Two standards on school plagiarism
Plagiarizing Naperville Central High School principal Jim Caudill is apparently being reassigned for stealing the words of others when crafting a recent high school commencement speech.
It's an unfortunate circumstance for which Mr. Caudill is being held accountable.
In contrast, Southern Illinois University president and former Illinois Congressmen Glenn Poshard, who committed the far more egregious act of plagiarizing major portions of his doctoral dissertation, still has his job.
Obviously academic standards, ethical expectations and accountability measures are much higher in the Naperville public schools than they are at one of the state's largest universities.
But, there is no accountability for Poshard, the political insider.
Instead, President Poshard has made a laughingstock out of SIU. This is such a shame for the more honorable people in the SIU community.
"Bravo" to the Naperville school board, and to it superintendent, for doing the difficult but right thing.
Charles F. Falk
Schaumburg