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Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"what about Khayat and Staton at Ole Miss? Both JDs."

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Good Point, SCM. Case closed, PRCC Pow-Wow.

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Originally posted by: PRCC Pow-Wow's Appeal
"You guys are losers: L-O-S-E-R-S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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PRCC Pow-Pow, I may be a loser, but I did spend last night at a Holiday Inn Expess.

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Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"what about Khayat and Staton at Ole Miss? Both JDs."

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Indeed they are, and I don't recall ever hearing them make a "stink" (pardon the pun, scm ) about how to address them. Robert Khayat is generally referred to as "Chancellor Khayat," and Carolyn Ellis Staton is addressed as "Ms. Staton." Interestingly, both of them earned their J.D. degrees from Yale.

"Mr." is classy. "Doctor" is tacky.

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Originally posted by: Biz Doc
"I know that in my discipline there are two doctoral distinctions: the Ph.D. and the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration). While some quality schools give the DBA (Harvard is one), most DBA-granting institutions are weak. This causes some level of aggravation when administrators fail to make a distinction between the two degrees in salaries, etc. Traditionally, the DBA is more of an applied degree with less emphasis on seminal research (or on research at all). Recipients of a DBA generally write two masters-quality theses in two related disciplines (say, statistics and economics) and have ample graduate hours to teach either at the undergraduate and masters levels. The DBA is generally a far cry from a Ph.D., though, as the requirements for a DBA pale in comparison to the rigors of a Ph.D.

I am not quite sure why we have to create degrees and designations to accommodate those who cannot stand up to the test of traditional programs."

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In music the DMA is the doctoral degree for peformers. In the past, performers were only required to have an Master of Music, but that has changed in most universities (as opposed to conservatories.) In no way is it a lesser degree than the PhD. It is different because it is designed for a different discipline. I've always been amused by scholars who think performing is "nothing," yet they get nervous when they give a paper. On the DMA degree, the candidate (in addition to the classwork) generally gives between 3 to 6 recitals, takes comprehensive exams, and writes a dissertation. At USM it is called a document and it is not quite as rigorous as a dissertation, but that is not the case at many other universities.

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Originally posted by: LVN
"Letting a student wear a doctoral gown was just wrong. I wonder how that happened?"

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Maybe the lender said, "Don't worry about it, nobody will notice."

I was at graduation and talked to Johnathan Krebs, he had a regular student cap and gown... not any special doctoral robe. I think watcher needs glasses if he or she plans to keep their name....

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Originally posted by: Watcher
" At the afternoon graduation, Krebs wore a doctoral gown. The colleague sitting next to me pointed it out as he (Krebs) stood next to Shelby, waiting to walk the center aisle on their way to the rostrum. My eyesight's 20/20, forward, backward, and sideways, and I definitely saw the doctoral gown at the 2:30 graduation. "

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I Suspect when Jonathan wore the doctoral garb, he had simply borrowed from his father?

Probably saving a $, but still in poor taste.