“Hello, you are speaking with professor, doctor, architect, engineer, psychologist, barrister Dan Fodio. Who is on the line?”
“I am emeritus professor, doctor, pharmacist, senior pastor, apostle, solicitor, sir, judge, chief justice, engineer, Agric officer, vet doctor…… Hello, Are you still there……?
Welcome to Africa. Tell me your titles, I tell you the degree of respect accorded to you.
Recently, the indiscriminate use of academic titles by unqualified people has reached alarmingly an apex height. The situation is so deplorable that many educated individuals have decided rather not to use their titles for the fear of being stigmatized or categorized wrongly in the same group as their uneducated counterparts, who recklessly use unmerited academic titles with impunity to promote their image and status. Definitely, the rampant use of these titles by unqualified individuals is a serious slap on the face of academics as well as a ridicule on educated professionals, who have spent difficult years pursuing academic works.
The blatant misuse of academic titles has become a subject of intense discussion in many African countries. Recently, many academic professionals have voiced their disapproval of this irresponsible act and suggested that the culprits must be criminalized to act as a detriment to others. According to the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) Executive Secretary, Dr Mayunga Nkunya, the East African countries are in the process of drafting a higher education policy through which legislation will be ultimately drafted to criminalize the academic title abusers. The IUCEA will effectively harmonize the quality of education and training within the East African states and introduce reforms to promote consis...
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...e not an albino; have you consider the danger posed by those bogus academic title users, who effectively destroy the lives of others through wrong and malicious diagnosis? Have you forgotten those collapsed buildings, built by fake engineers? Have many lives had they taken?
“It often starts with: call me a doctor or an engineer. It is then followed by I can do this or that in the name of trying to defend the academic titles they bestowed on themselves. This is a latent, slow but dangerous illness, which if not fully and quickly cured, can lead to lethal destruction of the social fabric.” Mr. Clifford Nebuwa, a lawyer by profession, told our reporter.
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In her personal essay, Dr. Grant writes that she learned that most cases involving her patients should not be only handled from a doctor’s point of view but also from personal experience that can help her relate to each patient regardless of their background; Dr. Grant was taught this lesson when she came face to face with a unique patient. Throughout her essay, Dr. Grant writes about how she came to contact with a patient she had nicknamed Mr. G. According to Dr. Grant, “Mr. G is the personification of the irate, belligerent patient that you always dread dealing with because he is usually implacable” (181). It is evident that Dr. Grant lets her position as a doctor greatly impact her judgement placed on her patients, this is supported as she nicknamed the current patient Mr.G . To deal with Mr. G, Dr. Grant resorts to using all the skills she
Jamison describes another medical figure in her life that she referred to as Dr. M. Dr. M was Jamison’s primary cardiologist, a figure who is involved in some of the most intimate details of Jamison’s life. However, Jamison describes Dr. M by saying she, “…wasn’t personal at all” (14). Dr. M would actually record personal information about Jamison on a tape recorder, however, Jamison would hear Dr. M referring to her as “patient” instead of by her name. This example demonstrates that Dr. M was indeed putting in the minimal effort needed to keep her clients, however, no additional effort was put into the process of learning about her patients. Jamison says that, “…the methods of her mechanics [were] palpable between us…” (18). Dr. M would not even put any effort into disguising her lack of interest of getting to know Jamison. This atmosphere of apathy that is exuded by Dr. M naturally causes Jamison to retract from Dr. M, which creates an environment that is not good for cultivating
The awareness in regards to academic integrity is growing across campuses worldwide. This is a very serious subject in which students and faculty should take additional steps to educate themselves. A great example of this exposure includes Mississippi State University hosts an annual Academic Integrity week during the last week of October. “This program has been put in place to educate students on plagiarism and academic honesty and prevent future cases” (msstate.edu). Intentionally or unintentionally stealing or using another individual’s work verbatim without paraphrasing is considered plagiarism. Rules and regulations are set in place to inform students how to cite, when and where to cite, and the consequences available if the rules are not followed. “The differentiation between cultures can often confuse the true meaning of plagiarism” (Vessal, K). In this research paper I will highlight the details of Academic Integrity, the consequences if rules and regulations are not followed, and lastly tools available to avoid plagiarism.
