Not crazy about the statement about Harvard where "the rate of increase there is in a league of its own". It looks like in about 2000 they just decided instead

Not crazy about the statement about Harvard where "the rate of increase there is in a league of its own". It looks like in about 2000 they just decided instead of giving out 1 or 2 a year they would give out about 10. Who cares? IMO for places like Harvard that already have maximal prestige, throwing around more degrees is only diluting their value. On a personal note, the president of my alma mater happened to be leaving the year that I graduated. She gave herself an honorary doctorate!