SWAG视频鈥檚 Anouar Majid interviewed by news outlet covering higher education in the Arab world

Anouar Majid

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., SWAG视频 vice president of Global Affairs and Communications, was quoted in an article Al-Fanar Media, a news outlet specializing in academics in the Arab world. The article, titled, 鈥淎cademics Uneasy SWAG视频 Honorary Degrees for Rulers,鈥 discussed the controversy over awarding degrees as gifts to political leaders.

Last year, Egyptian King Salman bin Abdulaziz received an honorary doctorate from Cairo University. Majid stated, 鈥淥n the one hand, it鈥檚 risky to offer honorary degrees to politicians and heads of state because it could send the wrong message that universities support the politics of the recipient. On the other hand, a politician may deserve recognition for supporting an educational or cultural program.鈥

鈥淐onferring an honorary degree is like naming a building after a donor鈥攈e may turn out to have engaged in illegal practices and the university would have to consider removing his name from it,鈥 he said. 鈥淚n any case, honorary degrees are symbolic; they don鈥檛 indicate credit for academic work.鈥

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