D.B.A. Program Decission

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by TelcoJoe, Jun 24, 2019.

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  1. FTFaculty

    FTFaculty Well-Known Member

    I'd bypass the admissions counselor and try to talk with the actual head of the program if you're still interested in that program. These rules are made to be broken. We waive our own rules all the time. Most admissions counselors are like most student academic advisers, basically know what's written on the sheet in front of them and they know how to apply it like a robot. Depending on how many credits your MS is, were I the program director, I'd either require that you do absolutely nothing additional or maybe take two or three classes as prereqs.
     
  2. TelcoJoe

    TelcoJoe New Member

    I did try that and emailed the program director who stated, "We have a system for evaluating master’s degrees so I have included xxxx, Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment, in this email. He will be able to assign a counselor to evaluate the degree/courses you completed." The Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment referred me back to the Admissions Counselor who told me I had to take 9 more classes. Ironically, I am a grad of B.U. where I received my B.B.A. a few years ago and used my B.U. email to contact them regarding the D.B.A. program.

    It is my opinion that Bellevue University should be a bit more lenient when it comes to encouraging individuals to enroll in their programs in this competitive higher ed market (this is especially true when their program is north of 40k). Regardless, I am questioning if I would want to return given this unsavory reception that I received.
     
  3. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    Have you looked into Trevecca Nazarene's DBA? It requires 60 credits, 32 months long and cost just around 42k.
     
  4. FTFaculty

    FTFaculty Well-Known Member

    Are we talking academic program director here, as in someone who actually teaches or used to teach in the program and has the Ph.D and knows his or her stuff, like Dr. D., the program director of our Masters of Accountancy here, or Dr. L., the program director of our MBA? That's what I'd want to know. Because it sounds like you may be in the incompetent bureaucrat loop, dealing with people who are more aligned with the recruiting/sales process, rather than the academic process, because what they are saying sounds almost insane to me, an academic who has taught over a decade in an AACSB program. While I understand we academics can be magnificently incompetent and often insane, at least we usually know about the relative value of degrees and rational program requirements.
     
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  5. TelcoJoe

    TelcoJoe New Member

    Yes. I emailed the dean of business programs who referred me back to admissions. On a more positive note, I am now looking at Indiana Wesleyan University that is a little bit less expensive. I see that they have ACBSP accreditation for their business B.S. and M.B.A. programs, but I don't see any listed for their D.B.A. program

    https://www.indwes.edu/about/iwu-profile/accreditation
     
  6. Michigan68

    Michigan68 Active Member

    I am a DBA student at Keiser University and a few of my classmates were accepted with a MS in Management degree.

    The DBA program is ACBSP Accredited.

    I really like the school and the faculty are well seasoned business people. I just entered the ABD phase, and will be attending my 2nd and final residency in a few weeks. No complaints with anything so far.

    Could be an option for you.
     
  7. FTFaculty

    FTFaculty Well-Known Member

    So no academic ever reviewed the matter, the dean just kicked you back to the program director. It sounds like no actual academic has ever looked at your particular case. Deans usually don't like to deal with these issues anyway, they're out trying to raise money from rich businesspeople and alums. But at this point, it sounds like there are enough issues in the graduate program there that you shouldn't want to have much to do with them anyway. Be glad you got through the undergrad alright and move on.
     

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