Capella University

Resources were current and research based. Our county is moving forward with adopting and implementing the new standards for the 21st Century and I am a leader due to my recent coursework. My entire practicum and portfolio are based on evidences of work I completed during my coursework for the masters of Cuirriculum and Instruction. All my documents require an understanding of these standards and the ability to implement them within an instructional model. I have a high regard for the resources and expected assignments from this program.

I'm in my 5th class in the Systems Design and Programming curriculum. I find the course work emphasizes individual research with properly referenced papers. The programming classes are challenging and also encourage a high level of motiviation and research. My project this semester is to implement a client-server architecture using Java-RMI interacting with a MYSQL database. Need I say more?

Capella University is by the most exceptional University online that I have found. They are very upfront about their policies and have never done anything reguarding my degree without my consent. I attended my undergrad at the University of Illinois, which by in large, was great, however, the staff at U of I was not always helpful, and I ended up doing an extra year of coursework because of the misdirection. Since coming to Capella, my roadmap, so to speak, has been clear and consise, and my team of advisors have kept in exceptional contact with me throughout the process. I will be completing my MBA very soon and hope to obtain my PhD here as well. I have recommended many collegues and close friends to the school, because I believe in the values this college promotes.

The value comes from the real world experience of the instructors and the "adult" students. Most in the Ph.D. program have brick and mortar graduate and undergraduate degrees and extensive experience in their fields. All I know who have graduated where alike to use their degrees to advance.