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[gourmand601]

I would just like to chime in here. I cannot speak for all institutions, traditional and nontraditional, but I can say that Walden University is a well-respected and high ranked institution. It has a Carnegie designation as being a Doctoral Research Intensive University since 2000 (Refer  www.waldenu.edu/c/About/About_221.htm ), which would yield Walden University being a Tier 2 research university, which is where Most universities stand. (Refer http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=13669&start=782 .) All of this in accordance to the American Psychological Society’s distinction for 5 Research Tiers (Refer http://librarians.aps.org/tier2004.html . )

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each year, 2 Peer conferences, and numerous academic residencies throughout the academic year.

Things to note:  All Walden dissertations are published in the Proquest UMI Database, Walden has an alumni magazine that showcases the great things the university’s alumni are doing out in the real and academic worlds (Ref: http://alumnimag.waldenu.edu/ ), hosts four peer reviewed journals: Journal of Social Change (Ref: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/JournalHome.htm ), Journal of Social, Behavorial, and Health Sciences(www.jsbhs.org/), International Journal of Applied Management and Technology (www.ijamt.org/IJAMT/IJAMT_home.htm), and the Journal of Educational Practice for Social Change (jepsc.org/). The university also has chapters in the following organizations: Education: Phi Delta Kappa; Psychology: Psi Chi National Honor Society, Management: Sigma Iota Epsilon National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity. Commencement is traditional and is a must see http://streaming.waldenu.edu/Commencement_Summer07.wmv .

And final.... If ANY of you have insecurities about attending Walden University or ANY institution (traditional or non)... don't go! Why waste your time and money if you’re not going to make it work for you?
I have earned degrees from AACSB and ACBSP accredited business schools... and did extremely well on the GMAT.... I could have gone anywhere... especially back to my alma mater for free. But I guarantee you that my level of writing and research would not have been as good as it is at Walden. Walden's dissertations are published in UMI... my alma mater's isn't. My publications have my name on them… not my doctoral advisor’s as it would have been at a traditional university.

I believe in Walden's mission and its product. It's been growing strong for nearly 40 years and has never been denied accreditation!

I have already been offered an associate professorship at a private college, been published in peer reviewed journals, have 8 articles in peer review now, am an academic reader for a peer reviewed journal in the social sciences, and am a candidate for a financial honorarium at Walden University for my research. .... and it's because of my work.. not the school name or brand.

Lets not let disgruntled hearts and ignorance interfere with our desires to earn an advanced degree.. check it out for yourself... the information is there!

[imawakenow]

I would just like to chime in here. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

So, you work for Walden.

That's great and all, but it is NOT well-respected and it has NOT matched "many top-ranked traditional universities" in "various areas of research."

Please go elsewhere to advertise.

[gourmand601]

I would just like to chime in here. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

So, you work for Walden.

That's great and all, but it is NOT well-respected and it has NOT matched "many top-ranked traditional universities" in "various areas of research."

Please go elsewhere to advertise.

What I don't understand is that this is suppose to be an educated forum.... full of educated individuals. When someone makes a claim and provides credible evidence to support it... they're advertising? I think not.

I am not a marketer for Walden.... but rather a concerned stakeholder who gets tired of the perpetual wheel of lies and ignorance that keeps spinning in these forums by academic elitists who, in many cases, do not possess the academic scholarship and/or experience to support their own claim or their own credentials. Opinions are one thing... but you have absolutely no proof to support your claim.

As I have stated before, I cannot speak for other institutions. However, I can say that my experience at Walden U as a Ph.D. student in Management has been well worth the 4.5 years it has taken me to earn my degree.

Walden has full and part time faculty, much of whom have been actively involved in teaching and research at the university for over 30 years. My research methods professor has been fulltime at Walden for 33 years!

All the faculty I've had the pleasure of working with have mentored me into the True Scholar I am today. Besides hosting 4 peer reviewed journals Walden offers merit-based scholarships, need-based scholarships, research fellowships, research honoraria, and research funding for both faculty and students. Many traditional institutions don't do that!

How is negating lies and opinions about an institution advertising? It could be any institution... and I would do the exact same thing.

So you should stop whining... open your mind... retire....and realize that there is value in distance learning.

[larryc]

the True Scholar I am today

Ahem.

[betterslac]

I would just like to chime in here. I cannot speak for all institutions, traditional and nontraditional, but I can say that Walden University is a well-respected and high ranked institution. It has a Carnegie designation as being a Doctoral Research Intensive University since 2000 (Refer  www.waldenu.edu/c/About/About_221.htm ), which would yield Walden University being a Tier 2 research university, which is where Most universities stand. (Refer http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=13669&start=782 .) All of this in accordance to the American Psychological Society’s distinction for 5 Research Tiers (Refer http://librarians.aps.org/tier2004.html . )

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each year, 2 Peer conferences, and numerous academic residencies throughout the academic year.

Things to note:  All Walden dissertations are published in the Proquest UMI Database, Walden has an alumni magazine that showcases the great things the university’s alumni are doing out in the real and academic worlds (Ref: http://alumnimag.waldenu.edu/ ), hosts four peer reviewed journals: Journal of Social Change (Ref: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/JournalHome.htm ), Journal of Social, Behavorial, and Health Sciences(www.jsbhs.org/), International Journal of Applied Management and Technology (www.ijamt.org/IJAMT/IJAMT_home.htm), and the Journal of Educational Practice for Social Change (jepsc.org/). The university also has chapters in the following organizations: Education: Phi Delta Kappa; Psychology: Psi Chi National Honor Society, Management: Sigma Iota Epsilon National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity. Commencement is traditional and is a must see http://streaming.waldenu.edu/Commencement_Summer07.wmv .

