After months of criticism and deliberation, Harvard University has dumped the title of “master,” in use for over a century, to appease activists who say it is reminiscent of slave masters.
In a letter sent to the school community late Wednesday, Harvard dean Michael Smith said that the faculty members in charge of Harvard’s 12 residential colleges will be labeled “faculty deans” instead of “house masters.”
It should be noted that the academic title of “master” was totally unrelated to the institution of slavery. It derives from the Latin word “magister” referring to teachers or leaders. The use of the term at Harvard was borrowed from English schools such as Oxford University, which have used the master title for centuries.
h/t Carolyn U
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Sometimes you have to laugh. Why would anyone pay to become enslaved to the government for a worthless degree? The current student loan debt to the real masters is $1.7 trillion. Without government subsidies, inflated college tuition and overpriced “professor” salaries would not exist. Another issue created by the government for their own power.
David DeGerolamo
Harvard issues “Precious Little Snowflake” degrees…..
Will there also be an end to their Master’s program, where one earns a Master’s degree by writing a master’s thesis?
Will it be true that a Bachelor’s degree will be the highest level of education one can acheive?
Or will the entire structure be replaced by a new hierarchy under which the ultimate attainment is Black Lives Master ?