I read – in the Sunday Times – with incredulity that some 72% of US universities and colleges hold segregated graduation ceremonies. They are not described as such of course; Brown uses "Blackalaureate" to dignify this disgrace to Enlightenment values. 42% of colleges in the USA are also reported to have segregated residencies, but there is no fancy term to disguise this catastrophic reality. Some hold this up as a celebration of "diversity". I seem to recall that argument being advanced in South Africa a while back, although not by "progressive" forces.
Bath tends to have separate degree ceremonies, it has to be said, where engineers are kept apart from social scientists, and pharmacists from management graduands. There are good practical reasons for this, and it makes sense for students to graduate by faculty. This should not be confused with what seems to be on trend in the USA. Heaven help us.
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