German Education Minister Annette Schavan has long been dogged by accusations that she had plagiarized parts of her Ph.D.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2013 file picture German Chancellor Angela Merkel , right, and then Education and Research Minister Annette ...

Talk about setting a bad precedent for German students, and a good one for independent blog journalism. The country’s top educator faces being expelled from Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet after ...

Germany's Education Minister Annette Schavan attends a ceremony at Frankfurt cathedral in western Germany, on October 14, 2012. Schavan -- a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel -- is fighting for ...