A diploma, not a degree for Moore

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:55:20 -0400

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue took some heat for unclear descriptions of her graduate work.

But what exactly is state Treasurer Richard Moore's degree?

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate has been careful not to call it a master's in conversations with Dome and on a resume submitted to the N.C. Forum for Research and Economic Education. So what is it exactly?

According to a spokeswoman for the London School of Economics, Moore earned a "Diploma in Accounting and Finance" in December of 1984.

The diploma was "intended to furnish a basis for further graduate work in accounting and finance," according to a course description. But it wasn't a degree, explained press officer Esther Avery.

"Like its modern-day equivalent, the Diploma was therefore a graduate qualification requiring a high level of performance on an exacting course of study beyond undergraduate level, but in UK Higher Education terminology was technically distinct from a degree," she wrote Dome.

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