did hunham have...........spoilers
a degree?
sharehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holdovers
"After incessant questioning, Hunham confesses to Angus that he was expelled from Harvard after assaulting a peer, the son of a legacy donor who framed him for plagiarism, which ruined his career prospects. Thanks to the charity of one of his former teachers, he was able to secure a teaching position at Barton."
i think it was post graduate school
shareProbably not. He could have gotten a teaching job at a private school with just a bachelor's degree. He could have left Harvard off his resume and nobody would know the difference. But without a bachelor's degree, he would need that kind of help to get a teaching job at any school.
A "legacy donor" was probably for undergraduate school.
By the early 1980s, most good universities expected a masters or doctorate to get a teaching job. It affected ratings by accreditation boards.
what i meant was he got expelled from post graduate school meaning he already had a bachelor's and master's. i have to go back and look a the scene.
shareAgain…if he was kicked out of a doctoral program…it wouldn’t have been some crazy thing for him to get hired at a boarding school
shareWhen he revealed the expulsion from Harvard to Angus, he admits when they are outside the liquor store that he never graduated college.
sharei went back and looked at it. he was expelled for plagiarizing his senior thesis. which would imply he was in a master's or doctoral program. but he clearly tells the kid that he never finished college. i find it confusing.
shareI agree that it is confusing. Most undergrad degrees do not require a “thesis”. That kind of implies a Master’s at a minimum. Maybe prestigious private boarding schools required advanced degrees back then?
sharei would assume he would have needed at least a masters degree to get teaching job in a private school.
shareSenior thesis are conducted in senior year of college. But yes, a thesis can be completed for a master's program; a dissertation is for a doctorate program. He would be able to get a teaching position at a private school without any degree as private schools have their own requirements.
sharei have never heard of a senior thesis for a bachelor's degree.
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