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ASU Renaming Scholarship Program After Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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After a day of withering criticism over its decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree, Arizona State University announced on Sat...

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ASU Stiffs Obama, Claims Too Inexperienced For Honorary Degree

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

ASU says that honorary degrees are given "for an achievement of eminence" and that Obama was not considered for an honorary degree because his body of achievements, at this time, does not fit within that criteria.

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