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Article: Belarus News (Daily News Briefs: JAN 28, 2005).
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- January 28, 2005
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MORE DOCTORS OF SCIENCE IN BELARUS
Last year 116 applicants received the Doctor of Science degree and another 737 Candidate of Science degree, reports the High Attestation Commission (HAC) of Belarus.
In the meantime, HAC noted that the number of theses that were turned down increased considerably last year. In 2003, they declined 1.7% of PhD and 4.4% of doctoral theses, while in 2004 the figures grew to make 3.1% and 11.4%, respectively.
According to HAC, "this was largely the result of toughened requirements for applicants, on the one hand, and the haste in which the latter prepared their theses seeking to get the degrees before the new ...