Joe,

Agreed! But, that said, Google contradicts: http://xrl.us/beasax

Art

p.s. To you, and everyone on the list, the best of the holiday season (whatever and whenever that may be) and my wishes for the best of new years. -------- On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:12:48 -0500, Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Kwame, > >I think you are unlikely to find such an institution. To learn why, >let me suggest that you read "Scientist as Subject: The Psychological >Imperative" by Michael J. Mahoney published first in 1976 with the >following chapter headings: > >1. Illusions and Idols >2. The Science Game: An Overview >3. Rites of Passage: Selected Absurdities in Graduate Training >4. Rules of the Game: Politics and Prizes >5. Publication: The Endless Quest >6. Passions of the Scientist >7. The Rationality of Science >8. Reason and Research: The Truth Conspiracy >9. Postscript > >and updated in 2004 with a new introduction that "updates his >discussion in light of subsequent developments, including such aspects >of academia as politics and tenure, publication and power relations, >science studies and constructivist inquiry, and what have come to be >called the "science wars." > >I would say that doctoral training is not just a continuation of the >kind of learning you may have experienced in undergraduate school or >even while pursuing a masters. It is much more like indoctrination >into a priesthood with prescribed rites of passage. The faculty in >such programs will have very little interest in having you learn >anything other than how to become more like themselves. It would be >more accurate to call the process "Intellectual Cloning" rather than >education and "Intellectual Cloning" is almost impossible to >accomplish via distance learning so I will be surprised to learn about >anyone attempting it. > >Joe > >On 12/27/08, Kwame Asom <asom77@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> Does someone know of any university that offers PHD in Epidemiology online? >> >> I would be please to have the contact information of such institutions. >>