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The Christian Sentinel
August
2004 issue
Bill
Alnor's Questions for Apologist Author James White
Concerning his "Doctoral Degrees"
(James White
did not answer these questions as of August 10,
2004. But he did send Bill Alnor a polite
note. However, he did not give permission to
post it.)
To
obtain the proper context of this list of
questions go to the August
2004 E-update
ã
2004 Christian Sentinel
- An AR-Talk participant said that
you hold two unaccredited doctoral
degrees. Can you explain how you earned
two doctorates, from which institution(s)
and the exact dates they were conferred
on you.
- Why did you not attempt to obtain
your doctorate(s) through a regionally
accredited institution, or from an
institution accredited by some federally
recognized agency?
- Did you have to take any
examinations such as the Graduate
Records Examination (GRE) in order to
enter the doctoral program?
- What are the nature (or type) of
the doctorates? (Ph.D., Th.D. Ed. D.,
etc.)
- Did you write any dissertations?
What is/are the title(s) of your
dissertation(s)? How many pages did they
contain? Were any of these works you had
published prior to the dissertation?
- Did you defend you dissertation(s)?
What was the date and place of the
defense(s)?
- Who were the members of your Ph.D.
examining committee, if any?
- Is/Are your dissertations available
through the any dissertation databases
such as the UMI Dissertation Abstracts,
ProQuest or others?
- Did you enter into any agreements
with firms like UMI Dissertation
Publishing to publish your dissertation,
if any?
- If you had a Ph.D. committee, did
any of its members demand any rewrites
or revisions of your work?
- Were any "outside
readers" involved in your Ph.D.
committee if you had any?
- Did you write a dissertation
proposal?
- Did you defend your dissertation
proposal? What were the dates of the
defense of your proposal?
- Is you dissertation proposal (if
any) on file anywhere where it can be
publicly examined?
- How many classroom hours (credit
hours) did you take in the doctoral
program? During what years did you do
your course work? Did you actually spend
any time in a classroom with real
professors?
- Did you take any "preliminary
exams" or intensive exams demanded
by your doctoral program before
submitting your dissertation proposal,
if any? What was the date of your exams?
- Were any of your doctoral programs
on line or conducted via videotape? Were
life experiences or prior publications
considered to have any relevant credit
toward your doctoral work?
- Who were your professors? Did they
have academic credentials, holding Ph.D.’s
from regionally accredited universities?
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