Shaq Earns Doctorate in Education at Barry in Fla.

[bemildred]

Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is a doctor now.

O'Neal received his doctoral degree in education from Barry University alongside 1,100 other students during commencement ceremonies Saturday.

The Miami Herald ( http://bit.ly/KCwbej ) reports that O'Neal got on one knee so the chair of Barry's organizational learning and leadership program could drape a light blue hood around O'Neal's more-than-7-foot frame.

O'Neal then high-fived other graduates as he made his way back to his seat along with his manager, Cynthia Atterberry, who also received a doctorate in education.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/shaq-earns-doctorate-education-barry-fla-16287258

[demtenjeep]

1. thats cool

!

[madinmaryland]

2. ...

The former All-Star and MVP earned a cumulative GPA of 3.813 while completing 54 credit hours at Barry, mostly through online courses and video conferencing over the last four years. O'Neal's doctoral capstone project explored how CEOs and business leaders use humor in the workplace.

"humor in the workplace"

[tammywammy]

7. “The Duality of Humor and Seriousness in Leadership Styles"

Actually sounds interesting.

[Posteritatis]

3. That's kinda awesome. (nt)

[bluestateguy]

4. I'm assuming he didn't have to take out student loans

nt

[TheKentuckian]

5. No, he had one of the few jobs that allows one to shoulder such cost

out of pocket.

[Posteritatis]

6. A whole lot of graduate work's funded anyway

I've got quite a few friends with master's or doctoral degrees (and have an MA myself), and the number who didn't have at least partial funding for them from their schools was pretty low.

Medical or professional degrees are usually a different story, but most subjects at the graduate level are a different planet financially from undergraduate programs.