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IDOL - No Regrets from Me!!
December 24, 2009
I just finished my PhD in the IDOL - Instructional Design For Online Learners - program at Capella. Online worked for me because I have a full-time position and and live hours aways from a degree granting institution. Online is not for everyone. Go into it with your eyes open. If you want to be a PhD candidate, you should be an independent learner with some level of maturity and the knowledge of how to ...
Great Job
February 1, 2009
I have finished all my courses except one and will be starting my comps. I have really enjoyed attending Capella and have had no problems at Capella. What I have really enjoyed is the Residencies that Capella have for the students. The reseidencies are very informative and give great insight for what is ahead for a student working toward their degree.
Improvements are Big Steps Backwards
November 18, 2008
I somehow managed to survive this program, but it was not what it was advertised to be. Completing the coursework was the easy part. The comps process is, as a fellow-student aptly described it, a crap-shoot due to its subjectivity. The dissertation process turned into a tightly-scripted series of steps that holds the student to a set amount of time for each, but the school and faculty can take a long time to respond, causing ...
Great Experience
November 16, 2008
I'm a bit confused by the individuals who state that Capella instructors can not find jobs anywhere else. I am currently working on my dissertation, and I just put together my committee. I spent a good deal of time exploring Capella instructors and reading their resumes. Many have full-time jobs as professors at other institutions and work part-time for Capella. Many are also full-time Capella professors. Several are deans or associate deans at universities. Such ...
Capella....what?
October 1, 2008
I am a Capella Learner and want to be objective about the program, but I am having difficulty as I have now been placed in a position that I am wondering if this is the institution for me. I am in the military so this proved to be a perfect fit or so I thought. My misery starts with the fact that the technology will make you pull your hair out. Be prepared to have ...
IDOL
March 21, 2008
The biggest mistake I made was doing this online degree. I have never been so upset about the lack of professionalism with the place. I don't want to get into it now, but not only do they lie (especially in IDOL), they expect you to be dishonest too. They are there for the handout of $$, you are worthless to them otherwise. Good luck trying to get a person on the phone who knows something. ...
Garbage In Garbage Out
March 16, 2008
After going through all of the reviews, all I can say is that you get out of something, that which you put into it. Garbage in, garbage out, as they used to say. I spent 3.5 years obtaining my PhD and used a Purdue PhD alumnus as one of my dissertation committee members, just to add an element of insurance to the credibility of my program, and I can honestly say that i think I ...
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llrollins March 7, 2010 at 1:58 a.m.
After completing my B.S. M.S. and Ed.S. in traditional "brick 'n' mortar" programs at accredited universities, I researched my options and chose to pursue my Ph.D. online from Capella University so that I could be at home more versus leaving my child with more sitters while I pursue a higher education for the overall purpose of supporting him better. I could have attended a state-funded public school in my area for far less money, but that program, to be honest, has lackluster reviews at best from my colleagues who went there and offered only an Ed.D., no Ph.D.
It has taken me far longer to complete this degree than I ever imagined and the price tag is well beyond what I think anyone should have to pay. However, with the exception of ONE professor, my experience with Capella's faculty and advisors, overall, is quite positive. My dissertation chair, or "mentor," as Capella prefers to term him, is incredible. He is helpful, patience and has empathy. I am blessed to have him as a mentor. My committee also contains a "visiting scholar" from another university, on-ground school, that I was allowed to choose for his expertise in my particular area of study, journalism education.
I have had colleagues of mine, those I went through the Ed.S. program with, comment that the papers and coursework they have seen me complete during my time in Capella's Ph.D. in education program is far more rigorous than what they underwent at the aforementioned state school. They have said they only had to fill the seat at that school, not writer papers in each and every class they took--never mind that they did not do residencies, as I have done through Capella. Thus, on that front, I would put my academic program of student in this area and level up against any other. I know I have received a quality education, sans one particular instructor, and face it, every school, every field, has bad apples.
I do agree that it has taken longer than needed for some at Capella to provided feedback, which eats valuable time and is frustrating. In particular, during the dissertation process, the IRB's feedback has been costly in terms of time taken and this was my greatest source of distress overall.
Another reviewer of this program termed her review as "Garbage in, garbage out," and I can relate to that. You will get from this degree what you get out of it. I can say that at this level of study, no one could honestly call Capella a "diploma mill," as I can say about some online schools, including one where I personally have served as a part-time faculty member (same reason I quit teaching there, too).