Members may wear a blue, white, and gold honor cord as part of their academic regalia to denote membership.

After the war, academic regalia continued to be shunned by some who considered it a symbol of elitism.

However, since the 1980s, academic regalia has been in resurgence.

Nevertheless, they are often seen with academic regalia in the United States, and are therefore mentioned here.

In 1897, academic regalia for students at Commencement was first adopted.

This ceremony is a time-honored tradition in which the students and faculty wear their academic regalia.

The 1955 graduating class was the first to wear full academic regalia, including colours to represent the various fields of study.

Today, also in common with most American universities, academic regalia is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies.

Together with the doctoral hat, it forms part of the academic regalia.

Some were insolent, even when addressing inquiring faculty members in academic regalia.