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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman
Here's a bit of hood trivia that I learned from an older professor: in earlier times, professors at European universities taught in their academic regalia. When the professor recessed down the aisle following class, students paid the professor by putting money in the pocket at the back of the hood. Academic hoods for professors are still made this way, with a pocket at the bottom. The interior colors indicate the school colors of the university where the doctorate was received, and the velvet signifies the subject area of the degree (light blue = education, kelly green = medicine, etc.)
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Some still do! Cambridge/Oxford (St. Andrews? maybe? Violet help me out here?) staff do occasionally teach and/or go about their days in their academic dress.