USQ

Just to note I am enrolled in two DBA courses and they are going fine - although the books have been another story. The workload is acceptable and very interesting.

 

Manda:

I am planning to go for the DBA program at either Charles Sturt U. or USQ as soon as I get my MBA end of this yr. What other schools did you look at before you decided to go for USQ? What subjects are you taking and how much time do you put in the program weekly? I was also thinking about Northcentral U. for the DBA but right now they only offer the PhDBA.

Jason

 

Any residency requirements? Are you heading down under?

Rich Douglas

 

Hi there,
I was thinking of enrolling in USQ DBA also. But I am still evaluating some other choices like UniSA, UWA. Got a few questions to ask you on USQ :
Do you have to take an exam after each of your module end ? Any idea how long is the exam ?
What happen to your reference books ? Are they outdated or what ?
What is your workload like currently, can you elaborate on them briefly ?

 

I have evaluated Touro, Charles Sturt, USQ, Nova, Henley and Glasgow... I will probably be going with USQ if I don't pursue another Masters first.

 

First to answer some questions - the workload per course is equivalent weekly to a upper level MBA course - which makes sense b/c the first four courses you take are also taught at the MBA level - I do think there is a lighter load. After that you do 3 credits/courses in research methods, then a lit. riview/industry analysis and then the dissertation. I don't have to travel down under as there are testing centres in North America that I do have to travel to. The exams are three hours long - and to be frank I like this.

I looked at almost all schools and determined the following - US schools are too expensive and some are looked at in a much lesser light especially the for profit insitutes.

South Africa - scared me off - as they could never state frimly whether I would have to ge there or not - and I don't! Also they wanted their first year fees paid witht he application and if I decided on another choice would only refund half.

Charles Sturt - Was impossible to deal with! They could never tell me what was needed, travel commitemets anything?

I may go down to USQ for a term next year - I do believe I would enjoy that. Plus the staff is incredably halpful....

Only negative to date is the books I orderd - as I applied a little late (my Fault) I did not confirm my courses early enough and Amazon did not have all the books in stock....

But overall I am happy - and a BIG plus is their elecetronic library - talk about selection!

 

I looked at almost all schools and determined the following - US schools are too expensive and some are looked at in a much lesser light especially the for profit insitutes.

Be careful... dems is fighten words in these parts!!!

 

Not when it's phrased like Manda stated it. I'd be the first one to admit that US schools are very expensive compared to UK, SA, and Aussie programs. I disagree with legitimate for-profit schools having a strike against them, but I can see why some would think that.

What I *do* think is asinine is someone stating that the US has among the worst schools in the world, without a bit of evidence to back it up.

Bruce

 

Certainly one wouldn't want to take a business degree from a university located in the country that had dominated the world politically, economically, and militarily for the last century, would you? Because we know what world powers South Africa and Australia are. And the U.K.? Socially, politically, militarily, they're ready for world domination--in the 17th century.

Seriously, the foreign schools we talk about are all fine. How relevant a business education would be at them--considering the significant differences in our economies--is certainly worth considering before enrollment. But the notion that schools located in the U.S. are somehow inferior doesn't wash. There is no evidence--save one ardent poster's opinions--to support it.

Rich Douglas, former member of a post-war occupying force.

 

There is actually plenty of evidence. However I am very hesitant to get into one of the "games".

 

It depends... if I was pursuing a Masters in World Domination perhaps I would... if I was pursuing a degree in social policy perhaps I would pursue the degree from a school in a country with the greatest literacy and lowest poverty rates (Sweden).

Honestly, there is much evidence to support it. Every country needs a national mythology but I don't think an international distance learning board is the place to exercise ones patriotic jollies.

 

Nor one's unsupportable biases, but here you are, either lacking a clear understanding of the human resources landscape in the U.S. or conveniently ignoring it. You never have any basis for your opinions--which shouldn't stop you or anyone else from posting them. But don't expect them to go unchallenged. It's too easy.

The U.S: Good educational system, good health system, powerful economy. Britain: Elitism for a few, socialism for the rest, and bad teeth. Simply shagadelic, baby!

Rich Douglas

 

I'm always up for a good game. I think that if you want your anti-US opinion to be given any credence whatsoever, it's high time to "put up or shut up". If you personally don't like US schools, that's fine and I would respect it if you made it clear it was your opinion. But when you pass it off as fact, sooner or later someone is going to call you on it, and I'm calling you on it.

Post the evidence in the off-topic section if you like. That is, of course, assuming you have any evidence, and are not just trying to save face.

Bruce

 

Manda,
USQ has a policy stating that they arrange
exams to be held within 100 km from the
students home - USQ in germany did that
for me without asking (actually 112 km).

 

On the other hand, it is a place to excercise anti-American sentiments?

Ike

 

Press on Manda!! Keep us posted regarding your progress.

Barry Foster

 

Thanks for all the info and advice. I am not sure how I started a war of words between the US and UK - but you guys should know that you are only playing for second place - Canada rules!!!!!!!!!EH?
Oh and I am a guy the nickame is a loooonnnnnggg story dating involving my wife and I at the early satges of our relationship.

 

Actually, I have a lot of support but I am skeptical that any evidence that could be provided by anyone would make any difference in your mind. You appear more concerned with remaining confortable in your prejudices and presuppositions than in discovering the relative quality of different countries educational systems.

Incidently, the US has the best education in the world... if you can get it, otherwise you may graduate high-school (and according to some reports college) illiterate... the US has the best health care in the world... if you can afford it or have insurance or the HMO will provide it, otherwise your situation is dire... and the US has the strongest economy in the world, although the benefits are increasingly going to relatively select few.

These are simple facts which many Americans are recognizing and are trying to address to make the US better (isn't that the point, to try to make things better rather than sit in a drunken, patriotic stupor, under the illusion that everything around you is the best that it can be).

 

Ah yes, Ike, the Crown Prince of supporting vested interests.

Ike, if you said "Norway is a really cold place" it would not be an exercise in anti-Norway sentiment but a simple expression of truth.

Now, if you were a patriotic Norwegian you may take great offense to such a statement... attributing it to hear-say or the biased opinion of whether forecasters, however to many it would remain a statement of truth.

 

I need sleep... weather