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As Lehigh University considers revoking Trump's honorary degree, Liberty University says it will not
As Lehigh University considers revoking Trump's honorary degree, Liberty University says it will not
Josh Moody 12 hrs ago
President Donald Trump used to have five honorary degrees, but that number may shrink to three following Monday’s faculty vote at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania to revoke the honorary degree it gave Trump.
Faculty voted this week to request Lehigh’s Board of Trustees rescind the degree it awarded Trump in 1988, leaving Trump with two honorary degrees from Liberty University and one from Wagner College in New York.
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While Lehigh may be reconsidering Trump’s honorary degree, Liberty University is not. ... Trump was awarded an honorary business degree from Liberty in 2012 and an honorary law degree in 2017. ... “We’re proud to have bestowed those honors,” LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday.
Discussing the Lehigh motion, Falwell chided the faculty members for their vote. ... “It’s so childish, in my opinion, for professors at a university to be so partisan that they would revoke, or ask their board to revoke, a degree the board bestowed in the past,” Falwell said. ... He added he expects the board to “be the adults in the room” and not give in to “shenanigans.” ... Falwell also said such a move by Lehigh could prompt backlash from prospective students.
Josh Moody 12 hrs ago
President Donald Trump used to have five honorary degrees, but that number may shrink to three following Monday’s faculty vote at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania to revoke the honorary degree it gave Trump.
Faculty voted this week to request Lehigh’s Board of Trustees rescind the degree it awarded Trump in 1988, leaving Trump with two honorary degrees from Liberty University and one from Wagner College in New York.
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While Lehigh may be reconsidering Trump’s honorary degree, Liberty University is not. ... Trump was awarded an honorary business degree from Liberty in 2012 and an honorary law degree in 2017. ... “We’re proud to have bestowed those honors,” LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday.
Discussing the Lehigh motion, Falwell chided the faculty members for their vote. ... “It’s so childish, in my opinion, for professors at a university to be so partisan that they would revoke, or ask their board to revoke, a degree the board bestowed in the past,” Falwell said. ... He added he expects the board to “be the adults in the room” and not give in to “shenanigans.” ... Falwell also said such a move by Lehigh could prompt backlash from prospective students.
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