Just curious to know who all are registered in the Ed.D. program of Aspen University?

 

After completion of my MBA-PM from Aspen, now I am researching into online Doctorate programs. I had this discussion earlier with a few members here, and they had pointed to institutions in South Africa, India and USA. Now totally bent to get into doctorate program, I need your inputs again.

 

Cheers, singh.

singh, what would you be using the doctorate for?

Hi Cajun,

 Lately, I have been thinking of getting into online academics so that I can get associated with some online universities, and start teaching course of my specializations. Most of the ads for teaching positions in universities ask for doctorate degree.

Or if you already know some universities where terminal degree is not a requirement for teaching online, I would be more than happy to learn more about those.

 Regards.

Singh,

Anyone with a Master degree or higher is eligible to teach so long as the university wants you. However, most accreditation organizations count the number of doctorates and master degree professors and there is a ratio standard. Hence, you just need to apply everywhere you want to work and wait for the responses. I want to teach locally in my state of Florida, but they require 18-credit hours in the subject matter. Therefore, I am earning my MS in another field to meet the minimum requirement.

However, other accreditation organizations only require that you have a Master degree, and so long as you're in the field of that type of work for a certain number of years (perhaps even a supervisor) then you can teach it.

The best way to find out is to contact the universities you are looking at.

Good Luck!

 

Two issues:

1. Aspen University is nationally accredited.  You will have significantly fewer teaching opportunities with their doctorate than you would from a school with regional accreditation.  If your goal is teaching at the university level, then it is critically important that your highest degree have regional accreditation!

2. Since you have a Master's in project management, you would need to take more credits to get an EdD than you would to get a PhD in business.  Moreover, you would have more opportunities to teach with a PhD in business than with an EdD.

-=Steve=-

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B.S., Info Sys, Charter Oak State College
M.A., Educational Tech Leadership, George Washington University
Doctor of Health Education, A.T. Still University, in progress

SteveFoerster:

Two issues:

1. Aspen University is nationally accredited.  You will have significantly fewer teaching opportunities with their doctorate than you would from a school with regional accreditation.  If your goal is teaching at the university level, then it is critically important that your highest degree have regional accreditation!

2. Since you have a Master's in project management, you would need to take more credits to get an EdD than you would to get a PhD in business.  Moreover, you would have more opportunities to teach with a PhD in business than with an EdD.

-=Steve=-

I concur.

 

Brack:

Singh,

Anyone with a Master degree or higher is eligible to teach so long as the university wants you. However, most accreditation organizations count the number of doctorates and master degree professors and there is a ratio standard. Hence, you just need to apply everywhere you want to work and wait for the responses. I want to teach locally in my state of Florida, but they require 18-credit hours in the subject matter. Therefore, I am earning my MS in another field to meet the minimum requirement.

However, other accreditation organizations only require that you have a Master degree, and so long as you're in the field of that type of work for a certain number of years (perhaps even a supervisor) then you can teach it.

The best way to find out is to contact the universities you are looking at.

Good Luck!

 

Thanks Brack. I had tried a few universities during past one year based on my master's degree in engineering, but I was told that they seek PhDs only. But I dont see any harm in trying again... now that I have MEng and MBA. Even if I get into teaching based on that, I would like to move further towards doctorate, either in computer science or management. Thanks for your feedback.

 

Regards. 

SteveFoerster:

Two issues:

1. Aspen University is nationally accredited.  You will have significantly fewer teaching opportunities with their doctorate than you would from a school with regional accreditation.  If your goal is teaching at the university level, then it is critically important that your highest degree have regional accreditation!

2. Since you have a Master's in project management, you would need to take more credits to get an EdD than you would to get a PhD in business.  Moreover, you would have more opportunities to teach with a PhD in business than with an EdD.

-=Steve=-

Hi Steve,

The two points were sitting in the back of my mind, but I guess I needed some reinforcement, which you have provided. Due to interest in PhD in business or engineering, I had started looking at universities in South Africa and India. Although I had shooted emails to them almost 10 days ago,  but there is no response yet. I did get an automated response though. So within a day or two, I am going to resend my request for information.

Thanks Steve. You are a great help as usual.

Regards.

UNISA is famous for being slow to reply.  You may have to simply place a call.

Cajun:

UNISA is famous for being slow to reply.  You may have to simply place a call.

ok. Otherwise, I see unisa a good option to go for.

singh:

Cajun:

UNISA is famous for being slow to reply.  You may have to simply place a call.

ok. Otherwise, I see unisa a good option to go for.

And you may have to call to find out who else you have to call.  It's known for being bureaucratic. But that doesn't mean it's not potentially worth it.

-=Steve=-

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B.S., Info Sys, Charter Oak State College
M.A., Educational Tech Leadership, George Washington University
Doctor of Health Education, A.T. Still University, in progress