On May 14, Logan Rozos, a student at New York University (NYU), gave a brief but powerful speech during the graduation ceremony of Gallatin, a liberal arts school within NYU. In his remarks (transcribed by World-Outlook from the video of Rozos’ speech, and published in this post), the student condemned the U.S.-backed Israeli war on the Palestinian people in Gaza. NYU immediately announced it is withholding the student’s diploma as it pursues disciplinary actions against him, in the latest flashpoint between free speech principles and punishment for pro-Palestinian advocacy on U.S. college campuses.
This is one of the rare occasions I would recommend putting “diploma withheld” on your resume.
I would even recommend, “Graduated, With Honors, diploma withheld.”
By emphasizing the former part with capital letters, one can infer that the latter part doesn’t actually matter.
He earned the degree. I’d definitely accept it and simply treat it as normal.
So, to be clear, this person graduated, for all intents and purposes, but simply did not receive the piece of paper that says so?
Shit man, I thought this was actually consequential. They should 100% put it on their resume if this is the case.
So. Not proud. I’m on academic probation. This would not work. What you’re saying would not work. Anywhere.
The world is not a monolith, and this would be a green flag for the many, many people who support his actions and value integrity among their employees.