New FlexPath Doctorates from Capella

[jsd]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

[ashkir]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

Commercial Organizational Management with a focus on E-Business for digitial commercialized archives. Capella used to offer this as a PhD. They don't anymore, but it was a big deal for our field.

The #1 expert in my field is a PhD from Capella and she until earlier this year, was the leader of the largest Archivist school in the world. 
https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/v...ac=franksp

[jsd]

Whoa, interesting. Niche indeed.

[ashkir]

Yeah. Our niche is very small. We only have three certifying boards:

ICRM
ARMA
NAGARA

A lot of our professionals have trained at Capella for their masters.

[sanantone]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

Commercial Organizational Management with a focus on E-Business for digitial commercialized archives. Capella used to offer this as a PhD. They don't anymore, but it was a big deal for our field.

The #1 expert in my field is a PhD from Capella and she until earlier this year, was the leader of the largest Archivist school in the world. 
https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/v...ac=franksp

Would an unrelated degree have the same impact? In my field, having a PhD in criminal justice or criminology from the likes of University of Maryland would be seen as impressive, but if I earned a business degree from there, no one would care.

[ashkir]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

Commercial Organizational Management with a focus on E-Business for digitial commercialized archives. Capella used to offer this as a PhD. They don't anymore, but it was a big deal for our field.

The #1 expert in my field is a PhD from Capella and she until earlier this year, was the leader of the largest Archivist school in the world. 
https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/v...ac=franksp

Would an unrelated degree have the same impact? In my field, having a PhD in criminal justice or criminology from the likes of University of Maryland would be seen as impressive, but if I earned a business degree from there, no one would care.

One of the most intriguing things about my field is the answer is yes and no. In my field we are expected to become experts on healthcare, leadership, law, science, agriculture, finance, government, and energy. If you cannot hold an intermediate comprehension of all these levels, you will not survive in my field. We are highly sought after consultants. I have worked for personally several state governments, county governments, and over half of our Fortune 100s through my current employer on a consultant basis. You may recognize some of the names that have hired us: The United States, The State of California, Loma Linda University, Aera Energy, Chevron Energy, Freeport Energy, Dignity Health, Adventist Health, Superior Court of California, Ford, Hyundai, PG&E, Wonderful, Paramount, Bolthouse, Wegis, SA, Salvation Army, International Fruit Genetics, DocuSign, Salesforce, PSI:Gen, Square9, Kraft, GemCare, Prospect Medical, Alta Hospitals, Crozer Keystone, Dutch Bros, Starbucks, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, JP Morgan, HSBC, Mitushibi Trust, Berkshire.

I have personally worked for each of those companies and had to become an expert with their content.

I've been it for seven years. On a national scale I am paid very well, unfortunately, I have a very high cost of living due to my extreme medical bills. This is why I'm pursuing more education, to pursue more management type positions in my industry and to increase my own knowledge and to be able to lead a division. I want to move into the C-Suite and Leadership is the way into it for me.

[sanantone]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

Commercial Organizational Management with a focus on E-Business for digitial commercialized archives. Capella used to offer this as a PhD. They don't anymore, but it was a big deal for our field.

The #1 expert in my field is a PhD from Capella and she until earlier this year, was the leader of the largest Archivist school in the world. 
https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/v...ac=franksp

Would an unrelated degree have the same impact? In my field, having a PhD in criminal justice or criminology from the likes of University of Maryland would be seen as impressive, but if I earned a business degree from there, no one would care.

One of the most intriguing things about my field is the answer is yes and no. In my field we are expected to become experts on healthcare, leadership, law, science, agriculture, finance, government, and energy. If you cannot hold an intermediate comprehension of all these levels, you will not survive in my field. We are highly sought after consultants. I have worked for personally several state governments, county governments, and over half of our Fortune 100s through my current employer on a consultant basis. You may recognize some of the names that have hired us: The United States, The State of California, Loma Linda University, Aera Energy, Chevron Energy, Freeport Energy, Dignity Health, Adventist Health, Superior Court of California, Ford, Hyundai, PG&E, Wonderful, Paramount, Bolthouse, Wegis, SA, Salvation Army, International Fruit Genetics, DocuSign, Salesforce, PSI:Gen, Square9, Kraft, GemCare, Prospect Medical, Alta Hospitals, Crozer Keystone, Dutch Bros, Starbucks, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, JP Morgan, HSBC, Mitushibi Trust, Berkshire.

I have personally worked for each of those companies and had to become an expert with their content.

I've been it for seven years. On a national scale I am paid very well, unfortunately, I have a very high cost of living due to my extreme medical bills. This is why I'm pursuing more education, to pursue more management type positions in my industry and to increase my own knowledge and to be able to lead a division. I want to move into the C-Suite and Leadership is the way into it for me.

