in Illinois from 1884-88, was a U.S. Congressman for the next ten years, and ran for governor of Illinois in 1998. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is among those who have voiced public support for Poshard.
The blogosphere is filled with opinions on the SIU tizzy. Peter Kirstein calls Poshard a disgraced, fraudulent plagiarist in his blog. Graducator points out that the Chicago Tribune is among those calling for Poshard's dismissal.
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