[enjo]

Not in my experience. I'm quite sure my wifes PhD thesis belongs, for all intents and purposes, to her granting University. I believe that is standard at least at the Doctoral level.

By the same token my honors college undergrad thesis also granted publishing rights to my University (which is comical given the quality).

[Zev]

A thesis is quite different from a random two page paper on a few chapters reading from last week.