On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > Proto: Thesis standards (coauthor=Murphy) > > [Greatly simplifies thesis award process, while including (recommended) > standards. The actual mechanics become quite short]. > > Amend Rule 1367 (Degrees) to read: > > Certain patent titles are known as degrees. The degrees are > > - Associate of Nomic (A.N. - Level 1.0) > - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N. - Level 1.5) > - Master of Nomic (M.N. - Level 2.0) > - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist. - Level 3) > - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N.Sci. - Level 3) > - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil. - Level 3) > > Degrees are ranked in the order they appear in this rule, with > degrees listed later being ranked higher. > > A degree CANNOT be awarded to any person more than once, and > CANNOT be revoked once awarded. > > A player (the candidate) CAN award emself a degree with P Agoran > Consent (where P is the Level of the degree, indicated above) by > publishing, as part of eir clear specification of intent to award > emself the degree, a suitable thesis. > > In deciding whether to support or object to a candidate for > a thesis, reviewers SHOULD primarily consider whether the quality > and labor of the thesis is worthy of the indicated degree, but > SHOULD also consider (a) whether the indicated degree represents > the reasonable development of the candidate's Agoran academic > career and (b) whether the candidate used good standards of peer- > review, for example, by first publishing a draft of the thesis > and adequately responding to comments. Objections SHOULD include > constructive comments aiming towards improving the thesis, or > suggest an alternate degree.
What if each player voted for the highest degree that e thought the thesis author deserves, and that counts as a vote FOR each degree at or below that level and a vote AGAINST each vote against that level. Then the highest degree that has retained the required amount of support is awarded to the author.
