I have narrowed my choices for a Doctorate degree to three programs. If any one can offer any advice whether positive or negative please fire away. The choices with the explanations and some cons are: Sarasota - Why - The flexability and cost. The cost will be 26,000. But unlike Capella were I will have to pay 3,000 a term - Sarasota's price is per course. So if I take one course this term the cost is 1,300 - two the next and so forth. Also unlike Touro (a darkhorse) they actually have some graduates. Nova, Capella and Union lack the flexability and the pricing polocies. SouthernQueensland - has beat out Charles Sturt as my Australlian selection. Why - the staff is helpful. There answers much more clear and I know there are testing centre's in North Americ and I will never have to venture off this continent. The cost is pretty reasonable and a much better deal then British schools. University of South Africa - Biggest advantage is cost. Biggest problem is some people love the place and some hate it. Dealing with them to date has been fine - but some stories have made me leery. Not lerry enough though. The school has also been around forever - which is an advantage. Now to the biggest roadblock for the three - reputation. I really cant't evaluate which is better to date. And in case your interested here is why I dismissed some other programs: Union - bit too flaky for my tastes Capella - too inflexable Nova - same and very price Wawrwick - simply the cost - its reputation far exceeds any here Birbeck - the same Waurnenbrough - when I applied I didn't know it was a degree mll Walden - a grand a month CS - very difficult to deal with Anyone want to offer advice - either positive or negative it would be helpful. Thanks and thank you to all board members who have responded to my posts. Manda
I should have mentioned Touro is also possible. Students on this site and other rave about the place.
Hi, Manda. All three sound like good choices. I'd say first, pick one that you think that you can actually perservere and graduate from. UNISA has probably the best graduate-level reputation of the bunch, but you have to weigh that against the other stuff. I don't know much about DBAs, and perhaps they are different than other doctorates. But I think that I am a minority of one on this newsgroup in thinking that doctorates are not fungible, one just like another. So I would clarify what I was planning to specialize in, and what areas of advanced study I wanted to pursue. Then I would look at the curricula and faculty of my candidate schools and try to figure out how well they could suppport me. That would make the choice of a doctoral program a very individual choice.
The Doctor of Business Leadership (DBL) offered by the UNISA has some residency requirement, e.g. attending DBL colloquia (refer to http://www.sblunisa.ac.za).
Yan, This is one of my problems with UNISA. The Canadian contact emailed me that no residancy was required for a D.Com, or a D.BA and I ssumed the same held true for DBL.
Manda, I have corresponded with numerous students in Touro's Phd program (for Business Admin). I have heard nothing but stellar comments from them. I am pursuing my MBA through Touro (healthcare admin and info tech management). In a nutshell...I have considered going on with Touro after my MBA is complete. I probably won't because I'd like a little more diversification on my resume...and I'm sure I'll get back into theology some day. Touro's courses are self-contained and the workload is bearable. 100% nonresident and RA. There are LOTS of students at Touro..so you'll be seeing more grads in about a year. If you would like to ask anything specific and choose not to do so in this forum...feel free to email me at [email protected]. Blessings! Steven King
Avoid cyber schools, questionable private schools (if its doubtful, its dirty) and non-traditional programs. That leaves you with USQ and UNISA. I would lean towards USD due to perception of business communities in the two countries. Commerce and "leadership" degrees are also unusual in the US.
Hi, people! Does UNISA offer a DBA? I didn't know that at all. If it is so, taking into account UNISA's tuition and reputation, such a DBA is worthy of consideration, I think. Best, Karlos Albert Lacaye [email protected]
The Doctor of Business Leadership (DBL) offered by the UNISA is equivalent to DBA offered by other universities in some countries. By the same token, the Master of Business Leadership (MBL) offered by the UNISA is equivalent to MBA. The tuition fee is low and reputation is good. However, some residency is required.
Hi there: The DBA of USQ is a good option, is it going to allow you to teach in Canada?, that will depend on your research, market demand and another factors, but the degree won't be questioned becaused is listed as an accredited australian institution. U of sarasota is not a bad option, but the residences in Florida could be a problem.
Manda: I also forgot to mention that I have applied to some universities with the name of the DBA USQ in my resume as in progress and no one has questioned yet, as a matter of fact I received an offer to teach online at a UK institution (part time). Also I mentioned that I was doing my USQ degree to the chair of the department where I teach part time and he told me that he doesn’t see any problem with it, and if positions become available at the time I finish I would be considered for that position.
UNISA - has I do believe a Doctorate in Business Adminsitration or a Doctorate in Administration of Business - I do believe. Although my notes are not here. Also I have for degrees - 2 at the Masters level, university teaching experinec and have published. People may also be suprised how many professors in Canada - at top schools have PhD's from research in the UK. The reason many wnet there - distance and cost. The reason I am considering Aust. distance and cost. I am going on a short vacation but will be back Monday to read the posts. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and thanks a bunch for all the input. Although I am truly new to the field I love the forum and find almost all members to be very helpful.
A question I asked, which seemed to stun the person, was "what percentage of people starting the doctoral program actually finish it?" I thought that was a most reasonable question. For every one of those schools, I would ask that question.
