Young actor Zhai Tianlin reported to the postdoctoral research station of Peking University on January 10, 2019, and then quit on February 16, which lasted only more than 30 days. If he does not encounter "academic fraud", he plans to participate in a two-year research project "Research on the Value Chain of Cultural Industries" here.
At noon on February 16, Sina Weibo @ Peking University released the "Investigation Notes on Recruiting Zhai Tianlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow", saying that the investigation team confirmed that Zhai Tianlin had academic misconduct after investigation, and the school agreed with the Guanghua School of Management's opinion that Zhai Tianlin should withdraw from the station (Peking University postdoctoral research mobile station) on February 13, and in addition, the school decided to stop recruiting postdoctoral fellows for Zhai Tianlin's cooperative supervisors.
The "Explanation of the Investigation on the Recruitment of Zhai Tianlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow" pointed out that after investigation, it was found that in the process of zhai Tianlin's inbound material review, interview and recruitment, the cooperative supervisor, the interview team and the Guanghua School of Management had the problems of lax academic control and insufficient substantive review.
Zhai Tianlin
Academic crackdown
"Zhai Tianlin, a popular star who does not know what CNKI is and has been suspected of plagiarism in published papers, and zhai Tianlin, a popular star who has just played a fake actor on the Stage of the Spring Festival Gala, is facing the monstrous wave of academic counterfeiting in real life." Star + scholar + postdoc, Zhai Tianlin's 'human design' is rapidly collapsing. Earlier, the Science and Technology Daily article concluded.
The fermentation of the matter began with the Weibo account @PITD asian doctoral organization of abuse A question and answer that was forwarded on the third day of the Chinese New Year: Why did Dr. Zhai Tianlin graduate, but there was no published paper. In this regard, the first hammer of academic counterfeiting in 2019 was launched. The WeChat public account "Science and Technology Daily" article pointed out that most of the people who pay attention to this account are master's and doctoral students who have struggled or struggled in the sea of papers, and are well aware of the pain of paper baldness. Zhai Tianlin's showbiz academic hegemony has long attracted their attention.
According to the surging news article, the doubts about Zhai Tianlin are mainly manifested in two aspects. First, two of Zhai Tianlin's papers that can be publicly retrieved, one of which is suspected of plagiarism. The paper, entitled "On the Performance creation of "Bai Xiaowen" in the > of the TV Series < bailuyuan", has only more than 2800 words in full, and the content of 1646 words is the same as that published by others. This article was condemned by the plagiarists, Professor Huang Lihua of Huangshan University, "I (published a paper) more than ten years ago, copied by the whole paragraph, the facts speak louder than words."
Second, after Zhai Tianlin posted his postdoctoral admission letter from the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University on the Internet, in addition to the above-mentioned papers suspected of plagiarism, netizens could not find other journal papers published by Zhai Tianlin. According to the relevant requirements of the Beijing Film Academy, if he had not published at least two academic papers in academic journals during his doctoral studies, Zhai Tianlin would not have been able to obtain a doctorate. Moreover, the article "On TV Drama < The Performance creation of "Bai Xiaowen" in the White Deer Plains >" has been removed from CNKI on February 10.
Public opinion fermented
The surging news reporter noted that with the arrival of the first working day after the Spring Festival holiday on February 11, more and more media began to intervene in this topic, and even many authoritative media, including the "People's Daily" WeChat public account, either published articles or reprinted discussions.
On the evening of February 10, the WeChat public account of "Science and Technology Daily" published an article entitled "Zhai Tianlin was subjected to "academic counterfeiting", and Peking University was also asked to come out to "take two steps"" pointed out that "every paper that does not comply with academic norms, every behavior that does not comply with scientific research integrity, may be detonated at some point... The title of Doctor, not a frivolous honorary title... Whether it is an individual or a scientific research institution, more respect for academia and rules, the road, in order to go more steadily. ”
The article of the above-mentioned "Science and Technology Daily" WeChat public account was reprinted by the "People's Daily" WeChat public account on the evening of the 11th under the title of "[Concern] Beiying Dr. Zhai Tianlin, Who Was "Academic Crackdown on Counterfeiting"".
