“I understand,” she said.
“And I want to be equally clear with you.
What you’ve described, if accurate, is a serious matter.
Not simply because of what was said about you personally — though that is not nothing — but because Professor Holt assigned your thesis to his graduate seminar as an example of poor work.
That means your scholarship was used, without your knowledge, as a teaching tool for failure.
That is an academic integrity issue.”
I had not thought of it that way.
I sat with it for a moment.
“I see,” I said.
“I would like to meet with you in person,” she said.
“This week, if possible.
And I would like to speak with the student separately, with your permission.”
“You have it,” I said.
I called Priya after I hung up.
She answered on the second ring.
“She wants to speak with you,” I told her.
