1. World problems
  2. Devaluation of honorary degrees

Devaluation of honorary degrees

  • Undeserved academic honours
  • Blurred criteria for honorary degrees

Claim

The general trend in award of honorary degrees seems to be towards the headline-friendly or the very rich. Oxford has recently devised something called the Chancellor's Court, to which one can be admitted for £500,000.

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Devaluation
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality Education

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
  • Education » Educational content » Educational content
  • Research, standards » Qualifications
  • Research, standards » Quality unification
  • Value redistribution » Value redistribution
  • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 1, 2022