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I'm impressed. Imagine shaking hands with the viciously antisemitic Dr Mahathir!
I couldn't do that. Pity that gloves aren't part of the regalia.

Now, that Mayor Stalin isn't related to the Stalin, is he?

 

Well, thank you all!

I believe we have resolution to our search.

I have spent time investigating each and every link that you folk have provided. I have been trying to balance my rather eclectic interests with a low price in a program that 'many' would consider legitmate.

I began thinking that I should take some actual courses in Doctoral Research at an RA University, and then research, and write, abnd perhaps pursue PhD by Publication.

As I considered that, I turned naturally to our state University system, where I am entitled to free tuition and looked up the PhD Programs.

Much to my incredible surprise, I discovered that the School of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning offers a PhD that would permit study of medieval town development in a manner that dovetails completely with my interdisciplinary apprach to economics. As icing on the cake, this University Center is only 30 minutes from my current job, and i worked for 10 years as the Administrator of a Regional Planning & Economic Development Agency here in New England (in between my lawyering and teaching days).

So, to those of you who sent links and helped, thank you tremendously. They were not wasted, as they gave me a lot to think about. It appears I will be pursuing an 'in-situ" PhD after all


For those of you who could only accuse me of incompetance, wanting something for nothing, looking for better book sales for items already about to be published, blah, blah, blah.....well, I hope you find each other good company. You certainly must be rather difficult to love in person.

 

They have some of the nicest ivy.

 

Be careful. Since it is an RA PhD program, there might actually be some standards involved.

 

Good luck Econ. You have had your intentions and education assailed by some the most presumptious and rudest people on this board. You conducted yourself well.
Good luck.
BH

 

Glad to hear it, Thom. I know I went through school after school, website after website, e-mail exchange after e-mail exchange before deciding to do something else entirely--but all the thrashing about was necessary to make a decision I could live with. Best wishes to you, Janko

 

I take it that you are talking about U.Mass.

http://www.umass.edu/larp/rp_phd/index.html

I think that you will find this a little more challenging (and rewarding) than St. Clements or whatever substandard non-accredited (they were your specifications) programs that you wanted us to endorse for you.

And apparently you have also rethought your refusal to take classes. These guys require a minimum of 60 units, of which 18 are dissertation credits and 4 are seminar credits. So you still need at least 38 units beyond that, chosen in consultation with your advisors. You will also have to pass comprehensive examinations.

They also seem to say that they require students to do at least one full-time year in residence.

Still trolling us, aren't you?

 

Re: Re: Re: JD a doctorate?

Buddy,

"Doctor" is Latin for "teacher." Thus, I really don't care how many obscure 300-page books you've written (that no-one will ever read, unless they're trying to get over their insomnia) or how many brain surgeries you or anyone else has performed, you're not a doctor until you've proven that you can teach.

 

Re: Re: Re: Re: JD a doctorate?

Noto Bene: Pedagogical is an English adjective meaning relating to or befitting a teacher or education. The idea behind the Ph.D. as preparation for a wide range of research and pedagogical activities is that one should know and know how to know to be fully prepared to teach...

Dave

 

Re: Re: Re: Re: JD a doctorate?

I wouldn't base the meaning of modern words upon their derivation. Language changes. After all, the word inspire is based on the Latin verb "to breath" (to breathe into ). Would you argue that the usage of that word is incorrect. The OED gives a farily interesting alternative definition for a nunnery - a house of ill-repute! Perhaps you could save us a good deal of confusion and post only in Latin (or Ancient Greek) in future, so there is no confusion as to whether you are referring to contemporary meanings or more archaic ones.

Oh and one more thing, school was derived from the Ancient Greek for leisure. I hope you achieved the expected enjoyment levels when you were there.

 

Wow!

To quote a drill instructor, "Opinions are like a$$hole$, everyone has one and they all stink!"

 

Stepping daintily over the doo-doo recently deposited immediately above (somehow a childish bit of terminology seems wildly appropriate), I would forlornly like to remind Ted and everybody else that his concluding point was exactly the purpose of the Doctor of Arts degree format.

Sigh.

The old nomenclature kook will now go off somewhere and be morose.

 

Sounds to me as if you would be interested in a good solid British-style dissertation-only doctorate. Since you are already an econ prof, why not check out the PhD in Social and Economic Studies at the University of Bradford (http://www.brad.ac.uk)?

 

where, by the way, Deirdre O'Sullivan specializes in the archaeology of Lindisfarne. www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/school/staff/staff_dmo.html