Interesting educational background.

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  1. damooster

    damooster New Member

    So I decided to enroll in Ashford University's MBA program and I start my first class this Tuesday.

    Since joining this forum, I have become more aware of people's educational backgrounds, particularly if they have a degree from distance education. So I thought my first instructor's background was pretty interesting: she has a BS in Sociology from a traditional brick and mortar school, an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management (DeVry), and a Doctorate in Organizational Studies from Capella.

    No hidden point here or anything, just something I wanted to share. I was wondering if your distance/online instructors were as diverse in their educational backgrounds.
     
  2. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Sounds fairly typical to me. I notice a number of online adjuncts that have a doctorate from Capella. I rarely see the DeVry degree though.
     
  3. dlcurious

    dlcurious Member

    I know a girl who completed her BS in IT from Devry and has gone on to pursue their MBA as well. She's had nothing but good things to say about them, believes in their rigor and thinks that it's money well spent.
     
  4. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    OK, but that is a lot of money to spend well. :shocked:
     
  5. dlcurious

    dlcurious Member

    Not disagreeing at all.
     
  6. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    If it works for her, then that is really all that matters. I'm glad she found a school that she likes.
     
  7. MISin08

    MISin08 New Member

    I too have had several online profs with doctorates from Capella. My Supply Chain prof at Excelsior has an edu doctorate from Capella (thanks to Army TA) and a MS in Logistics from FIT. I'm not sure he told us of his undergrad.

    Phillip
     
  8. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I can never figure out why people seem to have something against DeVry. I went to the South Jersey campus in the mid 80’s for electronics and it was a tough program. I assume the current feelings on DeVry do not extend to the old-style campuses. The program was challenging, math intensive (trig and calculus) and the labs were amazing. I can only assume many things have changed in the 20+ years!
     
  9. Dr Rene

    Dr Rene Member

    When I taught project management and contract management courses for Keller Graduate School of Management (DeVry) in Long Beach back in early 2000, most of my students worked for the major defense contractors and their tuition was paid by their company.
     
  10. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I wonder if it's because of their many TV commercials that appear to be targeted at lower income individuals. It makes them seem like more of a trade school, when they are actually a legitimate, RA university.
     
  11. major56

    major56 Active Member

    I’ve never heard anything negative as regards their Keller Graduate School of Management (candidacy status with ACBSP) either.
     
  12. atrox79

    atrox79 Member

    DeVry always used to be known as a pretty good school for technology-related majors. I think their bad reputation is directly proportional to the amount of advertising during shows like Jerry Springer, Judge Joe Brown & Maury. If they cooled off the daytime TV marketing blitzkrieg, I think their negative image would start to dissipate. I can't speak anything of their programs, but I heard that 10-15 years ago they were fairly decent.
     

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