Re: [RDA-L] Who grants the degree?

2013-12-09 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
Mac, Many thanks to yourself and your grandson! My interpretation is that the power of actually granting the degree resides with the university only. But obviously the faculty must tell the representative of the university (the chancellor) who is to be decorated in this way. I think this is

[RDA-L] Who grants the degree?

2013-12-08 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Grandson Joe, who is a law student at the University of British Columbia, writes in part: Law and medical degrees say 'The Chancellor of the University of British Columbia with the approval of the Senate upon the recommendation of [specific faculty] has conferred the degree of [specific degree]