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The Difference Between an Ed.D and a Ph.D
The Proof Is In The Pudding
A Ph.D is given to an individual through a research degree'd program designed for thatThe Proof Is In The Pudding

individual whose career goals include teaching and conducting research at the university level; an academic degree

An Ed.D is given to an individual through their own generous and altruistic actions or lifetime accomplishments that benefit a community; a non-academic degree

Mr. Cosby has earned/been awarded an Ed.D therefore he shall never be entitled to place the word (Dr.) in front of his name until he first successfully completes a research degree'd program.

That Doctorate After Bill Cosby's name is no honorary freebie

Here's a snippet from Peoples Archives
June 6, 1997 Vol 7 No. 22
"... That anyway was what seemed to be happening at the 107th commencement of the University of Massachusetts late in May as a crowd of 20,000 whooped at the proclamation of William Henry Cosby Jr. as "Doctor of Education." But this time, as the creator of Fat Albert, Dumb Donald, Old Weird Harold and other Philadelphia rowdies stepped forward in his hooded School of Education gown, the sheepskin was not being pulled over anybody's eyes. This was an un-honorary degree. Bill Cosby, at 39, had earned his Ed.D...''

His dissertation was entitled: "An Integration of the Visual Media Via 'Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids' Into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning".
The difference between an Ed.D. and a Ph.D. are clear. Mr. Cosby has a Ed.D
Source
Here is a snippet:
"...Bill Cosby never earned a Ph.D., and it is therefore inappropriate to place "Ph.D." behind his name. The difference between a Ph.D. and an Ed.D. is significant...Bill Cosby has received multiple "honorary degrees", most commonly a degree called a "Doctor of Honorary Letters". But Cosby has never received a Ph.D..."
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