Without evidence, your comment is just bad mouthing.
replyI have been involved in academia, including in Brazil, and I don't find academia there any more copycat than any other institution, including top tier ones.
This is very easy to prove [1][2]. Brazil has that reputation in the broarder academic world, and it's for a reason.
reply[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S17511...
[2] https://www.scielo.br/j/aac/a/xNytDrrrHdyK4XPcHBRJZmd/?lang=...
One study about faculty hiring people they know, and the other about high school students cheating on assignments...
What was the original claim again?
replyThis was a municipality working with a government associated IT company.
replyWhat does it have to do with Brazilian academia?
No, typically Brazilians go to Paraguay for their education, most of their technology comes from Paraguay too.
replythat's just a lie lol, stop spreading misinformation
replyWhat? Never heard of this
replyThat sounds like nonsense, they don't even speak the same language in Brasil and Paraguay …
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