Edgewood College/UpGrad DBA; potentially $11,250

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Hey Guys,
I have come across some interesting discussion on Edgewood College for DBA. I am also potentially looking to get in to this program. 
Please help me with on few queries,
1. Does College provide the mentor for the research thesis
2. Who delivers the lectures? Upgrad or Edgewood?
3. Normally Doctoral course is of 3 yrs, is 2 yrs course recognised globally?
4. DBA course still not accredited by HLC (couldn’t find on HLC website). 
How is overall course content and literature availability. 
Thanks guys. Please help me out.

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Hey everyone.

I just finished course #5 and wanted to give another quick update. This last course was on qualitative analysis. It was heavy on reading, very dry stuff, but fairly informative. The instructor was the Dean, and as always, her instructional videos and quizzes were excellent at bringing together the information presented in the materials. The final assignment built well on previous course content. The final marking was a little vague, just a grade and a line or two of input. 

I met with the Dean one-on-one to discuss the Doctoral program in general and provide student feedback. It shed a lot of light on the direction we will be going and what has happened to this point. Each course now offers at least one live group office hours Zoom call. Dr. Palmisano acknowledged that our cohort had a rough start, and they have since redesigned the first course to address those issues. Overall, it was a very positive meeting, and I am optimistic about the remaining courses and dissertation.

UpGrad is still UpGrad. They mean well but often needlessly overcomplicate things. I just engage them as little as possible. 

I'm enjoying the program and can't believe how fast the time is flying!

Okay. I'll see you all in about six weeks for input on the next course. Have a great day.

S

Thanks for providing insightful information. It gives me more confidence on enrolling to the course. 

Does the college provide mentor or supervisor for our research thesis? Do they help on publishing the articles and how is literature availability, I mean do they provide free access to some of the literature database such as Scorpus, Researchgate, Elsevier etc?

Thanks

Hi.

I'm glad to hear that my information has been helpful. Although my start was bumpy, it is steadily improving, and I feel that Edgewood has streamlined things since I began.

The college has submitted a questionnaire to each student that provides them with information about our intended dissertation. I only completed this a few weeks ago, so it is a work in progress. Based on my responses they will make suggestions on specific faculty best suited to be my applied doctoral research (ADR) chair. Several other faculty members on the ADR review committee will be chosen based on my topic. I can also identify an industry expert (with over 15 years of experience in the dissertation topic area) who can sit on the committee. The chair will be the main person I work with, and I believe would fill the mentor role. 

The lectures are provided by UpGrad professors only to this point. 

This 2 year course is accelerated so I think it still manages to squeeze in the typical 3 year content. Six week courses with only three small breaks throughout, most courses start the day after the previous course ends.

I'm not 100% sure about article publishing. Someone asked about this in a Zoom meeting, and my understanding was that there was no funding available, but I got the impression they could help the person in other areas. I wasn't paying attention that closely as it doesn't interest me. 

Regarding a literature database, we have full access to the college library which uses EBSCO to aggregate and provide access to articles. I have been able to use it to get my hands on just about any peer-reviewed journal article I have gone searching for, as well as many textbooks.

Back in January, I got the email message below from Edgewood. I am pretty sure I confirmed this on the HLC webpage at the time. They are also awaiting ACBSP accreditation, but I was told that it takes a couple more years as it can only be granted after they review graduated classes.

Join Edgewood College in celebrating our Doctorate in Business Administration degree's Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accreditation achievement!  The DBA program now joins our list of long-standing programs in accreditation. 

I hope this helps. Let me know if there is anything else I can assist with!

S