Comments on: Comments on an MBA Decision Blog Post http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/ A doctoral learner's journey Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mike http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-11808 mike Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:11:16 +0000 http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/#comment-11808 Joel, Thanks for stopping by Mike's Doc Blog! I am glad you've been visiting, it is a neat insight into the doc journey through UOP. I'm glad too, that the UOP info helps out. Keep coming by, comments are always welcome! Joel,

Thanks for stopping by Mike’s Doc Blog! I am glad you’ve been visiting, it is a neat insight into the doc journey through UOP. I’m glad too, that the UOP info helps out. Keep coming by, comments are always welcome!

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]]> By: Joel http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-11807 Joel Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:26:43 +0000 http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/#comment-11807 Mike, I've been bouncing around your blog a bit. Very interesting. Thanks for the comments about my concerns, and for this post as it is very relevant to my concerns. Mike, I’ve been bouncing around your blog a bit. Very interesting. Thanks for the comments about my concerns, and for this post as it is very relevant to my concerns.

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]]> By: mike http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-11766 mike Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:24:25 +0000 http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/#comment-11766 Chuck at, The Finance Journey posted part 2.5 of his MBA Decision, check it out >> http://www.thefinancejourney.com/personal-finance/thinking-about-my-mba-part-ii5-distance-learning/ Chuck at, The Finance Journey posted part 2.5 of his MBA Decision, check it out >>

http://www.thefinancejourney.com/personal-finance/thinking-about-my-mba-part-ii5-distance-learning/

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]]> By: mike http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-11765 mike Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:13:21 +0000 http://mikeberta.us/blog/2007/06/29/comments-on-an-mba-decision-blog-post/#comment-11765 Chuck from The Finance Journey commented. In his blog he mentioned it might have been eaten by the spam filter. It was...but I copied it out for the readers to see. --------- Mike, Well I did make it over, thanks for all the interesting insights. I’m not sure why you weren’t able to comment, I have it enabled for the post and it looks ok to me. I was basing my “top” schools on the ones in the 2 most popular sources - BusinessWeek and US News & World Reports in the US so I had not looked into the University of London. However it seems the MBA program is breaking off into a different college and is in flux right now. I guess my information on the distance learning programs was a little outdated - I was going off the 2006 BusinessWeek listing which apparently is very incomplete. The only distance learning mba program I see at Harvard is similar to the one at Carnegie Mellon - specifically designed for businesses not individuals. The Duke program is similar to Syracuse in that you have to spend a week on campus every semester. I’m having difficulty finding much information about UMUC’s program but they do seem to offer one. I haven’t seen many publications on it but there are plenty of forums around the internet with people who (at least claim to be) in HR and think down upon it. Here, here, and large companies like Intel value it so low they won’t even pay for your degree from these schools. Here is another study quoted in this google answer that shows that 74% of HR professionals think an online degree is not as credible as an offline one. I know its an accredited University (though not by the AACSB) and is not a degree mill - I’m just worried about the perceptions from others. I agree that online degrees are at least part of the future but I don’t think the page has turned on them yet. Even if only 20% of employers look down upon the degree I think that still would be a lot. I guess I will have to do some more research on this before I commit to anything. Thanks, Chuck Chuck from The Finance Journey commented. In his blog he mentioned it might have been eaten by the spam filter. It was…but I copied it out for the readers to see.

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Mike,

Well I did make it over, thanks for all the interesting insights. I’m not sure why you weren’t able to comment, I have it enabled for the post and it looks ok to me.

I was basing my “top” schools on the ones in the 2 most popular sources – BusinessWeek and US News & World Reports in the US so I had not looked into the University of London. However it seems the MBA program is breaking off into a different college and is in flux right now.

I guess my information on the distance learning programs was a little outdated – I was going off the 2006 BusinessWeek listing which apparently is very incomplete. The only distance learning mba program I see at Harvard is similar to the one at Carnegie Mellon – specifically designed for businesses not individuals. The Duke program is similar to Syracuse in that you have to spend a week on campus every semester. I’m having difficulty finding much information about UMUC’s program but they do seem to offer one.

I haven’t seen many publications on it but there are plenty of forums around the internet with people who (at least claim to be) in HR and think down upon it. Here, here, and large companies like Intel value it so low they won’t even pay for your degree from these schools. Here is another study quoted in this google answer that shows that 74% of HR professionals think an online degree is not as credible as an offline one.

I know its an accredited University (though not by the AACSB) and is not a degree mill – I’m just worried about the perceptions from others. I agree that online degrees are at least part of the future but I don’t think the page has turned on them yet. Even if only 20% of employers look down upon the degree I think that still would be a lot.

I guess I will have to do some more research on this before I commit to anything.

Thanks,
Chuck

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