So then, if one follows the link to the Hong Kong Management Association, it details several degree programs with partnership Universities. Bulacan, in the Philippines, has a PhD program that seems odd, at best. While I am pursuing other universities based on my needs, the Bulacan PhD appears accredited. I did a search and the comments were lacking. Figured I would repost to see if further conversation can be had should one have the desire. http://www.hkma.org.hk/program/program_search.asp?prog_cat=DOC&ver_type=E
Stay away from it. There are only THREE universities in Philippines that are considered to be "OK"-University of Philippines, San Tomas University and De La Salle.
Depending on your purposes, however, I believe there are better options, for example, - PhD with Shanghai University of Economics and Finance http://www.hkfsi.org/xuelei.asp - DBA with local institutions, PolyU (www.polyu.edu.hk), CityU (www.cityu.edu.hk) and OpenU (www.ouhk.edu.hk) - DBA with foreign institutions, University of Manchester (http://www.mbs-worldwide.ac.uk/programmes/dba/default.asp), Heriot Watt (http://www.ebsmba.com), Macquarie University (http://www.hkma.org.hk/program/program_next.asp?prog_no=MDBA&prog_cat=DOC&ver_type=E)
In the eyes of Hong Kong with respect to DL doctorate courses between UK's and US's, which one is better? UK's: DL DBA of Manchester, Heriot Watt ...... US's: DL DBA/PhD of Northcentral, Walden, Capella...... Welcome any comment and opinion
NorthCentral. No doubt about it. There are couple NCU Ph.D students currently reside in H.K. and maybe you can ask them how do they feel about their study. By and large, a U.S. Ph.D is considered to be "better" than U.K. (exceptions are Oxford, Cambridge, London, St. Andrew, Nottingham and others that have been established as "Universities" instead of Polytechs prior to 1992) in the eyes of those lay people.
The University of Manchester is a well-established and respected UK university. As Hong Kong was a former British colony, the University is well known in Hong Kong. In fact, there are quite a number of Manchester's alumni in HK. Manchester Business School is a high ranking school and its business programme is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS ( http://www.mbs.ac.uk/about-us/ranking.htm ). The only comment is its tuition cost too expensive.
Manchester, no doubt about it. The Universtiy of Manchester is well-established and has long history. MBS worldwide has office in Hong Kong is another plus. They are reputable in terms of their management education. A lot US schools can't meet up to that level. Heriot Watt is also another well-established university, although not catching up with Manchester in terms of the rankings. Any of the MBS or Heriot Watt would be a better choice than the US schools like NCU, Walden and Capella. The problem with the US schools is that there are too many and many of them are not well-known to the local community. This is not about the quality of the school itself but whether to choose a school that is better known (while it also provide good quality of education).
Both Manchester and Heriot-Watt are cool if you are familar with (and comfortable with) the British mode since both are reputable universities. Nonetheless, if you are thinking about getting a teaching position (full or part time) at the U.S. colleges, Walden, Capella and NCU might be better for obvious reasons.
I strongly disagree. You are unlikely to get a full time teaching position at a U.S. university with a PhD from a proprietary school like Walden, Capella, NCU, or Phoenix. However, foreigners with credentials from abroad routinely compete for such positions. For example, the chair of the liberal studies department where I work now has a Bachelor's from the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and a Master's from Dalhousie and a PhD from York, both in Canada. Meanwhile no one has a PhD from any of the places you mention. Proprietary PhDs were scorned even at the college where I worked before this, which itself was a for-profit school! -=Steve=-
Issue on considering between UK's DBA and US's PhD: I am working as assistant lecturer in post-secondary institution in Hong Kong. All know that teaching in the field of higher education needs a doctoral degree. However, academic field prefers PhD to DBA. That no UK university offering DL PhD is the problem. Also, my second home is in Toronto, and I will go back in future. I would like to know the different between UK's DBA and US's PhD in the eyes of Canadian. (It is the fact that so many Toronto's taxi drivers having doctoral degree. ) Thanks for any comment and opinion.
