AgriScience Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Agroecology
Honorary Doctorates: Exploring Alternative Non-Academic Honorifics Distinct from Earned Academic Degrees Abstract
The widespread public use of the prefix “Dr.” by recipients of honorary doctorates has increasingly blurred the distinction between such ceremonial honours and earned academic degrees through systematic educational processes. To avoid this conflation, this article proposes that universities may consider replacing “Honorary Doctorate” with a clearly non- academic honorific such as “Honorary Fellow.” Such a reform, while continuing to recognise distinguished societal contributions, would also uphold the sanctity of genuine academic credentials.
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Advanced Construction Materials Agricultural engineering Agricultural science Agroecology Agroecosystem Resilience Agroecosystem resilience; Agroecosystems Agroforestry Animal science Biodiversity in farming systems Biodiversity. Biophilic Design Biotechnology in agriculture Building Automation Systems Building Envelope Optimization Building Information Modeling (BIM) Building Performance Analysis Building Resilience Building Retrofitting Carbon Footprint Reduction Circular Economy in Construction Civil Engineering Climate Adaptation Strategies Climate Change Mitigation Climate-responsive Architecture Climate-Smart Agriculture Construction Automation Construction Risk Management Construction Technology Construction Waste Management Crop diversification Crop science Dairy science Digital Twin in Construction Eco-friendly Design Ecological farming Ecosystem Services Ecosystem services in agriculture Energy Modeling Energy-efficient Buildings Environmental Impact Assessment Food science Geotechnical Engineering Green Building Green Certification Systems Green Infrastructure Green Roofs and Walls Habitat conservation in agroecosystems High-performance Buildings Horticultural science Hydrological Engineering Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Infrastructure Development Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems Integrated Design Process Integrated farming systems Irrigation science Land Management LEED Certification LEED Certification. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Livestock management Low-carbon Construction Modular Construction Net Zero Energy Buildings Nutrient Management Organic Farming Passive Design Perennial Systems Performance-based Design Pest management Plant breeding Plant pathology Plant physiology Pollinator health and conservation Polyculture Post-harvest technology Poultry science Precision agriculture Precision Farming / Technological Innovations Rainwater Harvesting Remote Sensing / Data-Driven Crop Monitoring Renewable Materials Resilient Infrastructure Seed science Seismic Resilience Smart Building Systems Smart Cities Smart Infrastructure Soil Management Soil science. Soil-plant-microbe interactions Solar Architecture Structural Engineering Structural Sustainability Sustainability Policy Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Construction Practices Sustainable Crop Systems Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Sustainable farming practices Sustainable Housing Sustainable Land Use Sustainable Livestock Systems Sustainable Materials Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Sustainable Urban Planning Thermal Comfort Traditional and indigenous knowledge in agriculture Urban Heat Island Mitigation Urban Morphology Urban Regeneration Urban Resilience Urban Sustainability Water Management Water-sensitive Urban Design Weed science Zero-emission Construction
