I sense that this has been discussed before, but channeling a search on degreeinfo did not reveal it to me: a Ph.D. on Astrology at the Sorbonne: http://www.homme-moderne.org/societe/socio/teissier/eakin.html
I remember the original post too, and I believe it was Dr. Bear who posted it. Something to do with expectations based on perceptions of legitimacy in academic programs. Don't know what happened to the original post, though. Some of them certainly seemed starcrossed. C'est la vie.
