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    Name Recognition vs. Less Known Schools

    Marylars wrote "I just hired three new candidates this past week -- one with a degree from Johns Hopkins, one with a degree from Notre Dame and...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Jun 10, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Ashworth College

    Dave Hayden said: "You are familiar with the fact that Ashworth classes are essentially one text book with tests?" FINALLY we get to the...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 30, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    How Business Schools Lost Their Way pt 2

    This article seems to be based on the assumption that most MBA graduates get their degrees and start working in general management. That's simply...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 30, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Most prestigious Undergrad qualifications

    Are we limiting the "most prestigious" list to American schools? If we include international DL schools, I'd vote for the University of London...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 19, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    How important is quantitative part of GRE?

    For sociology, it's likely to depend on the quantitative-qualitative emphasis of your department and on your own research plans. I'm not familiar...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 16, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    LL.M. terrors

    Best of luck, nosborne48! Don't get discouraged! The fact that you're questioning your progress may merely indicate that you're being very...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 12, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Salary Question for Doctoral Graduates

    "I am familiar with the names of the journals in my field, Journal of Accountancy, Accounting Review...etc. But how do I find out which one's are...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 10, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Interesting conversation I had

    "She then said the HR department in the government looks at Excelsior as students 'buying' their degrees, and resumes with that school on it get...
    Post by: William H. Walters, May 2, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    You opinion!

    With best reputation at the top: Queen's (Canada) Dalhousie (Canada) Pretoria (South Africa) Walden (US) Charles Sturt (Australia)...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 27, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Initials for Doctor of Information Technology

    I'd suggest using whatever abbreviation your school uses. If I remember correctly, I've seen this degree abbreviated as both DIT and DInf.
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 17, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Is a Big 3 degree suitable to get me into Library School?

    I'd urge anyone considering a career in librarianship to look at actual placement and salary data rather than relying on the anecdotal information...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 11, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    RA or NA Homeland Security program

    American Public University and American Military University both offer distance-learning MA programs in homeland security. Courses in homeland...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 10, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Would U Rather Have Hard Copy Textbooks?

    I vote for printed textbooks -- easier to read, often easier to annotate, and I can sell them afterward if I don't want to keep them.
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 9, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    Is a Big 3 degree suitable to get me into Library School?

    I agree entirely with marilynd. I suspect that there is no single job market for librarians. Instead, there are several different job markets...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 8, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions
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    DETC hierarchy?

    I agree that most DETC schools are unknown to the general public. A friend of mine, serving on the search committee for a top-level academic...
    Post by: William H. Walters, Apr 7, 2005 in forum: General Distance Learning Discussions