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Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Dissent

Lindsay McKenzie reports:

Just four months before she was due to graduate, Tiffany Filler was expelled from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Leaders at Tufts say Filler hacked into university systems and changed her grades. Filler says she has proof she didn’t do it.

Tufts is standing by its decision. But an article recently published by TechCrunch identified possible holes in the university’s investigation. A petition demanding fair treatment for Filler has since been signed by hundreds of Tufts students and alumni.

Read more on Inside Higher Ed.


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