Freely Available Information Hidden in MSU's Reply to Freedom of Information Request

When Michigan State University sent a Freedom of Information Act response that was full of redactions, it claimed it was withholding information due to federal laws and university policies related to the ongoing plagiarism investigation of a professor. But the Mackinac Center for Public Policy has learned that one of the numerous redactions was the Midland think tank’s own news article about the plagiarism, raising questions about how the school responds to Freedom of Information Act requests. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy made a FOIA request for some documents related to a plagiarism investigation involving Sharif Shakrani, senior scholar...