Too Many Masters

Masters' degrees are getting to be as common among scholars as good conduct medals among the military: during the past year the M.A. (in an assortment of more than 55 fields) was awarded to nearly 60,000 people. Last week Dr. Edgar W. Knight, professor of education at the University of North Carolina, told faculty and students of the George Peabody School for Teachers that what the U.S. public now needs is protection from such wholesale handouts.

Most school systems, said Dr. Knight, require a graduate degree for teachers' promotions. "But the source of this degree is not always a serious concern to those who give it, or to those who get it . . . A disturbing result . . . is that holders of good degrees from reputable institutions, are more and more confused with holders of less reputable or even worthless degrees." In the South in particular, reported the Southern educator, graduate work is in chaos, with some colleges and normal schools even inventing new degrees in the fierce competition for tuition fees from graduate students.

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