THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - The Arday Debacle and the Bankruptcy of British Institutions
A serial fantasist’s exposure has demonstrated how academia, publishing, and the law have discredited themselves. The post The Arday Debacle and the Bankruptcy of British Institutions appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Arday Debacle and the Bankruptcy of British Institutions A serial fantasist’s exposure has demonstrated how academia, publishing, and the law have discredited themselves. UK Special Coverage Jason Arday, the disgraced Cambridge sociology professor who resigned on August 5 over plagiarism claims, will no doubt bounce back. As he said himself in a Times interview: “We’re talking about academia here. I didn’t murder somebody.” Arday, appointed professor of sociology of education and fellow of Jesus College at the age of 37, is now a national celebrity. He is a cause supported by a legion of…Open