Very interesting article .. it demonstrates that big ivy league institutions used it as means to obtain funding and built connections for their institutions. An "honorary" degree cannot be compared to a degree won through sheer hard work and dexterity ... society should know this and highlight it
> An "honorary" degree cannot be compared to a degree won through sheer hard work and dexterity
I thought that was kinda the point of honorary degrees- a person accomplishes something in a particular field despite the lack of the formal education.
