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Titles Without Merit: Interrogating the Fake Doctorate Phenomena

Titles Without Merit: Interrogating the Fake Doctorate Phenomena

Machingura, Francis
Machingura, Francis
Mawere, Munyaradzi

Hardcover

General EducationTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1666963402
ISBN13: 9781666963403
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jun 7 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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