To legaly use the Dr. in your name do you have to get a doctorate from an accredited school?
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You can use it for fun. But the Dr. can not be used to futher your career or obtain a employment position. Cant be used on legal documents, u get the pic.
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No. They are not accredited.  Just like those you see on those TV commercials. My recommendation would be to go to a real college and get an accredited degree.
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Yes, I believe you'll need the masters degree or doctorate to qualify.
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This is an interesting question because there are different licensing laws in each state and in some cases counties. Most states require a certain amount of credit hours from an accredited school. Some of these credit hours require supervised hands on clinic work. If there is an online massage therapy program available, I would look into its credentials and accredidations. I am currently a massage therapy student and I can't see how you could go to school online and have the skills to make massage therapy a career.
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What do you mean by doctor's degree? Medical doctor or Ph.D?\nNeither of them can be converted.\nIf it's a Ph.D., you don't need to convert it. It is usually recognized in most parts of the world.\nIf MD, you need to past the license test and complete internship in that state.
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MD is an "allopath" which is the traditional doctor to most people.\n\nDO is an "osteopath" which is a tradition incorporating things like chiropractic techniques.  Osteopaths trained outside of the united states are not considered physicians.\n\nMDs and DOs are both eligible for residency after completing medical school and can specialize in things like surgery, radiology, etc.\n\n\nAloha\n\n\nP.S.   I looked at the site listed in the answer above and cannot agree with the "DO has an advantage" statement by whoever wrote that.  Their description of DO training being "extra" is simply wrong.
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I doubt. But, I'm not in the field. However, I'm from where using British system. So for British system, students study in Medicine only get a MBBS degree, which is a bachelor degree. But for Canada and US system, it's a MD degree, which is a doctoral degree. So I can assume you can't work in Canada without exam.
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No regionally accredited universities do this.   This is because a doctoral program requires close mentoring, and a community of peers.  History research requires archival familiarity, and this certainly cannot be acquired from the comfort of one's living room.  \n\nBottom line: Doctoral-level studies cannot be replicated, or even approximated, online.   \n\nAny institution that claims to be able to do this is fleecing students, because such a degree would never be accepted in academic circles.
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Yes if they have a brick and mortar school as well as an on-line or correspondence school. If they haven't heard of the school before, be sure to do is a search for the school name with the words "diploma mill" and see if it comes up... \n\nAlso make sure they are accredited by a real accreditation organization-if unsure than ask what other schools are accredited by their accreditation authority and then call a couple that you know are genuine and verify that they know of the school and will recommend it (this is better than calling the accreditation org as if it is a bogus org set up by bogus schools then you see the lies that ensue...)... \n\nRemember in higher education while you don't always get what you pay for, cheaper often means just that...\n\nIf they don't have a brick and mortar school then I would be very reluctant to use them unless you can find lots of credible backing to support their authenticity and value...
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In some states, such as I believe Oregon, it is illegal to use such degrees to obtain employment/greater levels of compensation.  \n\nThey are a sham.  Anybody can give you a "degree," but if you think you could use them to improve your job prospects you are kidding yourself.  An empolyer who hires you thinking you were reporting an academic degree can later fire you if they discover it is not real.  Don't waste your money.
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There is still a stigma by some toward college degrees that are earned by distance education. So, degrees from colleges that are traditionally identified with distance education--Walden University, University of Pheonix, to name only two--may be viewed in a more negative light than degrees from non-distance schools. I think that it also means that in some cases you might be better served by getting a distance education degree from a college or university that has traditionally given degrees by campus attendence. It is less identifiable as a distance education program. Again, my opinion on this, and, while these attitudes may or may not be fair, I think they exist.\n\nIn some settings a distance education degree might not even be recognized as a legitimate occupational credential. For example, if you want to practice as a psychologist (clinical, counseling or school psychologist, for example) you need to make sure that the states in which you want to practice count distance education degrees as meeting the educational requirements for licensure (North Carolina, for example, does not). Also, if you want to teach in a college or university you should know that it is difficult to get hired in most academics in traditional colleges or universities with a doctoral degree from a distance education program.\n\nThat said, many businesses or other job sites would not find a distance education degree objectionable. Distance education programs are also becoming more accepted in fields where the distance education degree is an "upgrade" from a degree previously earned at a physical campus program (such as in respiratory care). But some would, especially if you are in competition with someone who has a degree from a more well-known "physical" campus.\n\nHope that this helps.
