Abstract
A committee of representatives from several universities in the U.S. East Coast, called the Intercollegiate Commission on Academic Costume, standardized the American system of academic costume in 1895. The keystone of the standards was the hood, in its shape, edging, and colours. This article looks at changes to the colours assigned to degrees and areas of study from 1962 through the present. Charts showing when the colours started, and in some cases stopped, being used make up the appendices.
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Suit, Kenny
(2021)
"Reaping the Whirlwind: American Degree and Subject Colours (1962–Present),"
Transactions of the Burgon Society:
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7799.1181
Publisher Name
New Prairie Press
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