Is Research rising to the level of Athletics?

[JoeWildcat]

I guess when "research" faculty bring in gobs of money comparable to sports teams, college administrators hold them to similar standards.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/...ancer Researcher Gets a Pass&utm_campaign=LRL

 

[TheC]

I guess when "research" faculty bring in gobs of money comparable to sports teams, college administrators hold them to similar standards.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/science/cancer-carlo-croce.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Years of Ethics Charges, but Star Cancer Researcher Gets a Pass&utm_campaign=LRL

As a research scientist, this story breaks my heart. However, I will say that it is not as easy as you might think to cheat like this in science. You may get away with it for a while, but you will eventually get caught. Now, you may say he beat the system because he did so well for so long, but he will likely go down as a fraud and no one will believe his work, even if 99% of it was true and accurate. Most researchers aren't willing to take that risk. But, every profession has its cheaters.

 

[NU 71 72 74]

A couple decades ago, I flew into Pittsburgh to visit my mother. Upon arrival at the airport I picked up a local newspaper and, boom, front page story on a Pitt Oncology guy who had been caught manufacturing data for his heavily NIH funded research -- happens -- bad eggs in most professions. Pitt got spanked for poor oversight of the prof plus was forced to publish major retractions re findings. NIH was not pleased.

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