On the 11th, Henan media Dahe Network also joined the discussion, and the article "Zhai Tianlin's Thesis Storm Is More Important than "Academic Hegemony" is Academic Integrity", which pointed out that "the doctoral degree is a serious evaluation system that represents the academic level, is standing on the same running line, and has nothing to do with star status." This storm naturally attracted attention because of its star status, but since it involved suspected academic misconduct, it jumped out of the entertainment circle and needed to be investigated by the education department. ”
Also participating in the discussion was the Yangtze Evening News, a Jiangsu media. The newspaper published the article "Alleged Plagiarism of Zhai Tianlin "Dr." Collapse? Zhai Tianlin, who has a "xueba" persona, asks three questions: Who wrote the paper? How do I get a degree? How to pass the review?
@ People's Daily also published a short commentary on February 11: As an actor, as long as the acting value is online, the level of education is not the key; but as a student, whether it is a celebrity or not, academic norms must be flat in a bowl of water. There are real talents and practical learning that are not afraid of squeezing water, and cheating must not stand up to scrutiny. The doctoral hat is the highest honor on campus, but it is destined to become more and more difficult to "mix", and if you want to carry a crown, you must bear its weight.
The Ministry of Education is concerned
After the fermentation of public opinion, the units involved expressed their positions one by one.
Among them, "Talking about TV Drama < The Performance Creation of "Bai Xiaowen" in bailuyuan >" is a paper published by Zhai Tianlin as a doctoral student at the Beijing Film Academy, and on February 11, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the Beijing Film Academy that the school attaches great importance to this incident, and has set up an investigation team and launched an investigation procedure in accordance with relevant procedures. The school said that it attaches great importance to the construction of academic ethics and has a zero-tolerance attitude towards academic misconduct.
Also on February 11, @Peking University published a response from Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, saying: "Our institute attaches great importance to the recent media and public attention to the "Zhai Tianlin's academic misconduct". We will deal with it according to the survey conclusions of its doctoral degree awarding units as required. ”
Three days later, on February 14, @Beijing Film Academy released a note on the investigation of Zhai Tianlin's problem (1): The academic committee of the university hired experts from inside and outside the university to conduct a retrieval and preliminary review of relevant materials, and has now entered the formal investigation stage and notified Zhai Tianlin himself.
A moment later, @Zhai Tianlin published a "Letter of Apology", expressing his willingness to actively cooperate with the "all investigations" of the Beijing Film Academy and saying that he had officially applied to withdraw from the relevant work of the postdoctoral research station of Peking University.
On the afternoon of the same day, @Peking University Guanghua School of Management spoke out again: Noting that Zhai Tianlin publicly expressed his willingness to withdraw from the postdoctoral research mobile station today, the college has always maintained a zero-tolerance attitude toward academic misconduct and will deal with it in accordance with laws and regulations and procedures.
The Paper noted that on December 14, 2018, the Postdoctoral Office of Peking University released the "Announcement of the Postdoctoral List of Peking University in January 2019" through its official website, which was published from December 14, 2018 to December 20, 2018, and Zhai Tianlin was among them, and according to the follow-up notice, he finally passed the publicity.
Zhai Tianlin's case has also attracted the attention of the Ministry of Education.
On February 15, in response to a question from the surging news about Zhai Tianlin's alleged academic misconduct, the Ministry of Education spokesperson Xu Mei said, "Recently, Zhai Tianlin's related public opinion has aroused heated discussion on the Internet, and the Ministry of Education attaches great importance to this matter, and the first time it also requires relevant parties to quickly verify." ”
She pointed out that the relevant departments in Beijing are also urging and guiding the Beijing Film Academy to organize an investigation, and Peking University has also carried out relevant verification work, "The investigation is not only related to whether (Zhai Tianlin) himself is suspected of academic misconduct, but also involves whether there are problems in other aspects of the work, we also saw yesterday (February 14) Nortel and Peking University have successively issued phased verification statements, and Zhai Tianlin himself has also issued a public apology letter to the public." ”
Xu Mei stressed that the Ministry of Education's consistent and clear attitude toward academic misconduct is zero tolerance, and it is absolutely impossible to allow the occurrence of ignoring academic rules and destroying academic norms and harming educational fairness.
