Under what conditions, besides discovered plagiarism, could a university revoke the degree of a graduate?

Question

It is not that uncommon for a university to revoke the degree of a graduate who, perhaps years later, was discovered to have committed plagiarism while completing coursework. Recently MIT revoked the bachelor's degree of a graduate who was found to have participated in an underage drinking binge which resulted in the death of a student. In what other situations have universities revoked the degree of a graduate?

Answer 1

A University can revoke a degree based on dishonesty of any type including, but not limited to plagiarism, cheating or any other type of academic fraud. This includes misrepresenting yourself or your previous records. They can also revoke your degree based on breaking any rules of conduct that the university has set up and you agreed to by means of registering. This usually involves fraternity hazing, gambling, any illegal activities that jeaporizes the reputation of the university.

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Under what conditions, besides discovered plagiarism, could a university revoke the degree of a graduate?
It is not that uncommon for a university to revoke the degree of a graduate who, perhaps years later, was discovered to have committed plagiarism while completing coursework. Recently MIT revoked the bachelor's degree of a graduate who was found to have participated in an underage drinking...

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Have you thought about what you might want to do professionally? I think the benefit of staying in college longer and pursuing more credentials will open up more options when you enter the professional world. But it seems like you're stacked with so much talent that it's hard to see why you wouldn't be successful should you decide to go the other route. Personally, if finances wasn't an issue, I'd go for a Ph.D. (assuming I also got the grades for it), but that's just cause I don't want to end up being a programmer or doing something non-Physics related after getting a BS degree. I want to do something actually Physics related, although I'm not too fond of the idea of just research and professorship. I want to work in the high-tech industry... particle accelerators! On the other hand, I do want have a balanced life, cause I'd hate to think of what I might end up like if I only cared about studies and not my health. Unfortunately I don't really have much more to say, as I don't have a lot of experience in the professional world. My view of it is it's just a place where people only care about money and pleasing their bosses... not something to get too excited about, but I could be wrong. Hopefully I am.

Answer 4

I know that colleges will revoke a degree if they find any false or omitted information on an application. I was filling out Grad school apps and I had to sign something saying that everything I filled out was to the best of my knowledge and that I was not willfully withholding information from them. It further said one could be expelled if anything was found to be untruthful, so I'm sure they wouldn't stop at revoking a degree, either.

Answer 5

Every university will have a review committee to decide matters of this sort. I think it is extremely rare, but if a degree were found to have been awarded where all the requirements had not been met, or where the candidate had engaged in some violation of academic ethics, the degree will be withdrawn.

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hello :D besides saving money, i personally dont see any benefits for graduating early, but i get yuour circumstannces are trhowing a huge spanner in the works. like you, i think uni is a time to soak up as much as possible, try everything and live to the fullest a unique time in one's life. i know you adore your college and im sad you're conflicted, trying to decide what to do, as it must be tugging at your heart to think of leaving. in terms of genearl life-work stuff; employers NOW may do the maths and realise youd graduated early, but after a while i doubt it would be noticed (certainly not in the uk, though this may differ for you). your grade, uni and subsequent emplyment would overshadow the accomplishment of leaving early. so...*caveat* obviously im english,and things work rather differently here. straight out of college, balanced against this is your graduating grade. i dont understand well enough how american colleges work. so i assume some kind of GPA thing works too, as youre worrying about a transcript? we just do a final exam, or final exam and coursework. c'est tout. SO.. i recognise your fears about illness potentially dragging down your grade. so.. unhelpfully, ha ha.. i dont know. graduating now and going directly into work, would cast the same problems across your path, if you went into career-ish jobs, or into your law degree. youd still have the possability of fluctating health problems. i know you were planning to do music therapy for a while, which would be less crucial in terms of references (ie, if you took time off from it), so wouldnt a compromise be a year out, simply to CHILL OUT. you know, that thing you NEVER DO. youre amazing, but SLOW DOWN. good grief!! youve gone accelerated school, illness, stressful uni. loving college does NOT remove the stress of working hard, it just makes it enjoyable and worthwhile. as you WELL KNOW stress knackers out the body :D yes, i know what youve been ill with; but you know people arounfd you without having had that burn out from overwork, anyway. your time at uni is precisious, and you adore it all; doing a littel less is not failing to live it to the max if it allows you to stay a further year or two. its just pragmatism. whatever you do, you are never ever going to slow down, but rather than graduating early, id persoanlly look into taking a year off, or finding a way to drop classes next year; you love your sparkling college like its a person; dont leave it sooner than you have to; find a way to stay on. education is the least important thing uni gives one. i hope you find a way to make it all work out XXXXX

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