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First, an honorary doctorate carries no weight whatsoever.\n\nSecond, to get one you generally need to be rich and famous and contribute something to society or the school awarding the fake degree.\n\nAn acclaimed actor might be awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater. A graduation speaker who has risen to the top of his profession might also receive an honorary degree at a school he didn't attend.\n\nA politician might get an honorary degree from his alma mater as recognition for public service.\n\nUnless you make it big, you aren't going to get such a degree. But don't cry: the degree means nothing.
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I don't recommend taking credit for being a counselor or a doctor or anything like that. It's not illegal, but I recommend being careful. Anytime I give any advice, I say "here is my advice, it worked for me, but I do recommend that you see a doctor counselor or so on" \n\n:)
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Utterly useless.\n\nKennedy-Western is not even accredited.\n\nMoreover, even though some employers in business fields are beginning to accept online degrees, most still do not.  You can find surveys and interviews on this topic in almost any current business magazine.\n\nA Ph.D. online, in any field whatsoever, is absolutely unthinkable.  Doctoral study requires one-on-one mentoring by a reputable scholar with demonstrable expertise in a field.  No reputable scholar -- NOT ONE -- would attempt to mentor doctoral students online.
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you may be able to get a BA or BS degree, based on your working experience, but not a Ph.D. (doctorate). Not unless you buy a fake one on the internet, which won't fool too many people.\na Ph. D. means the university is CERTIFYING that you are the ABSOLUTE EXPERT in one particular field. only one, not dozens. this is the opposite of "jack of all trades." \nif you were to go through a Ph.D. program, they would expect you, from your lower degree-level classes, to write well enough to write your own thesis. and they would expect your thesis to be the result of documented and thorough research.\nuniversities do occasionally give out honorary Ph.Ds, but these are given to people who have done a lot for the university, for example, i believe Temple University in Philadelphia gave Bill Cosby one. He got his BA in, basically, gym, there. They gave him the Ph.D. not because he's an expert in anything, but because he has brought so much revenue to the university over the years. Honorary Ph.D.s are just that, honorary. So no one is going to think Bill Cosby is this super-educated genius from an honorary degree. They carry no academic weight.\nmany people go through school their whole lives, earning multiple degrees, and at all ages. and people find great success later in life, consider this winner of the national book award, harriet doerr.\nyou seem to have been quite successful in your life, so i'm curious as to why you want, or feel the need to have, a Ph.D.\nthere are companies on the web offering "lifetime doctorates," but, i am a professor, and i assure you, those are worthless, and your money is not. you would not want to be embarrassed in that way, especially with all of your accomplishments to date.\nif you really want a degree, i suggest you call your local state university, and find out about lifetime learning and how you can turn your experiences into credits towards a BA or BS. your state-funded school has a mandate to serve the public, so they will be the most helpful and flexible.\ngood luck!
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It depends on what sort of college you wish to create, and whether you want to deal with such things as accreditation and such.\n\nIt is also different in each state. Some state have very few requirements to legally grant degrees while some have more. If you wish to teach such things as medicine, you will have even more requirements. \n\nSome schools, such as Clayton College of Natural Health offer legal degrees, but they are not accredited and you can't legally practice as a naturopathic physician with their doctorate degree in most states. Then again, I don't believe that Dartmouth college is accredited, but no-one would doubt the value of a degree there.\n\nCheck with your own state. If they have regulations regarding post-secondary schools, investigate them, as that's what will govern your enterprise.
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I'm pretty sure you are right. An EhD is most likely treated the same way as if you got a PhD from the same school.