"Bill Ackman Defends Wife Neri Oxman Amid Plagiarism Allegations and Pledges MIT Scrutiny"

Bill Ackman, previously vocal against plagiarism in academia, has moderated his stance after his wife, Neri Oxman, was found to have plagiarized parts of her dissertation. Ackman, who had been campaigning for Harvard's Claudine Gay to resign over similar allegations, now suggests that some level of improper citation is almost inevitable in academic work. This shift in perspective follows Business Insider's report on Oxman's academic misconduct and Ackman's own acknowledgment of the challenges in maintaining perfect citation due to human error or laziness.