About that Phil Barnesosophy degree...
When John Adams was first appointed Chief of CSE in 2005 there was a mildly amusing typo in his official bio reporting that the new Chief had received a Masters degree in "Phil Barnesosophy" from Oxford University. The typo was later corrected to read "Masters, Philosophy, University of Oxford".
So far, so good. But today I happened to check out the Chief's bio on the CSE website, and what do I read? This: "As a Rhodes Scholar, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Oxford university in England in 1967." No mention of a Masters degree at all.
What's up with that? A Masters degree from Oxford isn't worth mentioning any more? Chinese cyberspies stole it?
I'm not alleging anything here. I don't know what the explanation is. I'm just curious about the discrepancy.
Update 18 January 2011:
Corrected to fix a typo about a typo -- ironically, in the original version of this post I misspelled Barnesosophy!
So far, so good. But today I happened to check out the Chief's bio on the CSE website, and what do I read? This: "As a Rhodes Scholar, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Oxford university in England in 1967." No mention of a Masters degree at all.
What's up with that? A Masters degree from Oxford isn't worth mentioning any more? Chinese cyberspies stole it?
I'm not alleging anything here. I don't know what the explanation is. I'm just curious about the discrepancy.
Update 18 January 2011:
Corrected to fix a typo about a typo -- ironically, in the original version of this post I misspelled Barnesosophy!
posted by Bill Robinson at 12:15 am
2 Comments:
An Oxford master's degree can be a misleading thing.
Anyone who completes a BA or BFA at Oxford automatically gets a Master of Arts (MA) degree seven years after matriculating, for a nominal fee.
There are master's degrees issued by Oxford that require real work, like M.Phils.
Interesting comment, Milan! I'm still wondering what degree(s) Adams actually received though.
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