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2023-12-12 05:43:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ED8135BB22D4C1D285A3B6EDF7A255F2152AF7F3B925B39E6195B7A21C10BFD9
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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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