The Price of an Honorary Degree
Universities are making it easy for politicians and businessmen to receive honorary degrees. Speeches are prepared with university assistance.
Hussein Abri Dongoran
February 15, 2021
NATIONAL Awakening Party (PKB) General Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar’s presentation, which was delivered in a limited discussion forum in the Adi Sukadana Hall of Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, in September 2017, drew criticism. Hotman Siahaan, a professor who attended the forum, questioned the theory Muhaiman applied in his presentation. “I said, the theory he explained is incorrect,” said Hotman, retelling t
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