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2023-12-11 20:19:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 65D914042D6AA2E5C67EFCC7588EC1943F83E35EE12B86F33A03AC345E8C9F0A
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The thread contends that Gay's 1997 Ph.D. thesis violates the letter of Harvard's policies on plagiarism. However, Gay was obviously not bound to current policies as Harvard's Faculty of Arts & Sciences had a different definition of plagiarism as recently as September 1, 2021: https://research.fas.harvard.edu/policies/procedures-responding-allegations-misconduct-research
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