Perpetual student
A perpetual student or career student is a college or university attendee who re-enrolls for several years more than is necessary to obtain a given degree, or who pursues multiple terminal degrees. Perpetual students might publish or work in several fields. They are often considered polymaths.[1]
Examples
- Luciano Baietti (born September 1, 1947) holds fifteen academic degrees, including the subjects of physical education, law, literature, philosophy, sociology, criminology, and military strategy.[2] The Guinness Book of World Records officially recognizes Baietti as the most graduated living person in the world.
- Dr. Robert W. McGee - Holder of 23 academic degrees including 13 doctorates.[3]
- Dr. Bruce Berry (1940-2014), notable for being a school crossing guard, having retired from a career including technical document translation for Agfa-Gevaert, working for the Post Office, and teaching, took his first degree from Manchester University in 1963. He continued to study from the 1970s onwards, coming to possess several further Bachelor's and master's degrees (from universities including the University of Leeds, the University of York and Normandy University, Caen), as well as a Ph.D. from Leeds Metropolitan University. He died before completing his twelfth degree, another Ph.D. Fluent in several languages, he was also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.[4][5][6]
- Benjamin Bolger, who received his first four-year degree from the University of Michigan has seventeen degrees from different colleges.[7]
- Milton De Jesús has been a student at the University of Puerto Rico since 1963. In 2010, De Jesús was interviewed by the newspaper, since he was the only student on the campus who could compare the 2010 student strikes and the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2005 strikes.[8] According to his Facebook page, De Jesús graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2005.
- Shrikant Jichkar (14 September 1954 – 2 June 2004) held twenty academic degrees.
- Johnny Lechner attended the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 1994 to at least 2005.[9] He was scheduled to graduate in 2008 with multiple majors and minors, but continued into a 15th year of college.
- Michael Nicholson (1941?- Present)[10] has 28 degrees, including 22 master's degrees and one doctorate.[11]
- V. N. Parthiban holds the overall record for the most degrees earned in history, with one hundred forty-five.[12]
References
- "How to Be a Perpetual Student | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- "King of university degrees is 70-year old Italian". INQUIRER.net. 2017-02-16.
- "Alumni Spotlight - at 72, Robert W. McGee is just Getting Started". 6 November 2019.
- "Bruce Berry". Yorkshire Post.
- "Lollipop man studies 12th degree". BBC News. 2012-05-02.
- "Lollipop Man Studies for His 12th Degree". 2012-05-03.
- Tess McEnroe (19 January 2009). "Twenty-seven degrees and counting: Kalamazoo man enjoys the 'freedom' of intellectual pursuits". Kalamazoo Gazette. MLive.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- El Nuevo Día year xxxx, vol14449 page 6- also at: https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/miltonvive-707559
- Sam Dillon (2005-11-10). "For One Student, a College Career Becomes a Career". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- "The Best College Advice from This Man Who's Been in School for FIFTY-FIVE Years". 14 September 2016.
- Holcomb, Anne (January 19, 2009). "Twenty-seven degrees and counting: Kalamazoo man enjoys the 'freedom' of intellectual pursuits". mlive.
- "Meet VN Parthiban - The 55-YO Chennai Professor Who Has 145 Academic Degrees To His Credit". IndiaTimes. September 7, 2016.
Further reading
- Kalamatianou, Aglaia G.; McClean, Sally (2003-12-01). "The Perpetual Student: Modeling Duration of Undergraduate Studies Based on Lifetime-Type Educational Data". Lifetime Data Analysis. 9 (4): 311–330. doi:10.1023/B:LIDA.0000012419.98989.d4. ISSN 1572-9249. PMID 15000407. S2CID 22845288. ResearchGate:7142424. ProQuest a21220a00f9f9af8bde08b4abae9c90f.
- Kalamaras, Dimitrios A.; Kalamatianou, Aglaia G. Life Table Method for the Duration of Studies: Further Results. 14th Young Statisticians Meeting. ResearchGate:322717479. Academia:1942093. Academia:7114670.
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