The Substantive Logic and Separation of Requirements for Revoking Degrees and Not Granting Degrees in the Degree Law
Article 37 of the Degree Law belongs to a relatively rare dual procedure composite requirement provision,which stipulates both the statutory circumstances for not granting degrees and the statutory circumstances for revoking degrees.However,based on the differences in the nature of granting and revoking degrees,the dual procedure composite requirement provision should be interpreted through two paths.On the one hand,the overlapping elements of revoking degrees and not granting degrees should be clearly defined,and academic misconduct in thesis or practical achievements is an academic overlapping element of the two.Illegal acquisition of admission qualifications,illegal acquisition of graduation certificates,and"other serious illegal acts"are overlapping non academic elements of the two.On the other hand,it is even more important to clarify the substantive separation requirements between revoking degrees and not granting degrees.Revoking degrees is a special corrective action,and other academic misconduct,lack of academic ethical requirements,and improper academic review by the granting unit cannot be used as substantive reasons for revoking degrees,in order to distinguish it from not granting degrees.
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