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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiberty Is Now The Only University To Not Rescind Donald Trump's Honorary Degrees
Jan 9, 2021,08:38am EST
Michael T. NietzelSenior Contributor
Education
I am a former university president who writes about higher education.
Donald Trump has been granted five honorary degrees in his lifetime - from Lehigh University in 1988, from Wagner College in 2004, from Robert Gordon University in Scotland in 2010, and from Liberty University, which granted honorary degrees to Mr. Trump on two occasions - 2012 and 2017.
But as of today, only one of those institutions- Liberty University - has not revoked the honorary degrees originally granted to Mr. Trump.
Robert Gordon rescinded the degree it awarded in 2015, after determining that Trump had made a number of statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university.
Yesterday, both Lehigh and Wagner followed suit, after the storming and siege at the nations Capitol on Wednesday which followed a speech by the president that many saw as inciting the violence. In his remarks to the crowd, Trump called the election he lost this egregious assault on our democracy. He then urged his supporters to walk down to the Capitol. We are going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we are probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you will never take back our country with weakness.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/01/09/liberty-is-now-the-only-university-to-not-rescind-donald-trumps-honorary-degrees
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Liberty Is Now The Only University To Not Rescind Donald Trump's Honorary Degrees (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2021
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Trump would be Valedictorian at Liberty University. Straight As in conning, grifting and stealing.
Midnight Writer
Jan 2021
#3
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)1. At Liberty U everything has a price tag on it.
RainCaster
(10,908 posts)2. Jerry Falwell U
The home of the "RW Grifters"
Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)3. Trump would be Valedictorian at Liberty University. Straight As in conning, grifting and stealing.
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)4. They're busy suing VA Gov. Northam.