Re: Life Experience Degrees not like an Honorary degree
Posted by bernoulli on 9/02/08
An honorary degree is not considered evidence of knowledge. It
is typically a special recognition for someone for their
philanthropy or humanitarianism. If you look closely at
academic position openings they say "earned degree", which
means that "honorary degrees" are not included.
If a person has an honorary doctorate and chooses to use the
Dr title, they often will put (Hon) somewhere with their name.
The vast majority of honorary doctors do not use the title.
For more information see the wikipedia link included
On 9/02/08, Ted wrote:
> I will preface this post with the fact that I do not have a
> degree of any kind. I attended a private college in Indiana
> right out of high school, but for reasons I will not go into
> here could not finish. And then life got in the way after that.
>
> Recently my employer started offering tuition reimbursement
> for pursuing a degree relevant to our field of engineering.
> So I'm researching online classes/universities when I came
> upon this site. Now I will admit that the "Life Experience
> Degree" seem a bit like cheating and I have no desire to
> pursue one, but I do have a question. How is getting a BS
> (pun intended) life experience degree different than getting
> an Honorary Doctorate degree? Isn't an Honorary Degree from
> a university an acknowledgment that their life experiences
> have, in essence, qualified them for that level of
> knowledge? Now I have not received an Honorary Degree,
> perhaps it states on the diploma "Honorary Degree". In
> which case that would be a major difference, since the
> degrees from the diploma mills do not state "Life Experience
> Degree." But I still think the fact that university's
> offering honorary degrees validates that life experience is,
> in fact, a valid way to learn. In my current position as a
> design engineer, I worked my way up and have proven to be
> knowledgeable in the subject matter. Is the fact that I
> have not taken "general courses" like Racquetball for my
> physical education credit (which is a class my brother took
> at a traditional college while pursuing is BSME) mean I am
> not as good an employee or as promotable as the person who
> understands racquetball?
Honorary Doctorate Degree (Wikipedia)
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Life Experience Degrees, 9/02/08, by Ted.
- Re: Life Experience Degrees not like an Honorary degree, 9/02/08, by bernoulli.
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