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I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.
by Bostonian 2y ago
I doubt the university did this for non-political reasons, and requiring a university degree to hold office is a bad idea anyway.
- anticensor 2y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404726, though, it sets a dangerous precedent: any right can be revoked anytime for any reason, nothing is truly earned.
- anigbrowl 2y agoWhat happens if some foreign university confers an honorary degree on him?
- anticensor 2y agoIn Turkish educational system, honorary degrees are only applicable to the institute granting the degree itself. You instead need to have an earned degree to be able to use the privileges outside the institute granting the degree.
- Alive-in-2025 2y agoI'm sure this will come soon to the US with our new overlords looking for new dystopian ideas.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoIn the US, what are the privileges that you earn by possessing a degree?
- sitkack 2y agoDebt
- anigbrowl 2y agoThanks, I wanted to look it up but don't trust machine translation on legal documents.