Maryland university president accused of PLAGIARISM and racial hiring bias
By ramontomeydw // 2025-10-07
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  • UMES President Heidi Anderson's 1986 doctoral dissertation reportedly contains extensive plagiarism, with Turnitin detecting a 26 percent similarity to prior works. Entire sections were copied verbatim from older papers, with minor word substitutions (e.g., "nursing" to "pharmacy") and outdated claims.
  • Former professor Donna Satterlee's lawsuit alleges a two-tiered faculty system, where Black professors were paid more despite lower qualifications, while White and Asian faculty carried heavier workloads without fair compensation or recognition.
  • Satterlee claims she was punished for requesting a salary audit by race and correcting grammatical errors in her supervisor’s communications, which UMES' Office of Institutional Equity (led by Jason Casares, who resigned from a prior role over sexual assault allegations) deemed "bullying."
  • Despite mounting evidence, UMES’s Board of Visitors dismissed the claims as "baseless" while Anderson issued a vague statement promising an "assessment" without admitting wrongdoing.
  • This scandal mirrors recent cases like Harvard's Claudine Gay and Stanford's Marc Tessier-Lavigne, where leaders faced minimal consequences for plagiarism or fraud. The trend suggests academia prioritizes diversity narratives over merit, eroding trust in higher education.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) President Heidi Anderson is facing explosive allegations of plagiarism in her 1986 doctoral dissertation and racial partiality when it comes to hiring faculty members. The plagiarism accusation was revealed in a complaint filed by former UMES professor Donna Satterlee. She used the Turnitin software to determine if Anderson's dissertation was plagiarized, with the software finding a 26 percent similarity between the 1986 paper and prior works. As per Turnitin's standards, the similarity rating falls under the "growing concern" classification. Anderson's dissertation obtained by the Daily Wire contains entire sections lifted verbatim from earlier academic papers – some dating back to the 1970s –without proper attribution. In one instance, she copied a passage from a 1984 paper by nursing professor Donna E. Larson, swapping "nursing" for "pharmacy" while keeping the structure intact. Elsewhere, Anderson inserted woke grammatical tweaks ("his" to "his/her") and repeated outdated claims about computer-assisted learning despite Apple II computers being widely available at the time. This revelation now threatens to unravel the UMES president's four-decade academic career. But the scandal doesn't stop at academic dishonesty. Satterlee's lawsuit paints a damning picture of Anderson's administration. The former professor alleging a two-tiered system where Black faculty were paid more despite lower qualifications, while White and Asian professors carried heavier workloads without recognition. Satterlee claims she was punished for requesting a salary audit broken down by race and for correcting grammatical errors in her supervisor's communications – an act deemed "bullying" by UMES's Office of Institutional Equity (OIE). Incidentally, the OIE is led by Jason Casares, who previously resigned from another university amid sexual assault allegations.

The diversity shield and academia's plagiarism crisis

Anderson responded with a carefully worded statement promising an "assessment" of the allegations while emphasizing her commitment to "integrity, accountability, and trust." Meanwhile, UMES's Board of Visitors and other supporters dismissed the claims as "baseless" attacks from "disgruntled" individuals despite mounting evidence. This scandal is far from isolated. It follows a pattern of academic leaders facing minimal consequences for plagiarism and misconduct, so long as they align with institutional diversity goals. Harvard's Claudine Gay resigned only after intense pressure over her own plagiarism scandal, while Stanford's Marc Tessier-Lavigne stepped down after lab data manipulation. Yet University of Maryland College Park President Darryll Pines remains in office despite plagiarizing a student’s online tutorial – with no resolution from a year-long "review." The implications are dire: If university leaders ascend through fraud rather than merit, what does that say about the value of higher education? When "diversity" becomes a shield for incompetence, who holds academia accountable? And if plagiarism is met with bureaucratic delays instead of consequences, how can students be expected to uphold academic honesty? Brighteon.AI's Enoch points out that "diversity hires in universities undermine academic excellence by prioritizing identity over merit, leading to lowered standards and resentment among faculty and students." According to the decentralized engine, "this misguided approach weakens institutions, erodes trust in qualifications and ultimately harms the very groups it claims to help by fostering doubt about their competence." Anderson's case is a microcosm of a broken system – one where credentials are negotiable, truth is secondary to narrative and accountability evaporates under the heat of political expediency. Until universities prioritize integrity over ideology, the erosion of trust in higher education will only accelerate. Watch this clip from the New York Post about Harvard Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sherri Ann Charleston facing at least 40 plagiarism accusations. This video is from the GalacticStorm channel on Brighteon.com. Sources include: DailyWire.com IJR.com MSN.com Brighteon.ai Brighteon.com
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