FYI. Here is another opportunity/choice for pursuing accredited and reputable professional doctoral degree. The Education Faculty at University of Bath offers an EdD degree for learners with appropriate experience and qualification. Check out the website at: http://www.bath.ac.uk/Departments/Education/EdD.html From the website description, this degree program could be a favorite option for those seeking EdD by distance learning for the following reasons: · Combination of taught courses and independent research (4 required taught units + doctoral dissertation or portfolio of extended essays) · "Pay as you go" for required taught units and dissertation. No need for lump-sum payment · Both full and part-time studies are available · Traditional "Brick and Mortar" university, established in the 60s, and is highly ranked in UK. The Faculty also offers MPhil and PhD by research · Special arrangement is possible for those unable/unwilling to attend the residential period (for the 4 taught units). Through the provision of "Directed Learning", learner can complete the taught units at a distance, using e-mails or other means to communicate with the faculty/tutor. The great thing is that one may not need to go to Bath at all during the course of study. It has the potential to be a true distance learning, external degree program. Any thoughts on this program? What do you see as its pros and cons compared with the US offerings (Nova, Capella, etc.)? Willy
Not singling you out (just looking for promising threads that never generated any responses), but thanks again for pointing out a very unique and helpful program. FWIW: Bath is a very, very well-known school. I can't speak one way or the other to its prestige, but I remember hearing about it as a child, long before I was interested in distance education and primarily in connection with its astronomy department (I subscribed to Odyssey, Astronomy, etc. etc. etc. and am absolutely certain that I have many a time read the phrase "an astronomer at the University of Bath.") Peace, ------------------ Tom Head www.tomhead.net
Can you minor in soap, washcloths, or showers? More importantly, if if is co-ed, does it have a "hands on " portion of the "bath?" LOL, but this is a bit of a dated name!
I don't know how serious someone will take a college named Bath U. I recall Dr. Goldblatt axing about this several years ago. Nova was a mill for these EdD in the 80's. ------------------ Todd Smith http://www.geocities.com/toddsmith1981
Of course, this is unsubstantiated and very ill-informed. Nova (now Nova Southeastern) had the very first accredited non-campus-based doctoral program in the U.S. While barely nontraditional today, it was a truly astounding event: one could pursue a doctorate while also continuing in one's career, taking classes and independent study in one's locale with a cadre of fellow students. Remarkable? Certainly. A "mill"? Hardly. Rich Douglas
When? Nova was established in 1964. By the time BG6 was published in 1980, Nova's accredited, cluster-based doctoral programs were in full swing. (Bear commented on the wags of the time shaking their collective finger at Nova.) But this kind of "controversy" was very much in the past by the end of that decade. And Nova was hardly the "Advent" of distance education at that time. Fielding, Union, Walden, Sarasota, Saybrook, CIIS, Brigham Young, and others were offering DL doctoral programs. However, go back another 10 years and you'll find a much more controversial and dynamic scene. Rich Douglas
