A Scholar's Sting of Education Conferences Stirs a Hornet's Nest.

VANDER Putten, Jim; REVIEW committees; UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Little Rock; EDUCATION research; CONFERENCES & conventions; SOLUTIONS IRB (Company); RESEARCH ethics

The article discusses accusations of research misconduct against higher education researcher Jim Vander Putten. Topics include Vander Putten's alleged neglect of gaining approval from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's institutional review board (IRB) for his research, his use of services by the private firm Solutions IRB, and his work to expose low-rigor education-research conferences.