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Re: Walden University
Posted by Jim on 4/05/08

    I am currently a Walden student. I live in a major metropolitan city and have plenty of
    choices to pursue my PhD, but I selected Walden. In my field of Public Administration, I
    already have what is considered a professional degree with my Masters in Public
    Administration from a brick and mortar school, so I really don't need a PhD; an MPA is all
    you need unless you want to teach. I just wanted to advance my knowledge, and "top off"
    my education. Now having said that, I would not have made Walden my choice for an
    undergraduate, MBA or any profession that requires licensure, it's just not always accepted
    by licensing agencies.

    Walden is NOT a diploma mill. Students must participate in the online environment.
    Classes require you to post answers to questions and research papers at least twice a
    week, if not, you get an F for the week and earn no points. Keep that up and you fail and
    are kicked out, yes kicked out. Thinking back, it is quite possible to go through all of
    college and a graduate program in a traditional classroom setting and never speak up and
    still get the degrees, in the online environment, you MUST participate or fail.

    It is tough work, in a regular class, a professor just reads back to you what is in a book
    and answers questions, and in the Walden environment you are on your own. You must
    read, understand, use APA style, do scholarly research (peer reviewed), participate online,
    and respond to other students and the professor(s), each and every week.

    Degree mills ruined it for the industry, this is true. The University of Phoenix advertised
    too much, that was/is bad also.

    What I really liked about Walden is that the research I do is for ME. In the brick and mortar
    school when a student starts research, it is usually for a professor, who then gets to
    publish a paper and gives credit to the student. At Walden, all of research is mine.

    Major universities like the City University of New York and Penn State have online degrees,
    and an employer can’t tell it is an online education from the degree or the transcript.
    Currently, academic institutions hold the keys when it comes to if an online PhD is
    acceptable or not for someone to teach in a major university, they get to protect their turf.
    Do your research and see what your field requires, and then go for there.

    I enjoy Walden, it fits my needs and lifestyle. If anyone would like me to send them a
    dissertation from the library just to show you the kind of work students have completed,
    just email me: 'C L S T U F F ONLINE@yahoo.com' (just remove all the spaces from the
    first part.).


     
     

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