Sats

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Phdtobe, Mar 21, 2017.

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  1. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

    SATS would have been mentioned here before, but what is new is SATS direct marketing to Americans.

    US Students

    North American students find SATS’ Ph.D. in Theology programme relevant and affordable. By 2016 there were already ten Ph.D. graduates from the USA, with a further 32 enrolled students.


    Recently our MTh and PhD programmes were submitted to two of the most frequently used and highly recommended evaluators in the USA, namely the International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (ierf.org) and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ International Education Services (Home), and both confirmed that these degrees represent attainment of a level of education comparable to the equivalent degrees from a regionally accredited university in the United States. Our degrees are also recognised by the German website anabin.kmk.org which provides information about the evaluation of foreign qualifications, as well as by the Brazilian and Argentinian governments.
     
  2. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    SATs has gotten nothing but positive comments here.
     
  3. CLSeibel

    CLSeibel Member

    I know a current SATS doctoral student here in Edmonton, Alberta. He is doing substantive research and having a positive experience with SATS thus far. He also is working as an affiliate (adjunct) prof for a local seminary.
     
  4. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

    Hi Corey
    It is great to see you showcasing your UP PHd. You are an excellent ambassador. You are very successful and I know that this is the kind of things that South Africa institutions want to advertise.
     
  5. CLSeibel

    CLSeibel Member

    Thanks for those kind words. I think my experience illustrates the great benefit that one can receive through studying with a South African university. My professor is one of the most highly respected individuals in the world in my field. I know that having him as my doctoral supervisor has opened doors for me. In addition, the Pretoria Faculty of Theology has a good reputation internationally. It was recently rated in the 2017 QS World University Ranking as one of the top 100 university faculties globally in the area of theology, divinity, and religious studies. Faculty members are very engaged in international academic societies. I was privileged to participate in the International Academy of Practical Theology gathering that was hosted on Pretoria's main campus a couple of years ago (my prof led the local organizing team). As an interesting side note, I also had the chance to spend a day on the UNISA campus, which was really fascinating.
     
  6. frkurt

    frkurt New Member

    Actually, somewhere along the line, I thought I'd mentioned a negative experience with SATS. They took my tuition money for the first year and then left me to drift. When they contacted me for the second year's tuition money, I informed them that their faculty advisory or mentor (or whatever term they were using) never worked with me and never was in contact - not one single time. They offered another year at no tuition, but by that time, what's the point?

    I had to get rather assertive to get them to stop sending me emails asking for donations for years after they'd taken my tuition money and run.

    I will never recommend SATS to anyone.
     
  7. Helpful2013

    Helpful2013 Active Member

    I’ve nothing to do with SATS, but I’m sorry to hear about your experience there. However, looking at your postings here, I think you must have posted it on another board.
     
  8. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    I guess there's two elements to my response. The first is simply to say that while you have been a member for a long time, your posting history is pretty small. It's easy to go back and look at your posts. As Helpful indicates, there's no mention of SATS at all. Ultimately it doesn't matter. The second is that while I'm certainly sorry that you had a bad experience I also know that there's not a school in the world that doesn't have some disgruntled x-students. It's entirely possible that your experience with SATS was quite terrible for you without that being representative of most students experiences. At the same time, I have heard, on multiple occasions, of people at UNISA with experiences similar to yours. Unresponsive advisors, questions unanswered, multiple changes of advisors with each new advisor insisting on a re-write with extensive edits. We've heard similar stories about some US schools where doctoral students are slowed down in their progress forcing them to register for extra semesters, ostensibly for the money. People considering these sorts of programs should be alert to the early warning signs of this sort of thing.
     

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