The Executive Committee will convene a special meeting to consider alternate nominees only in extraordinary circumstances. Presence at Commencement or Other Official Ceremonies No honorary degree will be conferred unless the recipient is present. If a recipient is unable to attend the ceremony, the conferral of the degree can be deferred to an alternate opportunity.
Honorary degrees are awarded for life. Awardees reflect the values and personify the mission of the University. If at any time during the life of an awardee the University becomes aware of documented evidence of criminal, unethical or immoral behavior or activity, the University has the right to rescind the honorary degree.
The President will present to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors evidence warranting the revocation of an honorary degree. The Executive Committee will review and consider this evidence and, where it finds sufficient evidence to warrant revocation, forward its recommendation regarding revocation to the full Board of Directors for a vote.
Shortly after awarding him the degree, Woodville was offered and accepted a post as the Chancellor of the University. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, prestigious institutions like Oxford would don hundreds of other men, all of whom were members of the noble elite, similar degrees.
In alone, some doctorates were doled out by Charles I — many of which went directly to members of his court. Between and , more than different types of degrees were awarded, ranging from B.
Nonetheless, recipients of the latter often still considered themselves deserving of the title: Benjamin Franklin , who received honorary LL.
In it, he detailed that in a ten-year period alone, some American universities had given out 3, degrees. He elaborates on his concerns:. It is so easy to get a degree — so many men of slight acquisitions have obtained a degree -- that it is now the way to apply for these honors.
If the secret sessions of college corporations were made public, there would be an astonishing revelation of intimations and open requests and endorsements.
Members of the faculties of colleges are constantly applied to lend their influence to secure a doctorate for this person or that. Despite mounting criticism that the honorary degree made a complete and utter mockery of higher education, the practice only continued to grow in popularity throughout the 20th century.
Over a period of three centuries, Yale University has awarded 2, of them. University of Pennsylvania has bestowed 1, — and as many as 56 in a single year. A representative in Brown University's administrative office tells us they've given out somewhere around 2,, averaging around 8 per year.
But to truly understand to ballooning nature of honorary degrees, one needs look no further than Harvard University. Zachary Crockett, Priceonomics; data via Harvard University. Whereas the school traditionally granted 2 to 3 honorary diplomas per year, it now routinely awards 9 to Nearly all modern-day honorary degrees awarded by universities are one of the following: Litt. Doctor of Letters , L. D Doctor of Humane Letters , Sc. Doctor of Science , D.
Doctor of Divinity , D. They must be submitted through the office of a dean or chancellor. Consultation with respective college councils or departmental faculties is recommended. Nominations should be submitted to the special committee on honorary degrees at least 6 months in advance of the June commencement. After initial consideration, the special committee may request additional material in support of a nomination.
The initial nomination should:. The special committee on honorary degrees will screen nominations and recommend, with supporting rationale, up to four finalists to the President, one for each of the four honorary degrees available.
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