Posted on 11/15/2012 11:07:29 AM PST by Fractal Trader
Paula Broadwell, the biographer with whom former CIA director David Petraeus had an extramarital affair, abandoned her bid for a doctorate from Harvard in 2007, failing to advance to PhD candidacy after four semesters at the Kennedy School of Government, and now faces the prospect of an ethical review at King’s College London, where she has resumed pursuit of a doctorate.
The revelations about her mixed academic record add to the portrait of a principal figure in the Petraeus scandal who has refused to respond to multiple Globe requests for comment and hasn’t spoken publicly since disclosure of her relationship with Petraeus and his resignation as CIA chief.
Broadwell left Harvard with a lesser diploma in 2008, a master of public administration, after one additional semester.
She enrolled later that year as a PhD student in the war studies department of King’s College London, where her military leadership research focused largely on Petraeus, according to Broadwell’s profile on the school website. But four years on, Broadwell remains far from earning her degree, according to the department chairman, and her relationship with the subject of her research could jeopardize her progress toward a doctorate.
“We have a very stringent ethical review process,” said Mervyn Frost, head of the war studies department. “We found nothing wrong with her original proposal, but in light of what’s happened now, I suspect we’ll revisit that process.”
One of Broadwell’s former professors at Harvard described her as a self-promoter who would routinely show up at office hours.
“It was very much, ‘I’m here and you’re going to know I’m here,’ ” said the professor, who did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of ongoing investigations.
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Most of the kids at Harvard are pretty brainy; it’s not surprising that so few flunk out.
I have been thinking that same thing: plant.
She lied about being top of the class in fitness.
Interesting. I’ve never seen that reported. Do you have a source?
Sex tape in 3....2....1....
Girl, Google is your friend.
I told him to look up the Keywords “chrome” and “trailer hitch” on Google.
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