Archive for October, 2009

On line Doctorate Degree

Thursday, October 29, 2009 posted by Caleb Rogers

On line Doctorate Degree: Are you ready for the biggest academic challenge of your career?

So.  You’ve known for how long that you’re a prime candidate for doctoral study?  You’re bright.  You’re talented.  You’re persistent, dedicated, motivated, and you’ve got all the skills that a doctoral candidate needs.  Be honest–you’ve even daydreamed about writing your dissertation.

So what’s stopping you?

You’ve daydreamed plenty.  Maybe you’ve even toyed with the idea of actually getting started, but something has stood in the way.  You can’t do long term residency.  Or you don’t live near a good choice of colleges.  Or you do, but your field is so specialized none of them have a program that you’re interested in pursuing.  If any of that rings true, it’s time you stopped daydreaming and counting excuses, and time to start looking into on line doctorate degree options.

On line doctorate degree?  Seriously?

Seriously.  If the reason you’ve been holding back on those dreams is geographical distance or residency requirements, start looking at the way distance-learning has revolutionized teaching, learning, and research to combat those very obstacles.

Most on line doctorate degree programs have either completely eliminated residency requirements or have instituted new programs which impose only limited requirements for residency on candidates.  These range from several-week summer sessions to multiple 4 day sessions throughout your candidacy.

You don’t have to live next door to a university that has the program you want if you can “attend” the on line doctorate degree program of one that does–even if that school is hundreds or even thousands of miles away. And you’re certainly aware that in the era of the internet, communicating with your advisor doesn’t have to pose any problem at all.  You can chat, IM, video chat, email, and so on–you won’t even incur long distance phone charges, that way.