Columbia Southern VS California Intercontinental university

Dear Everybody,
I am intending to pursue for a DBA degree, and my search narrowed down to Columbia southern and California intercontinental universities. I am still can't pick up my mind and choose between the two universities, can you please advice me, which one should I go with?

Thanks for help,

Sarhan

 

Well, between two...I would choose Columbia Southern University because it has long standing in the DETC. Especially, it has partnership with many RA and B&M universities.

Also, maybe sometimes you forget to put "SOUTHERN" in your resume becomes COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Formerly KING COLLEGE), NEW YORK. hahaha!

 

Yeah, how knows, lol.

Also, maybe sometimes you forget to put "SOUTHERN" in your resume becomes COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Formerly KING COLLEGE), NEW YORK. hahaha![/QUOTE]

 

I was told that CalUniversity is moving exclusively to an e-book format this year. If I heard correctly, that's supposed to mean no textbook costs. That should seem like a given; no books = no cost for books, but I remember talking to one school that was strictly using e-books but still charged students for them, and the books weren't from a 3rd party. No big deal if you have authors that have to be paid royalties, but $100 per e-book seemed absurd to me.

 

Yeah, how knows, lol

 

LearningAddict, actually what you heard is right, but, Columbia southern, also, offer the program textbooks at no cost, through its book grant

 

I know of schools that use ebooks and still charge. Ashford University charges $75 per ebook and then if there's no ebook available you have to find your book somewhere else or pay the crazy high prices through their bookstore. But yeah, they charge for ebooks. And each ebook only has 5 chapters in it. When I bought a textbook for a class trhere I particularly liked, I was shocked when I saw that the actual text had 11 chapters and the "Ashford specific" (thats what they call it) ebook only had 5. And I was paying $75 for that.....

 

When it comes to good 'ol Assford, that doesn't surprise me at all. I briefly attended that outfit and found the same type of garbage, among other garbage that place is notorious for. When you pay over $125 each for "custom" textbooks that can only dubiously be considered "custom", and you hardly have to crack them or never have to crack them at all because the courses make little or no use of them; it's at this point that you know you're getting a wonderful, informative, world-class education that will prepare you to take on the world... of unemployment.

 

And people thought I could be provocative.

 

I agree completely. Ashford is a POS joke of a school. The fact that it has regional accreditation makes it "seem" legit, but its a huge waste of time, money, effort, and sanity. I left that school after 8 classes and never looked back.

 

I have no experience with Ashford University, but it seems the RA accreditation exists since non-profit Christianity institution. Well, until private investors transform it into profit.

 

These comments are in glaring contrast to at least two students on this board who've had positive experiences with the school.

Funny how this has suddenly turned into the "bash Ashford" thread.

 

What I received from California Intercontinental University, saying that the ebooks are free with no cost, and for Columbia they send the textbooks free of charge.