Anacademic stole is avestment used by various organizations to denote club involvement or academic achievement. Its use includes membership of a professional organization,[1] a high schoolvaledictorian award,[2] and adorns theacademic regalia representing some university and college courses.
A stole takes the form of a cloth scarf-like garment worn over the shoulders adorned with the awarding Society's colours and/or insignia. Though not a part of the officially recognisedAmerican Council on Education's Academic Costume Code, it has become common as part of the graduation attire at many high schools, colleges, and universities.[3]
In many universities in the Commonwealth, particularly Australia, the stole is worn by graduates for qualifications lower or higher than the degree ofBachelor, such as Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Associate Diploma, Advanced Diploma and associate degree graduates. The color of the stole can either mean the general color for Degree, Diploma or Certificate graduates, or it can mean the Faculty of the award, e.g. dark blue might mean that the graduate has been awarded a Diploma or Certificate in the Arts Faculty.
Academic stoles made ofkente cloth are often used byAfrican Americans as a symbol of ethnic pride[4][5][6] as areserape stoles worn byLatino graduates.[7]
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