Plagiarizing President?

Jacksonville State University president accused of submitting part of someone else's work for UA doctoral dissertation.

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Published: April 22, 2009

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The president of Jacksonville State
University is being accused of plagiarizing his doctoral
dissertation at the University of Alabama.
A lawsuit filed against William Meehan claims he submitted a
dissertation that was copied in part from another professor's work
around the time he became JSU president in 1999.
An Associated Press review found similarities between the two
papers, and an expert hired by a JSU professor suing Meehan over
another issue concluded his dissertation was plagiarism.
Meehan said through a university spokesman there was "no
substance" to the charges, and University of Alabama officials
found no reason to take any action.
Reports in 2007 revealed that newspaper columns appearing under
Meehan's name were lifted off Internet sites. The school said the
columns were ghostwritten by a former university publicist.

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