There’s an Increase in Honorary Degrees Granting
Higher Education Director-General Nizam explains the issue of honorary degrees granting and the ministry of education and culture’s stance.
Tempo
February 15, 2021
SOME in the academia believe that honorary doctorates are being too easily awarded. Several recipients are also believed to be undeserving of their honorary titles. The ministry of education and culture, which once had given its approval for the bestowal of honorary degrees, does not appear to have attempted to resolve the matter. Higher Education Director-General Nizam answered Tempo’s questions in written statements delivered on February
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