History of degrees and exams

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, I found this piece from University of Kent interesting: Degrees: examinations and ceremonies.

 

Interesting, indeed. It doesn't appear as if much has changed, however, since the "incompetent rich and powerful" still manage to "get through".

 

degrees and exams

Send $99 and you too can get a degree

 

Yes, you can get that degree for $99! But I was referring to the likes of JFK, Jr. getting through Brown and then getting a law degree from NYU, Dubya getting through Yale and then getting an MBA from Harvard, et al..........

 

I tlooks like the "class ring" thread could be updated as its history goes back to medieval times.

John

 

Convocation

According to Lawrence Stone. 1979. (The Family Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800) Pengiun Books.

I quote;

"In the Middle Ages .......... at Oxford University the conferring of the degree of Master of Grammar was accompanied by the presentation of a birch as a symbol of office and by the ceremonial flogging of a whipping-boy by the new Master."

Some things have changed after all.