Assertion: degree | /r/CapableOf | replace diploma
Facets:
value: in italy
type: LOCATION
value: as the highest academic degree
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The degree was introduced in France in 1808, replacing diplomas as the highest academic degree; into Russia in 1819, when the Doktor Nauk degree, roughly equivalent to a PhD, gradually started replacing the specialist diploma, roughly equivalent to the MA, as the highest academic degree; and in Italy in 1927, when PhDs gradually started replacing the Laurea as the highest academic degree.[citation needed]