Perhaps the most controversial of these occurs when discussing the doctorate level of education for nurse practitioners. According to Zaccagnini and White (2014), because of the increasing complexities in patient populations, the need for a higher level of education is becoming more evident for nurses interested in furthering their career. The doctorate of nursing practice was instituted to fulfill this need and will likely be the degree required for all nurse practitioners (Joel, 2013). However, titling of these nurses as “Doctors of Nursing Practice” has created confusion not only for patients, but for practitioners themselves. Zaccagnini and White (2014), explain that despite nurse practitioners having a doctoral degree, the title “Doctor” should be reserved only for practicing physicians in a healthcare
RICH: Well there! 'A friend of Sir Thomas and still no office? There must be something wrong with him.'
Colonel Mathew Moten once said, “Professions are not professions simply because they say they are. Their clients, society as a whole, have to accept their claims and trust the professions with jurisdiction over important areas of human endeavor”.
'Lawyers are all right, I guess - but it doesn't appeal to me,' I said. 'I mean they're all right if they go around saving innocent guys' lives all the time, and like that, but you don't do that kind of stuff if you're a lawyer. All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot. How would you know you weren't being a phony? The trouble is, you wouldn't' (Salinger 172).
133). The boundaries of categories are not fixed and their entitlements can be altered in many different ways (Gilbert and Mulkay, 1984; Potter, 1988; Shuman, 1992, cited in Hill and Irvine, 1993; Yearley, 1984). Credential representation is the ‘thing’ or ‘badge or document’ (Potter, 1996, pg. 136) that labels a person as belonging to a certain category. This extract is an example of category entitlement and credential presentation because Chambers has the ‘badge’ of ‘Professor’ that puts her into the category of being an academic. This device works to establish the texts credibility because with category entitlement comes connotations. Certain categories carry typical connotations, for example having the title Dr. carries positive connotations of intelligence, where as being overweight carries the negative connotations of laziness. Whatever is known about a category can be used to make the person to whom the label is applied appear credible. For example, Chambers’ opinion of Loughborough University and staff being ‘high quality’ becomes credible because of the associations that come with having the title of ‘Professor’,
Williams, Robert E. "From Malabo to Malibu: Addressing Corruption and Human Rights Abuse in an African Petrostate." Human Rights Quarterly 33.3 (2011): 620,648,925. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
Integrity, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is “the quality of being honest and fair, and the state of being complete or whole” (Merriam-Webster). At Rutgers, this quality is expected of each and every student in regards to their academics. All students must be honest with their studies, and in turn, honest with themselves as well as their professors and piers. Lack of academic integrity will always result in some form of disciplinary action. At Rutgers, there a different levels of dishonesty in regards to academics, as well as different levels of disciplines.
In the event they build a career, they are likely to be deemed unproductive and ineffective. In fact, some of their colleagues may suggest that they earned their qualifications through doubtful means. With time, the entire institution is ridiculed, and even after the situation is rectified, it is difficult to disprove its association with academic misconduct. Therefore, it is important for universities to put in place certain regulations to ensure that all students and faculty members follow the set academic codes and principles.
Africa’s struggle to maintain their sovereignty amidst the encroaching Europeans is as much a psychological battle as it is an economic and political one. The spillover effects the system of racial superiority had on the African continent fractured ...
The history of women’s rights in Africa has affected its present state. Established in 2003, by the African Union (AU), (Meyersfeld 13) the Maputo Protocol promises women equal rights and the right to an abortion if the woman conceived he baby through incest, rape, or if having the baby would be injurious to the mother’s health. (Meyersfeld 12) However, as of 2013 the Maputo Protocol has yet to be ratified by eighteen countries. (African Business News 51) Africa is a continent in which there are countries where a woman needs permission from her husband to travel, to work, or to open a bank account. (Moleketi 10) To this day, women are still seen as subordinate to men. These primit...
... African government, but there are still discreet forms of inequality out there. Ishaan Tharoor states “ Protesters at the University of Cape Town, one of Africa 's most prestigious universities, dropped a bucket of human excrement on a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the swaggering 19th-century British business magnate” (2015). This article that is most recent shows how black students still feel unwelcomed at the university, because of the racial identity. The statue represents when the British colonized South Africa, which further lead to the apartheid. By black students standing up for themselves reveals they are tired of seeing this statue of a man who is some-what responsible for encouraging apartheid. However, the racial barriers black students face in South Africa will continue to influence a change for equal educational opportunities, and maybe some day they will.
"Society demands that the men who minister to its health be in the highest sense of the word professional men − professionally trained, professional in their ethics, professionally responsible. Society demands professional training and professional conduct of the men who minister to its needs in legal matters. The fact that society demands less of the men who minister through news to its knowledge and attitudes is one of the great and dangerous inconsistencies that give shape to the twentieth century (Schramm, 1947, p. 90)."