37-credit, 12-month Doctorate

[Jonathan Whatley]

I was just mentioning at Degreeinfo that schools should try to stick to established degree names. There's no reason they couldn't have called this a DHA or executive DHA. Even within the field of healthcare, no one is going to know what DEL means. As a post-nominal, I would have assumed it was a certification. There's been a sudden explosion of novel degree titles, and I wonder what's driving it.

Easier for the school to receive accreditation or state approval for a nontraditional title, in some cases.

SUNY Buffalo State University is applying for its first doctorate, a Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS) in Creativity and Change Leadership. The application was previously submitted as a PhD in Creativity and Change Leadership.