Help me choose a Doctoral program

My wife grew up a few hours from Spokane, before you get to Kalispell. She would argue with that assessment. A little.

(Winters are indeed tough.)

 

She doesn't like the summers?

Spokane is at the same latitude as North Dakota. And Siberia. Just sayin'.

 

Greek chorus here...$72k is a lot of money for a "personal reasons" doctorate.

 

Not a DBA, but IAC offers a Doctor of Management for about $19k. TRACS accreditation so I ditto the caution suggested regarding DEAC in that it may not meet your requirements.

 

Not really if your organization provides some tuition reimbursement, like $7,500 per year; the program is 4 years. That is $30,000; also, if you have a high-paying job.

 

What is IAC? I found the International American University (IAU) accredited by TRACS offers both DM and DBA.
URL: https://iaula.edu/fees/

 

As I said in my OP, that is only one reason.

 

Thank you, but I’m only looking for something RA.

 

It's IAU. That was just bad typing. They do offer both the DM and DBA but the DM is particularly inexpensive. All mute since the OP is strictly looking for RA.

 

We don't know to what extent TRACS accreditation is a limiting factor. I suspect that is a highly individual matter.

The school is aggressively Christian in its self-description. I do like this, however: "IAU is an interdenominational university and embraces students of all faiths or no faith."

I don't think the concerns some have expressed about going to a school with a strong religious connection would come into play here.

I like 'em. They're plucky. My only concern is their accreditation.

 

I often heard that TRACS requires their institutions to conform to literalist readings of Genesis and Young Earth creationism. Personally, I have not found any confirmation of that. I found statements that indicate the opposite:

Link: https://www.tracs.org/about

"Institutions are not required to duplicate the TRACS Biblical Foundations Statement, but the institution's Faith Statement should identify it as part of the evangelical protestant tradition in higher education. It is to be written so as to conform to the historic creeds and statements of Christianity, and thus reflect a careful and precise theological statement, but also accurately state the current position of the institution as set forth by the institution’s Board and administration. In addition, it should be written lucidly in order to inform prospective students, faculty, administrators, and Board members, as well as external constituencies, regarding the religious identity of the institution."

 

So it seems a TRACS member school has to accept that TRACS institutionally supports those literalist positions as indicated in TRACS' own Biblical Foundations Statement, and a TRACS member school must have a faith statement according with the evangelical protestant tradition, but the TRACS member school does not have to hold those specific positions in their own faith statement.

 

What does young earth nonsense have to do with reading a balance sheet?

 

There is a Doctor of Organizational Leadership at Columbia Southern University at $545.00 per credit, regionally accredited by SACS and ACBSP (had a long history of DETC/DEAC accreditation). The program is 61 credits but allows you to transfer up to 40 credits. The school also offers a DBA with Organizational Leadership program as well.

URL: https://www.columbiasouthern.edu/online-degree/view-all-programs/doctorate/doctor-of-organizational-leadership/

Note: Columbia Southern University is 100% online, which might be a disadvantage for some.

 

Interestingly, for an "aggressively Christian" school, there doesn't seem to be a lot of Christianity baked into the curriculum or degree offerings. They offer no religious degrees at all at any level AA through doctorate. They require no religious courses in any of the masters or doctorate level programs. At the BA level they do require two religious courses and of the three available for selection, only one would be uniquely Christian (Intro to the Bible). The other two offerings are Religions of the World and Intro to Religion. Definitely not very TRACS-like for a TRACS accredited institution.

 

The real proof would be in the course content, which none of us has access to casually. But I'm sure a purposeful request would reveal a syllabus....

 

Something different, but this could work for the right person: SUNY Buffalo State University has applied to the state regents to offer their first doctorate, a Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS) in Creativity and Change Leadership. Buffalo State has been a leader in creativity research and education for seventy years. Their existing graduate programs in the subject are online, suggesting the doctorate if approved is likely to be online or low-residency.

 

I've actually had a little correspondence with this school because they are on my short list. I'll reach out to them and request a syllabus.

 

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) offers Ph.D. in Leadership online. (URL: https://online.ncat.edu/phd-ls.html)

• HBCU
• Division I sport.
• Non Religious Affiliation
• Ranking: 231 National University