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A brief history of the ‘honorific’ Oxbridge M.A. degree

HEPI

15] By contrast, the Trinity College Dublin Commission in 1853 was more reform-minded. It noted the Provost (the head) of the college thought the ‘present mode of conferring the higher Degrees unseemly’. 16] The only reform which was implemented was the abolition of the three-week residency requirement.[17] B.D., &c.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Professor of History, CSU East Bay1989-2010, Prof. Hank co-authored the AAUP report, “Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System,” released on December 6, as co-chair of a special investigating committee. Emeritus, 2015-present. In most cases we didn’t even hear back.