Comments on: Pssst! Want a doctorate?

By: Geoff Honnor

Geoff Honnor — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:43:18 +0000

“I’ve always sought a Doctor of Divinity from the University of the Beverley Hills because I am tired of people thinking I am a narrow economist.”

You think that qualification would change their view, Harry?

By: Yobbo

Yobbo — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:26:40 +0000

“Feel free to apply. I’m sure it will be worth every cent you pay.”

Marginally less than an actual bachelor degree from an Australian University, I’d say.

To be honest, if you were applying for a job in something like TEFL or an entry-level office job, one of those degrees would actually be pretty useful, since those are the sorts of job that require degrees for the purposes of pure credentialism rather than any actual knowledge.

I know a few people who have presented fake degrees in order to get employment teaching English in asian countries. (I’m not sure they actually bought them so much as photoshopped them themself though).

By: harry clarke

harry clarke — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:00:01 +0000

Some of them look realistic and some of the banking scam emails look half-sensible. Sometimes however they are very carefully designed but contain a basic spelling error.

The 5% figure sounds very high.

I’ve always sought a Doctor of Divinity from the University of the Beverley Hills because I am tired of people thinking I am a narrow economist.

By: Nicholas Gruen

Nicholas Gruen — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:44:10 +0000

You mean they’re not real doctorates?

I’ve been robbed.

Dr Nicholas Gruen