Alade McKen, the Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Columbia University's Irving Medical Center, has been accused of extensive plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation submitted in 2021. The allegations, highlighted in a 55-page complaint and a separate 50-page anonymous complaint, claim McKen plagiarized material from over 30 authors, including content from Wikipedia. The New York Times and various news outlets have detailed the extent of the plagiarism. The accusations have sparked discussions about the integrity of DEI initiatives in academic institutions.
The chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Columbia University medical school has been accused of plagiarising in his doctoral dissertation. https://t.co/HVJzALzXBF
Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center's new DEI leader has been accused of plagiarizing his dissertation from Wikipedia. You couldn't make this up. According to the NY Times: "The 55-page complaint accused the official, Alade McKen, of copying material in his 2021… https://t.co/Ai1KNgtZgs
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A complaint said the official, who oversees diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at Columbia’s medical school, also copied work from at least 28 other authors. https://t.co/qvLY4LMslJ
.@realchrisrufo obtained the full complaint against a Harvard DEI administrator, which alleges the administrator plagiarized portions of her dissertation. https://t.co/yyMMbJpMdf
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The entire #DEI thing is a scam. Columbia University Hospital DEI Chief Is Serial Plagiarist, Complaint Alleges https://t.co/bebYxiZaYk
A 50-page anonymous complaint accuses the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Columbia University's medical school of plagiarizing from Wikipedia and other sources for his doctoral dissertation. MORE:https://t.co/WazHjHxDay https://t.co/kENLJ7Q1yo
Columbia University Hospital DEI Chief Is Serial Plagiarist, Complaint Alleges Alade McKen plagiarized pages of material from Wikipedia https://t.co/XwJCI4C4DM
Columbia University DEI chief Alade McKen slapped with significant plagiarism allegations: report https://t.co/Qhd6RNvd8G
A diversity and equity leader at Columbia University, who pursued a doctorate degree from Iowa State University in 2021, has been accused of plagiarizing over 30 authors—and the publicly-edited website Wikipedia—in his dissertation. https://t.co/kj5qrt5TEz
NEW: The chief diversity officer of Columbia University's medical school, Alade McKen, plagiarized extensively in his doctoral dissertation, lifting huge chunks of material without attribution. Two pages in the dissertation come directly from Wikipedia.🧵 https://t.co/V1cy1vOwe4 https://t.co/UBpTyOWXXT