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Eh, I attended a conservative Christian college and there was a pretty strict religious code of conduct students were required to abide by. I would find it pret

by plorg 2y ago

Eh, I attended a conservative Christian college and there was a pretty strict religious code of conduct students were required to abide by. I would find it pretty disturbing for the school to retroactively rescind my engineering degree due to my having drunk underage or being an atheist. You can come up with whatever justification you want, but this action is unprecedented and clearly a politically motivated punishment.

bawolff 2y ago
My high school wouldn't let you graduate if you had unpaid library fines, i can't imagine what they would do if you caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. I agree rescinding post-granting degree is weird but we are still talking about behaviour that happened while they were students and that happened relatively recently (such that disciplinary procedures could have realistically started while they were still students). It is unusual, but the situation is unusual. I think calling it unprecedented is a bit much. Its plausible it could be politically motivated, but it seems equally plausible that the school is pissed that they now have to find thousands in the budget to repair the damage done. Causing tens of thousands of dollars in damages is a plausible reason for the school to be mad.
- crooked-v 2y ago
  Ekrem İmamoğlu, the man whose degree was taken away, is 55 and got his degree in the early 90s. What is "recent" about that?
  - bawolff 2y ago
    I was replying to someone comparing the article to pro-palestine protestors from columbia who had their degree removed. I agree 100% that people like Ekrem İmamoğlu is a totally different situation. That was the thing i was trying to argue.
    - plorg 2y ago
      I think you're claiming the Ekrem İmamoğlu case is completely different, I don't think that's what anyone else is saying. In any case Columbia had ample time to address it's students before granting them diplomas - no facts have changed between them and now, nor have any new facts been made public. It's only turning heel because of political pressure by the President of the United States.

by plorg 2y ago

bawolff 2y ago

My high school wouldn't let you graduate if you had unpaid library fines, i can't imagine what they would do if you caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. I agree rescinding post-granting degree is weird but we are still talking about behaviour that happened while they were students and that happened relatively recently (such that disciplinary procedures could have realistically started while they were still students). It is unusual, but the situation is unusual. I think calling it unprecedented is a bit much. Its plausible it could be politically motivated, but it seems equally plausible that the school is pissed that they now have to find thousands in the budget to repair the damage done. Causing tens of thousands of dollars in damages is a plausible reason for the school to be mad.

crooked-v 2y ago
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the man whose degree was taken away, is 55 and got his degree in the early 90s. What is "recent" about that?
- bawolff 2y ago
  I was replying to someone comparing the article to pro-palestine protestors from columbia who had their degree removed. I agree 100% that people like Ekrem İmamoğlu is a totally different situation. That was the thing i was trying to argue.
  - plorg 2y ago
    I think you're claiming the Ekrem İmamoğlu case is completely different, I don't think that's what anyone else is saying. In any case Columbia had ample time to address it's students before granting them diplomas - no facts have changed between them and now, nor have any new facts been made public. It's only turning heel because of political pressure by the President of the United States.