Dongguk University v. Yale University: In an unusual legal battle that pitted two universities from opposite parts of the world, a federal judge has dismissed claims that Yale University damaged the reputation of a South Korean university embroiled in a political scandal.
In 2005, Dongguk University, based in Seoul, was checking the credentials of a candidate for an art history teaching job. The woman claimed to have received a doctorate from Yale, and the Ivy League school’s officials told their Dongguk counterparts that they had bestowed the advanced degree. Except that turned out to be incorrect; the professor candidate had not, in fact, attended Yale.
