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Comment on What questions do you have? by Andrea Francois

Andrea Francois — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:43:40 +0000

Hello,

I have come a long way and I have been working very hard on my dissertation proposals but I do not think it will be approved by the board before my final extension expires. I need to know what Capellas academic policies are and what course of action students can take concerning not meeting time requirements for final extensions. Thank you

Andrea

Comment on How am I “re-envisioning” the 21st Century PhD? by Friend Requests

Friend Requests — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:25 +0000

Hi, this is a great site, and very well thought out and well written.

Best Regards and Best of Luck

Comment on Learning to Handle Conflicting Feedback by Charles Chipley

Charles Chipley — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:36 +0000

Thank you for this perspective! I must admit that I had (have) some trepidation about my thesis, especially after hearing so many horror stories from my PhD colleagues. The above advice, however, makes perfect sense and removes some of my nervousness.

Comment on Let’s Get Integrated by Michael Franklin

Michael Franklin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:49:57 +0000

I’m glad you found it helpful! I think two main goals are to have sustained contemplation of your intellectual growth (notebook and folder), and to arm yourself with personalized resources (RefWorks and the Scholarly Research Log) that require you to become familiar with the Library and how to find peer-reviewed articles. Good luck!

Comment on Let’s Get Integrated by PQ

PQ — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:38:29 +0000

Michael, very helpful posting. Thanks for helping us see the big picture.

Comment on What questions do you have? by Jonathan Gehrz

Jonathan Gehrz — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:11 +0000

Morning Natasha,

Can you provide me a little more context to the question? My instinctual answer is the difference goes to the difference between a scholar-practitioner program v. a pure research program, but I’d like to know more about the context to better understand the word “applied.”

Comment on Now what? by Vera Kovacovic

Vera Kovacovic — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:04 +0000

Dear Sooner66,

Thank you for your reflection on what it means to dedicate time to your studies. I appreciate your self-assessment to arrive at a place of knowing what works for you and what does not.

Dr. Vera

Comment on Now what? by Sooner66

Sooner66 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:46:28 +0000

Through my years of studies in Nursing (I am currently in the Nursing Education doctoral program) I have always started a particular degree by thinking through certain times of the week that I KNOW I can sit down and commit to studies and assignment completion. An example would be: Sunday night? I know I can commit Sunday night; I don’t attend church then and I can set the time aside. I can also set Friday night aside – heck, I’m married with all these kids and don’t go out anymore, so yeah, I can set that time aside as well – EVERY Friday night. Then, if I start to talk myself out of setting those times aside because of other committments or “maybe” committments, then I know I am not ready to start a program. If you are unable to decidedly allocate a certain number of hours and certain pre-determined time aside each week when nothing else can happen in your life, then you will not succeed. If you simply decide to study “here and there” or “every single night”, then you will ultimately fail because you can always find an excuse to study “every night” starting tomorrow night – and then the excuses begin.

Wow, that was kind of confusing. Anyway, if you are unwilling to set amount an adequate amount of “no matter what” study time along with other study time, then don’t enroll. Maybe this will help others as a partial tool to assist them in determining if they are able to meet the most basic requirement for pursuing an advanced degree – the TIME requirement.

Sooner66

Comment on “I have no clue” by Lynn Riskedal

Lynn Riskedal — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:14:46 +0000

Jacqueline:

You can be more involved with the EdD community by joining the Capella EdD facebook group.

1. If you are already a member of Facebook proceed to step 3

2. Go to http://www.facebook.com and create a user profile. note: you must have a member profile to participate in facebook

3. Log-in to facebook using your user name and password.

4. Using the search tool, Search Capella University EdD Leadership and Management. Click to enter the group.

5. The first time you attempt to enter the site you will be asked to request permission to become a member. Request permission.

6. Administrator will check site daily to verify that you are an enrollee or enrolled into the EdD program. This could take a couple of days.

7. When granted permission from the administrator you will receive a message to the email account you set up in your profile letting you know.

8. At this point when you use your user name and password to log-in to facebook you will have access to the EdD group. This is the little people icon on the bottom right hand corner of page.

Best.
Lynn

Comment on What questions do you have? by Lynn Riskedal

Lynn Riskedal — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:12:38 +0000

Hello Vijay!

I will ask our Enrollment Services department to contact you. You can always go to http://www.capella.edu/ to explore the business programs.

Best.

Lynn