Plagiarism charge leveled against Gwendolyn Griffith Adell

The Journal Gazette noted:

Adell submitted a dissertation entitled "African American Female Administrators: Leadership in Context," to Purdue in December 2004 as a doctoral candidate. Portions of the document are nearly identical (see box on Page 16A) to information in a 1999 dissertation submitted by a doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.