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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What does "Regents’ Professor" mean?

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Douglas Biber is Regents’ Professor of English (Applied Linguistics) at Northern Arizona University. His research efforts have focused on corpus linguistics, English grammar, and register variation (in English and cross-linguistic; synchronic and diachronic).
  

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Hi, Many universities are governed by what is called 'A Board of Regents'. The basic idea is that these people give special recognition to a very distinguished professor. Have a look here.

  • Hi, Many universities are governed by what is called 'A Board of Regents'.
  • The basic idea is that these people give special recognition to a very distinguished professor.
  • Have a look here.
  • edu/how-regents-professors-are-selected Clive
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Hi,

Many universities are governed by what is called 'A Board of Regents'. The basic idea is that these people give special recognition to a very distinguished professor.

Have a look here.
http://regentsprofessors.okstate.edu/how-regents-professors-are-selected

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