{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"‘Extreme exam anxiety’ – disability or excuse?","type":"link","html":"Why did the University of Manitoba award a PhD in mathematics to a doctoral student who lacked the academic requirements for such a degree, who had failed a required comprehensive exam twice, and had finally been informed that he didn't even have to take the exam - all because he claimed to suffer from \"extreme exam anxiety\"?  And why was the U of M math prof who challenged this decision then suspended without pay for going public?","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/university-manitoba.jpg?w=300&fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null}