Another way to get a doctorate...

One way is to work hard through your undergrad, develop an interest in a subject, apply to grad schools and get in to a grad school. Once you're there, slog through the coursework, pass your cumulative exams, work hard through your dissertation research, all the while grinning through the frustration of being overworked, underpaid and under constant abuse from your slave-drivers -er- advisers. If you're lucky, smart and hardworking, you'll get the Ph.D.

The other, less conventional way, is to change your name to a woman's, start a band (and have it referred to by Frank Zappa as the "most inept band on the LA circuit"), tout your love for Ferraris and switchblades on-stage, frequently "decapitate" your daughter's head (dressed as Britney Spears), and on the whole, scream a lot, be very angry and make a lot of noise. If you do that for 30-35 years, you'll also get a doctorate.

Yup, that's right, folks. Alice Cooper has received an honorary doctorate from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Apparently, when he's not doing all of the above, he's a family man and get this: baseball coach...