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Yale to be sued over Shin case

Despite Levin’s letter of apology, Dongguk Univ. plans to sue Yale over confirmation of forged degree

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, February 4, 2008

The Korean university to which Yale accidentally verified the authenticity of a fabricated doctorate will sue Yale, the school’s president said last week, according to a report published in The Korea Times.

University President Richard Levin recently sent a letter of apology to Dongguk University, where Shin Jeong-ah, a former art history professor at the school, landed her prestigious job in part because of what she presented as a doctorate degree in art history from Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Shin never attended Yale, but forged a letter from the school...

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