General Discussion

I have edited enough papers submitted for publication by people in equivalent positions to know that the kind of plagiarism she is accused of is, unfortunately, pretty routine. From what I have seen, it is more sloppy than it is theft.

In a university setting, it is publish or perish - so anyone up for president of a university or college will have a significant number of published papers or books. Depending on how thoroughly the editors of academic journals reviewed the text and citations it would be relatively easy to build a case that very few (regardless of race or gender) should remain in their positions.

This is a matter of targeting someone to oust from their job and finding the evidence to justify it. Until everyone is a similar position is systematically reviewed under the same microscope, those targeted will largely be nonwhite, female, LGBTQ, etc.