Doctorate in Business--Seeking Advice

has this "person" looked at UoP's DM or DBA program? I looked at the Dm and it was right around 40K and can be done in three years.

If this person is associated with UoP, they might qualify for a 25% discount.

 

Actually, adjunct daculty members are eligible for a 33% discount on the doctoral programs. (They get 50% off bachelor's and master's programs.) The discount for bachelor's and master's programs applies to immediate family members, too.

Full-time employees pay no tuition for bachelor's and/or master's degree programs, and 50% for the doctoral programs.

 

OCD

They have drugs to treat this compulsion you know...

 

Hi

"it also requires a publication record. This means journal articles and it wants five of them."

This is news to me. Could you refer me to where this requirement is set?

Five journal articles (presumably peer reviewed) would be a heavy burden for a professor, who could not be appointed without a doctorate degree. Are you sure this is not about deriving five articles from their dissertation?

Just curious. I would think most professors at Business Schools would be hard pressed to have had five refereed journal articles within 3 years of their appointment, let alone doctoral candidates.

But perhaps I am missing something. Nearing retirement in a months time perhaps I am not reading all my mail as it used to ...

 

What about St Regis?

They can get you ay degree you want, no dissertation, no residency, no work, and it's only a couple hundred bucks. LOL

 

Good evening!

Rich, this may be a stretch, but what about Anglia Polytechnic University in the UK? Take a look at the DBA programme at http://www.apu.ac.uk/apu/en/home/study/ukstudents/prospectus/postgrad2005/doctor_of_business.html on the web for details. Then, go to http://ww2.ultralab.net/flash/default.html to see their Ultralab research center. I would think that you could draw on both the business school and Ultralab for your committee -- plus the tuition is only 3,000 pounds per year for the DBA.

It's just an idea...

Regards,

James

 

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Doctorate in Business--Seeking Advice

Either my mistake or a change since last I looked. What it says now (and may have said before):

To be eligible for admission an applicant must hold at least one of the following qualifications,

*an approved MBA of equivalent standard to that currently offered by EBS.
*a Masters degree such as MSc, MA, MPhil in a relevant field of study.
*a PhD in a relevant area.
*an acceptable publication record (usually five top level papers).
* In addition, applicants should normally have a minimum of five years relevant business experience.

So it does not specifically say that they do require the five papers. However, "at least one of the following" gives the impression they would like it. Likewise, it also seems to say that they would admit you without the master's degree if you have them. Interesting...



Tom Nixon

 

Hi Tom

Most reputable universities would accept that five (even fewer) published articles in refereed peer review journals were as good as a MSc degree. Indeed, I know of a Noble prize winner who was granted his PhD for his refereed journal articles (40 plus) from Harvard University. Most professors would be required to publish at least one journal article a year in many universities, at least for their 'prime' years.

However, its inclusion in the EBS list of prior requirements is not mandatory. It is an option if the candidate does not have any of the rest on the list.

It may be 'interesting' that the list does not require a mandatory MSc to enter the DBA but as a taught MSc front ends the DBA it would be strange for one toi be mandatory. You most certainly do have to pass the EBS MSc in strategy to proceed to the Research modules which occupy the gateway to the dissertation. Our criteria remains that if you can pass our exams (tough but fair) you can proceed. If you can't, you don't.

Looking at the cvs of the 120 DBA candidates on our DL DBA programme, I am impressed with their calibre, both academic and by senior corporate experience. They show that the DL is not just a so-called 'soft' option (as others from some B&M schools portray it to be) but is a tough choice for people of high commitment and (if they pass our exams) proven ability, tests that may be lacking in some Schools in their DBA (and MBA!) programmes.