CUT AND PASTE GRADUATE RESEARCH

It seems that cut and paste "scientific research" by graduate students is gaining ground, to the extent its being talked about in the media and official circles. It is the duty of the supervisor to make sure that this "research" is the work of the student and not a shop at a street corner with a sign saying "ready made research". The supervisor is the person who follows the birth of the thesis, word by word and paragraph by paragraph, and to allow the student to submit a thesis not of his writing, knowingly or otherwise, is sharing in the act. Action of this nature should be punishable. The punishment should include the one who bought, the one who sold and the one who knew and kept silent.