Noose professor reprimanded for plagiarism.

Edumacation: What kind of college allows a person who has been cited in 24 cases she plagiarised to keep her job?

Columbia University said Thursday it has sanctioned for plagiarism the African-American professor on whose office door a noose was found last fall. Madonna Constantine, professor of psychology and education at the university's Teachers College, was not dismissed, the university said. Thursday's announcement came after an 18-month investigation, conducted by the law firm of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, said Marcia Horowitz, a Teachers College spokeswoman. In a report presented in December to Teachers College administrators, the firm concluded that in two dozen cases, Constantine's published works contained language similar to passages in papers written by others, including a former teacher at the school and two of Constantine's former students.