No Doctorate for me!

It is nationally accredited through DEAC. I am seeing an estimated cost of $13,387 on their site.

My thoughts - I always wonder what utility actually is of a doctorate from DEAC school.

 

Sounds GREAT!

 

Just curious, I have searched and it appears that University of the Cumberlands is the top candidate for my doctorate degree. I would like a regionally accredited degree and little to no residency (right now) but their tuition is greatly priced also.

I am a business major; however, I work in higher ed and teach part time. I began looking at DBA programs but an EdD would work for me also.

I guess I'm going around and around trying to make a decision. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Is Cumberland the same one with the football team that got pasted by Georgia Tech 222-0 decades ago?

 

Thanks for the information Steve! I actually have 2 Master' s degrees. I didn't know about the benefit, for the program, of having both.

I need to get started on my essay to them.

Wish me luck!

 

No, that is now Cumberland University:

The 1916 game against Georgia Tech is famous as the most lopsided-scoring game in the history of college football, which was a 0-222 loss for Cumberland University.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_University

 

That's right, Cumberland University from Nashville is the one that was destroyed by Tech. I stand corrected. Nonetheless, University of the Cumberlands from neighboring Kentucky, dating back to 1889, looks just as legit and B&M.

 

Someone should probably tell the intellectual powerhouse that the AACSB is not a part of the US Department of Education.

 

Too pedantic.

 

I finally went in and read the article, endowave, it doesn't claim the AACSB is part of the DoE. It talks of the power to accredit being granted by the DoE to the AACSB. That is a concept that would be familiar to anyone who has education in both the law and accounting--such as Dr. McGee, who has an ABA-accredited JD as well as three doctorates in accounting. That's essentially what the government does in a number of cases, such as independent private bodies like the state bar associations which accredit CLEs or state societies of CPAs which accredit CPEs, they are not part of the government per se, but they will work hand-in-hand with the government for the purposes of accreditation of professional continuing education. There are a number of organizations that have been granted power by the federal and state agencies and while independent and run by professionals, they still have affiliation with the government, such as the PCAOB which was created by Congress (SOX) to oversee accounting and the presentation of financials by publicly-traded companies, but isn't really a part of the government.

I don't know about the specific history of the relationship between the DoE and the AACSB and I don't know what relationship, formal or informal, existed almost two decades ago when that article was written, but I also doubt that you do and I would not be surprised if Dr. McGee knew something about that relationship that both you and I don't know. Just a possibility to consider.

 

I bet he does not know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop or does he.

Step aside World's Most Interesting Man.

 

Wait a minute, is this song about Dr. McGee? LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw

Busted flat in Baton Rouge! It is about "Bobby McGee"

 

OK, OK, Edowave, you got me. It's true, I'm this guy's champion somewhat, I have a major guy crush on him. How could I not, me being a middling academic and he being a PhD superhero? Anyway, touche!

 

A real bromance. It's all good.

By the way, its Novadar, not Edowave that's someone else on here, but I totally love that handle -- Edo = the old name for Tokyo! Totemo omoshiroi desu ne! とても おもしろい ですね!

 

Really? We couldn't guess! I was about to throw some cold water on you. You guys ought to get a room!:hug:

 

My first name is Ed. I lived in Tokyo for about 6 years. Everyone there called me Edo. I taught scuba diving and ran an informal dive club called "Edo-Wave." (Because it was both my name, and the old name for Tokyo.) It was then I was looking for a DL MBA program, and found alt.degree.info and degreeforums.com. I needed a username to register, so I went with Edowave.

I didn't mean to sound overly critical of Dr. McGee. Though to be honest, I wasn't a fan of that particular paper. And with 13 doctorates, he comes off more like someone who games the system than a serious academic.

However, he is the real deal. In Judo, we have a saying, "Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort." From looking at his publication list he has certainly mastered the art maximizing publications (and PhDs) out of his research. He is rapidly becoming my hero as well.

 

I agree with regard to that paper, I have no clue how he got that little note jotted off over lunch hour published. I slave over my papers for months, years, then sweat out the review process.

 

Here we go again. LOL.