What type of C-suite position? Management, business, and leadership degrees can be applicable to almost any field because every industry has management. I guess what I'm trying to say is that just because a school has a good reputation in one's field doesn't mean that it will have a good reputation in an unrelated major even if you're managing within the same field. 

If I were applying for a captain position at a police department, they might like that I have an MBA or MPA, but they won't be extra impressed by me having an MBA or MPA from a top criminology school. These programs are taught in different departments by different professors. Having a great criminology program won't mean that the school will also provide an excellent business education. There's no crossover.

[ashkir]

I'm curious to what field Capella has any prestige in? I'm assuming it's pretty niche.

Commercial Organizational Management with a focus on E-Business for digitial commercialized archives. Capella used to offer this as a PhD. They don't anymore, but it was a big deal for our field.

The #1 expert in my field is a PhD from Capella and she until earlier this year, was the leader of the largest Archivist school in the world. 
https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/v...ac=franksp

Would an unrelated degree have the same impact? In my field, having a PhD in criminal justice or criminology from the likes of University of Maryland would be seen as impressive, but if I earned a business degree from there, no one would care.

One of the most intriguing things about my field is the answer is yes and no. In my field we are expected to become experts on healthcare, leadership, law, science, agriculture, finance, government, and energy. If you cannot hold an intermediate comprehension of all these levels, you will not survive in my field. We are highly sought after consultants. I have worked for personally several state governments, county governments, and over half of our Fortune 100s through my current employer on a consultant basis. You may recognize some of the names that have hired us: The United States, The State of California, Loma Linda University, Aera Energy, Chevron Energy, Freeport Energy, Dignity Health, Adventist Health, Superior Court of California, Ford, Hyundai, PG&E, Wonderful, Paramount, Bolthouse, Wegis, SA, Salvation Army, International Fruit Genetics, DocuSign, Salesforce, PSI:Gen, Square9, Kraft, GemCare, Prospect Medical, Alta Hospitals, Crozer Keystone, Dutch Bros, Starbucks, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, JP Morgan, HSBC, Mitushibi Trust, Berkshire.

I have personally worked for each of those companies and had to become an expert with their content.

I've been it for seven years. On a national scale I am paid very well, unfortunately, I have a very high cost of living due to my extreme medical bills. This is why I'm pursuing more education, to pursue more management type positions in my industry and to increase my own knowledge and to be able to lead a division. I want to move into the C-Suite and Leadership is the way into it for me.

What type of C-suite position? Management, business, and leadership degrees can be applicable to almost any field because every industry has management. I guess what I'm trying to say is that just because a school has a good reputation in one's field doesn't mean that it will have a good reputation in an unrelated major even if you're managing within the same field. 

If I were applying for a captain position at a police department, they might like that I have an MBA or MPA, but they won't be extra impressed by me having an MBA or MPA from a top criminology school. These programs are taught in different departments by different professors. Having a great criminology program won't mean that the school will also provide an excellent business education. There's no crossover.

I'm looking into moving into an Operations, Diversity, and Compliance decision. I have sent the links to this program (along with a few others) to our current owners in my company. They like the program. We're not married to a university. We're not one of those companies that judge you if you went to Ivy League or not. 

My company specializes in archives, analytics, and e-digitization. We are who companies hire to bring them to modern compliance standards. Capella is one of the few schools that did understand that. Inside my company, we have a huge lack of talent in the management/leadership positions and we're seeking to expand our own knowledge, so we can expand our own power in being a management consultant and be able to compete with Alvarez.

[sanantone]

I understand that many companies don't care much about where the degree comes from. I'm not understanding how Capella, in particular, would provide an advantage. If they're not married to a university, then they're not married to Capella.

Pick which format works best for you even though there are cheaper programs because finishing is the ultimate goal. The Flexpath programs aren't terribly priced, and there's a cap on how high the tuition can get. That's good because Capella is notorious for being so dysfunctional that students stay much longer than planned while racking up six-figure debt. That's something else to keep in mind. Your tuition won't get out of control in the Flexpath format, but you'll still be exposed to Capella's high faculty turnover rate and poor dissertation/capstone support.

Capella no longer has the program you mentioned. There is no continuity in faculty or passing down knowledge; it's not a research university. Even if those faculty members were still there, they probably wouldn't be teaching in the leadership program.

I'll admit that I do not have a high opinion of Capella's quality because I've come across hundreds of their graduates. There are some smart people who just so happen to go through their programs, but they aren't weeding out the people who don't even have basic reading and writing skills.

[sanantone]

According to someone who worked for WGU and designed the first competency-based doctorate in SACSOC, Capella's Flexpath format is not a true CBE format like WGU has. That's similar to what LevelUp said in another thread.