Scholar scandal claims education chief
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TAIWAN’S education chief Chiang Wei-ling resigned yesterday after he was implicated in an academic scandal that sparked public outrage and a police investigation.
The controversy surfaced earlier this month when Chiang was linked to a scholar whose papers were retracted by a British publisher following allegations he used bogus identities to peer review his work.
Chiang appeared as a co-writer in five out of 60 articles that were withdrawn.
“After reflection overnight, in order to safeguard my own reputation ... I’ve decided to resign,” Chiang told reporters as prosecutors launched an investigation into the scandal.
Chiang, a 56-year-old civil engineering expert, was president of the central university before he was appointed education chief in February 2012.
His name appeared as a co-writer in five articles written by local academic Peter Chen in the past four years.
Earlier this month, British publisher Sage withdrew Chen’s articles from the Journal of Vibration and Control, alleging he had reviewed his own work by using peers who did not exist.
In a press conference on Sunday, Chiang tried to distance himself from the scandal saying he did not know Peter Chen personally.
Instead, he said he had advised Chen’s twin brother Chen Chen-wu in his doctoral thesis about 10 years ago.
Chen Chen-wu’s name also appeared on a number of the disputed journal entries by his brother.
Chiang’s explanation failed to convince critics and pressure mounted on him to explain how it was possible not to know Peter Chen given Chiang’s name appeared on co-written articles.
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