Along with the statements of all parties, there are also accumulated commentaries, such as the People's Network's "Doctors Fight Counterfeiting, Let Academics Return to Purity" and so on.
Peking University is conclusive
How did Zhai Tianlin enter the postdoctoral research mobile station of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University? On February 16, @Peking University published the "Explanation of the Investigation on recruiting Zhai Tianlin as a postdoctoral fellow" to explain.
According to the "Investigation Note on the Recruitment of Zhai Tianlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow", on November 6, 2018, the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University released the "2019 Postdoctoral Recruitment Notice" on the college's website. According to the above recruitment information, Zhai Tianlin submitted a postdoctoral application to the college, and submitted the application materials (including personal resume, list of academic achievements, two representative works, postdoctoral research ideas and work plans, etc.) as required. On November 27, Guanghua School of Management entrusted an interview team composed of co-supervisors, professors in this subject area and postdoctoral work leaders to interview them in accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of postdoctoral recruitment, entry and exit stations and on-site management of Peking University and the Measures for the Management of Postdoctoral Fellows of Guanghua School of Management. Based on this and its interview performance, the cooperative tutor and the interview team agreed to hire Zhai Tianlin as a cooperative researcher from the perspective of carrying out interdisciplinary research, and entered the postdoctoral research mobile station of Guanghua School of Management to participate in the two-year research project of "Research on the Value Chain of Cultural Industries". After the school's publicity and filing, Zhai Tianlin reported to the station on January 10, 2019.
The "Explanation of the Investigation on the Recruitment of Zhai Tianlin as a Postdoctoral Fellow" now points out that after investigation, it was found that in the process of zhai Tianlin's inbound material review, interview and recruitment, the cooperative tutor, the interview team and the Guanghua School of Management had the problems of lax academic control and insufficient substantive review; at the same time, it was confirmed that Zhai Tianlin had academic misconduct. According to Article 33 of the Regulations on Postdoctoral Management Work (issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security [2006] No. 149) of the Ministry of Personnel and the National Postdoctoral Management Committee, and the Notice of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Postdoctoral Management Committee on Issues Related to the Implementation of the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Reforming and Improving the Postdoctoral System (issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security [2017] No. 20) on strict postdoctoral personnel recruitment and management requirements and the Measures for the Administration of Postdoctoral Researchers of Peking University (Trial Implementation) (Issued by the University of Human Resources and Social Security [ Article 27 of 2013]10, the school agreed with the opinion of Guanghua School of Management on February 13 that Zhai Tianlin should be withdrawn from the station. According to Article 29 of the Measures for the Administration of Postdoctoral Researchers of Peking University (Trial Implementation), the university decided to stop recruiting postdoctoral fellows to the cooperative supervisor, severely criticized the members of the interview team, and instructed the Guanghua School of Management to make an in-depth inspection.
Peking University said that the school will further improve the relevant systems and management measures, and requires the Postdoctoral Management Office to organize postdoctoral recruitment units to seriously carry out self-examination and self-correction, further tighten academic standards, and strengthen the awareness of norms. For postdoctoral application materials that are fraudulent or violate academic ethics, as well as those who are not strict in the recruitment process, they will be seriously held accountable, and they will be investigated and punished together, and will not be tolerated. This problem exposes loopholes in the school's postdoctoral management. We have reflected profoundly on this, taken this as a warning, learned from each other, further strengthened and improved the internal management of the school, checked for omissions and filled in the gaps, compacted responsibilities, conscientiously rectified, and humbly accepted the supervision and criticism of the public.