My short tenure at Walden University in the Doctor of Business Administration program has almost come to an end.  I have submitted the form that withdrawals me from the program.  I have spent the last several weeks pondering this decision and I think that I have made the right decision for me.

Walden seems like a great institution.  My reason for leaving was not the fault of Walden.  As I was plowing through my second class at a very slow and uninteresting pace, it became harder and harder for me to get my level of enthusiasm up enough to even post to the online message boards.  The material we were discussing was dry as anything I had ever read.  Furthermore, my classmates did not seem to be very engaged.  This left me in a position where I felt I was not getting what I needed from the class.

It got to the point where I was dreading the reading and assignments.  This is not like me.  I am usually very happy to learn something new.  But this program, unlike my work at Kaplan University and Norwich University, never grabbed me or held my interest in the least.  At the same time, I kept trying to think of ways that I would use this new knowledge.  I really could not think of anything that I would want to do for a living where this information would be applicable on a regular basis.

The bottom line is that the doctoral program was not for me.  I saw no point in spending the next two years doing something I was not enjoying.  Furthermore, I didn’t want to spend that long doing something I actually considered torment or torture.  The program was simply not exciting to me.  When I consider something to be a burden or such a significant monkey on my back, it is time to do something else.

I am in the process of enrolling at Gonzaga University.  This is the program I was considering before I enrolled in Walden.  They have a great M.A. in Organizational   Leadership.  In looking at some of the course material, it seems like a true liberal arts program and will be a new experience for me.  I am looking forward to this very much.

I will post again to let everyone know about my new Gonzaga blog and document my experiences thus far.