I asked a couple of the MSM press in Denver about this issue. They told me that in certain cases that universities are often willing to substitute work or life experience for the PhD especially when PhD's in that field are in short supply. They said it often happens in Journalism Departments when someone with a lot of experience joins the faculty.
Or does he join shrillary with an "unavailable" thesis....
Anyone....?
Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."
NOT "REAL" universities.
I am in academics. A chairman of a department would necessarily have a Ph.D. from a major school, most likely one noted in that field where he teaches, ethics in this case.
Most universities expect a Ph.D. among all their instructors, even at the lower levels. This buffoon seems to have no serious training except some at an experimental college which did not keep its wacky program going, from what I read.
Tenured professors are often lazy because they have a lifetime annuity. Many teach from the same notes, decade after decade. Tenure is a joke and should be abolished. That would reduce the incredible overhead at schools.
In technology it was easy to teach upper level courses a few years ago. Now enrollments are down in one school and all the tenured professors have to teach the introductory, required survey courses. That department looks very hang-dog now. Still they get about $60k for teaching 15 hours per week, about 8 months a year. They can do other work on the side, but they must attend boring faculty meetings.
Well, journalism is different from other departments.
You are teaching a craft more than a load of theory (yeah, there is theory, but it is more do-it based than knowledge-baed).
Thus, life experience counts for a lot.
In other departments, usually knowledge is the primary goal. You can't substitute life experience there.