Why Do We Still Hand Out Honorary Academic Titles?
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An honorary degree acknowledges someone who a university committee deems worth honoring, by offering them a special (albeit mostly symbolic) position, in the university community. Some people feel that handing out doctorates to people who do not earn them devalues the degrees people do earn.
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