June 20, 2008
A Serial Student Pursues Higher Education to the Nth Degree
Benjamin B. Bolger's story seems like a hoax. At age 32, he just earned his 11th advanced degree, a doctorate in design from Harvard University.
He distributed a news release for the occasion, proclaiming himself the most credentialed person in modern history. The release lists 10 previous master's degrees, in various disciplines, from Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Columbia (two), Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Brandeis, and Skidmore, as well as teaching jobs at 14 other colleges in the
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