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Titles Without Merit
Interrogating the Fake Doctorate Phenomena
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About this book
This book examines the controversial issues surrounding the desire for titles (both earned and unearned) in Zimbabwe and beyond. The desire for titles is often associated with the quest for status, power, class, and recognition. Unfortunately, this desire has resulted in "faking" and the problem of distinguishing genuine PhDs from fake ones. The unscrupulous quest for fake degrees is referred to in this book as "Titlemania" or "Taitolomania." The scramble for titles has not spared community leaders across the divide. Of concern is the failure of higher education students to use their earned titles to contribute to the search for solutions to societal problems through national technological development. The perspectives of the contributors in this volume provoke debates on the value of doctorates in Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular, considering that most PhD holders are not using their degrees to contribute to national development, production of goods and services, and the improvement of societal conditions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Titles without Meriting?
- “At All Costs”
- Mushrooming of Policy-Free Doctor of Philosophy (PhD/DPhil) Degrees in Church-Related Institutions in Zimbabwe
- PhDs, Politics, Power Deployment, Hegemony, and Performance in Zimbabwe (2008-2017)
- “Mavaona Here? Dhokota!”
- Gender Dynamics, Academic Titling, and Leadership Dynamics at Higher Tertiary Institutions of Zimba
- Motivation for Doing Doctoral Studies (PhD) in Zimbabwe
- The Spirit, Theological Training, and PhD/DPhil Acquisitions in African Pentecostal Churches
- Toward Unmasking the PhD/DPhil Illegal Credential Holders in Zimbabwe
- Preventing Excellence in Irrelevance
- Supervisor-Related Factors Impacting Doctoral Degree Candidature at a Selected Higher Education Ins
- Leadership Quality and Qualifications
- Professional Titles Matter
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors