On April 13, according to a video report by The Paper: A deputy dean of a university in Yunnan was reported to have plagiarized his master's degree thesis, and Southwest Jiaotong University is investigating. The whistleblower claimed that the purpose was to reverse the trend of a

April 13, according to The Paper video report: The deputy dean of a university in Yunnan was reported to have plagiarized his master's degree thesis, Southwest Jiaotong University : is being verified

video shows that recently, Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College deputy dean Reported for allegedly plagiarizing a colleague's master's degree thesis. The whistleblower claimed that the purpose was to reverse the trend of academic misconduct. The plagiarism check rate of this paper reached 88%. The deputy dean did not respond. Southwest Jiaotong University said it was verifying.

[Informant: The plagiarism check rate of middle-level cadres in the school is as high as 88%]

The whistleblower, Mr. Wang, said that Zhang, a middle-level cadre in the school, was studying for a postgraduate degree at Southwest Jiaotong University. She plagiarized the thesis of our school teacher Li Moumou. Li Moumou had previously He also studied at Southwest Jiaotong University and graduated earlier than Zhang.

Teacher Wang said that Zhang and Li both worked at Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College and were both graduates of Southwest Jiaotong University with a master's degree in transportation engineering. Contents of Zhang's master's thesis "Analysis of the Development of Operation Model of High-speed Railway Express" submitted in November 2018 and Li's master's thesis "Research on the Organizational Methods and Operation Model of High-speed Railway Express Freight" submitted in May 2015 resemblance.

whistleblower Teacher Wang said that Zhang’s and Li’s papers had different titles but similar content. CNKI’s plagiarism check showed that Zhang’s plagiarism check rate was 88%, which is much higher than the 15% requirement of some schools. In addition, Zhang A certain person also plagiarized papers from other experts, scholars, and graduate students, about 7 or 8 people.

[The authors of the two papers are colleagues and work in the same teaching and research department]

When talking about the reasons for reporting, Teacher Wang expressed his hope to "reverse the academic unhealthy trends in the school" through joint reporting. More than a dozen teachers from

school went to the school's Discipline Inspection Commission to jointly report the incident, hoping to change the school's academic climate.

Teacher Wang revealed that Zhang and Li were from the same teaching and research section. According to the school's official website, Zhang was admitted to Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College in 2013 and served as a full-time teacher of railway transportation. He has won honorary titles such as "Kunming Rookie in Teaching" and "2019 Kunming Excellent Teacher". .

The reporter called the person who was reported, Zhang. Zhang said that he would not accept the interview. If you have any questions, you can call the school's Discipline Inspection Commission or the Propaganda Department.

Li Moumou also expressed that it was inconvenient to answer.

[College response: Zhang’s paper meets the paper testing requirements of Southwest Jiaotong University]

Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College has not responded yet.

The official website of Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College shows that the predecessor of the college is Kunming Railway Mechanical School, which was founded in 1958. The college was established in April 2016. The college is sponsored by Kunming Municipal People's Government and Yunnan Provincial Department of Education It is a public college-level general higher vocational college with business guidance, specializing in cultivating high-quality technical and technical talents in railway and urban rail transit.

According to a recording provided by the whistleblower, at the school’s staff meeting held on April 7, school leaders reported on the matter and said that after verification, Zhang’s thesis met the testing requirements for master’s thesis of Southwest Jiaotong University. .

The recording stated that "the master's thesis is a condition for degree selection, and the authority to identify it is Southwest Jiaotong University. The total copy ratio of Zhang's thesis is 14.1%, which meets the requirements of the school's degree thesis test results."

According to the reporter, Mr. Wang, Southwest Jiaotong University The ethics committee denied issuing a relevant report.

[Southwestern Jiaotong University: No relevant identification report has been issued]

A staff member of the Ethics Committee of Southwest Jiaotong University said, "I have not seen this report. It was not issued by our Academic Ethics Committee. We also reported it to the chairman of the Academic Ethics Committee and the Academic Committee." A report has been made, and we are also looking for relevant professors to take a look at it. "We will resolve the matter carefully.

In response to this matter, the relevant departments of Southwest Jiaotong University responded that according to the "Interim Provisions of Southwest Jiaotong University on Strengthening the Management of Academic Standards in Dissertation Work": the repetition rate of text in master's degree thesis should not exceed 25%, and the incident is still being verified. If plagiarism is determined, it will be handled in accordance with the "Code of Academic Ethics of Southwest Jiaotong University".

[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive News, Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College]

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