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Academic Achievement Awards: Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage (APSIH) The annual graduation ceremony honors the academic achievements of students of Iranian heritage who will be graduating in that academic year [34] Iran: Khwarizmi International Award: Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)
Name Post-nominal Reference Doctor Honoris Causa: Dr.h.c. [11]Doctor of the University: D.Univ. [1] [10]Honorary Doctor of Arts: Hon. D.A. [12]Honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters
A dean's list is an academic award, or distinction, used to recognize the highest level scholarship demonstrated by students in a college or university.This system is most often used in North America, [1] [2] though institutions in Europe, [3] Asia, [4] and Australia [5] may also employ similar measures.
Larry Summers, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard president, says: “I've been very troubled that at Harvard now the most common grade is a straight A.”
The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies.It was established on December 30, 1925 by six organizations, including Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.
The University of Virginia has an honor code, formally known as the Honor System, [1] is intended to be student administered.. It was founded by Virginia students in 1842 after John A. G. Davis, chairman of the faculty and professor of law, who was attempting to resolve a conflict between students, was shot to death. [2]
For awards focused on specific social science disciplines, see for example 'Anthropology', 'Criminology', 'Economics', 'Geography', and 'Political Science' above, and 'Urbanism' below. 1: Since the 1990s, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics has been considered a general award in the social sciences (not just economics).