Titles Without Merit

Interrogating the Fake Doctorate Phenomena

Francis Machingura, Munyaradzi Mawere (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6340-3 (ISBN)

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This book looks at 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, the result of this desire and greed for titles means you can no longer tell genuine PhDs from fake ones. The unscrupulous quest for fake degrees is regarded in this book as “Titlemania or Taitolomania”. The scramble for titles has not spared community leaders across the divide. Of concern is the failure by High Degrees students to use their earned titles to solve societal problems through national technological development. The book provokes debate on whether or not Africa in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, need more doctorates, considering that most PhD holders are not contributing to national development, production of goods and services, and the improvement of societal conditions.

Francis Machingura is professor and currently the Director for the Centre for Postgraduate Studies, University of Zimbabwe. Munyaradzi Mawere is full professor of African studies at Great Zimbabwe University and professor Extraordinarius of interdisciplinary research at the University of South Africa.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Titles Without Meriting? Francis Machingura and Munyaradzi Mawere

Chapter 1: ‘At All Costs’: A Doctorate Degree as Status Symbols in Zimbabwe Reggemore Marongedze and Wellington Gadzikwa

Chapter 2: Mushrooming of Policy-free Doctor of Philosophy (PhD/DPhil) Degrees in Church Related Institutions in Zimbabwe: A Theological Reflection Robert Matikiti

Chapter 3: PhDs, Politics, Power Deployment, Hegemony, and Performance in Zimbabwe (2008-2017) Pedzisai Ruhanya, Wellington Gadzikwa, and Alexander M Rusero

Chapter 4: “Mavaona here? Dhokota!” The Nexus between Titled Leadership and Problem-Solving in Communities Innocent Chirisa, Thomas Karakadzai, and Partson Paradza

Chapter 5: Gender Dynamics, Academic Titling, and Leadership Dynamics at Higher Tertiary Institutions of Zimbabwe Emelder Tagutanazvo

Chapter 6: Motivation for Doing Doctoral Studies (PhD) in Zimbabwe Attwell Mamvuto, Francis Machingura, and Joice Tafirenyika

Chapter 7: The Spirit, Theological Training, and PhDs/DPhils Acquisitions in African Pentecostal Churches Nomatter Sande

Chapter 8: Towards Unmasking the PhD/DPhil Illegal Credential Holders in Zimbabwe: Reading from Inside the Black Box of ‘Doctored Papers’ Lewis Madhlangobe

Chapter 9: Preventing Excellence in Irrelevance: Interrogating Promotion Criterion for the Universities’ Academe in Zimbabwe Ngoni Makuvaza, Jane Mutasa, and G Zinyeka

Chapter 10: Supervisor Related Factors Impacting on Doctoral Degree Candidature at a Selected Higher Education Institution in Zimbabwe Joice Tafirenyika, Francis Machingura, and Attwell Mamvuto

Chapter 11: Leadership Quality and Qualifications: Reflection on Job Performance by Titled Public Leadership in Zimbabwe Gift Masengwe

Chapter 12: Professional Titles Matter: The Impact of PhD Acquisition in Religion and Society of Zimbabwe Bednicho Nyoni

Appendices

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	22.05.2024
Co-Autor	Francis Machingura, Munyaradzi Mawere, Reggemore Marongedze
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-6669-6340-2 / 1666963402
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-6340-3 / 9781666963403
Zustand	Neuware