And final.... If ANY of you have insecurities about attending Walden University or ANY institution (traditional or non)... don't go! Why waste your time and money if you’re not going to make it work for you?
I have earned degrees from AACSB and ACBSP accredited business schools... and did extremely well on the GMAT.... I could have gone anywhere... especially back to my alma mater for free. But I guarantee you that my level of writing and research would not have been as good as it is at Walden. Walden's dissertations are published in UMI... my alma mater's isn't. My publications have my name on them… not my doctoral advisor’s as it would have been at a traditional university.

I believe in Walden's mission and its product. It's been growing strong for nearly 40 years and has never been denied accreditation!

I have already been offered an associate professorship at a private college, been published in peer reviewed journals, have 8 articles in peer review now, am an academic reader for a peer reviewed journal in the social sciences, and am a candidate for a financial honorarium at Walden University for my research. .... and it's because of my work.. not the school name or brand.

Lets not let disgruntled hearts and ignorance interfere with our desires to earn an advanced degree.. check it out for yourself... the information is there!

If you are going to shill for Walden, display some imagination and change up the ad copy from one thread to another when you "chime in".

At least the flacks for ORT prettied up their flackery by inventing different personalities, even if they did leave their rhetorical fingerprints all over the posts.

[yellowtractor]

Lets not let disgruntled hearts and ignorance interfere with our desires to earn an advanced degree..

Nor non-standard English punctuation!  Onward!  Together we triumph, for a stronger America!

[imawakenow]

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each

Name one.

Name one recognized scholar, hell, any tenure-track professor at a public university--who graduated from Walden.

[imawakenow]

How is negating lies and opinions about an institution advertising? It could be any institution... and I would do the exact same thing....

So you should stop whining... open your mind... retire....and realize that there is value in distance learning.

It could be any institution, but it's not. You are a shill for Walden. I would have responded the same way if you referred to any of the other online degree mills by name.

As to the last comment, apparently in all the great writing and mentoring you received, you missed out on reading comprehension.

Please read my earlier comments. No where do I state that there is no value in distance learning. The OP needs to think about the pros and cons of this type of degree--which he clearly is doing.

[menotti]

I think another reason for the distrust of distance ed degrees is that lots of "traditional" programs actually do have a number of students who do it somewhat at a distance.  Certainly I know people who have moved away after their coursework, commuted twice a week to the state flagship school 3 hours away for a year, or made some other arrangement to be in a different location while they finished their doctorate. It usually takes longer to finish, and certain programs and advisors are more or less amenable to it, but it's absolutely something people do. 

[gourmand601]

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each

Name one.

Name one recognized scholar, hell, any tenure-track professor at a public university--who graduated from Walden.

Dr. Sharon Robinson... University of Pennsylvania. Not only is she tenured, but she's also a faculty chair.

Anything else?

[gourmand601]

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each

Name one.

Name one recognized scholar, hell, any tenure-track professor at a public university--who graduated from Walden.

Dr. Sharon Robinson... University of Pennsylvania. Not only is she tenured, but she's also a faculty chair.

Anything else?

It's Dr. Sharon Robinson at PENN STATE U. I am correcting myself. For some reason, I had UPenn on my brain.

[imawakenow]

Walden has matched many top ranked traditional universities in various areas of research. The university sponsors an Academic Research Symposium each

Name one.

Name one recognized scholar, hell, any tenure-track professor at a public university--who graduated from Walden.

Dr. Sharon Robinson... University of Pennsylvania. Not only is she tenured, but she's also a faculty chair.

Anything else?

It's Dr. Sharon Robinson at PENN STATE U. I am correcting myself. For some reason, I had UPenn on my brain.

Link please.

[larryc]

hosts four peer reviewed journals: Journal of Social Change (Ref: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/JournalHome.htm )

I see that in the latest issue almost all of the articles are written by Walden faculty: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/Journal.htm

That is not what peer review is supposed to mean!

[gourmand601]

hosts four peer reviewed journals: Journal of Social Change (Ref: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/JournalHome.htm )

I see that in the latest issue almost all of the articles are written by Walden faculty: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/Journal.htm

That is not what peer review is supposed to mean!

what you fail to realize is that the review board consists of peers from other institutions. the review is blind.

[betterslac]

hosts four peer reviewed journals: Journal of Social Change (Ref: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/JournalHome.htm )

I see that in the latest issue almost all of the articles are written by Walden faculty: http://www.journalofsocialchange.org/e/Journal.htm

That is not what peer review is supposed to mean!

what you fail to realize is that the review board consists of peers from other institutions. the review is blind.

The statement "the review board consists of peers from other institutions", which implies that the board is made up of only, or even consists predominantly of, people from outside of Walden is not true-- the editorial board has 17 members from Walden.

More:

10 of the faculty on the School of Public Policy have their highest degrees from either Walden or another online institution. Even the best brick and mortar programs usually don't have this degree of incest.