And You May Call Me Dr. Fon!

Not quite yet, but in a little over two years. I've enrolled in a doctoral program in education (professional studies) at Capella University. It's 100% online but not one of those diploma mills you hear about. They're fully accredited and from the course and requirements description, the program appears as rigorous as any I've seen. However, they don't make you jump through a million hoops before accepting you like most other programs. And the fact that it's all online saves countless hassles commuting to and from class, not to mention time.

The clincher for me was the fact that they'd accept almost all (24 semester hours) from the doctoral programs I was previously enrolled in and dropped out of. Because they're not cheap, I wouldn't have gone for it if they hadn't.

I'll be starting June 7 and hope to finish (dissertation and all) by Sept., '06. Fortunately, I know exactly what I want to do for my dissertation research and have wanted to do it for quite awhile.

Starting tomorrow I'm attending the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) conference which is in DC this year. There are around eight other people from my company going and I've set up a community blog for us to post to during the conference. This should be interesting.

Will explain more about my dissertation topic after the conference. I'm really excited about this. Finishing a doctorate has been a goal for a long time. I just didn't think I'd be able to pull it off. Now if I can just keep my head on straight, not to mention keep my job for another two-plus years, I'll have completed a major life goal. And boy does the prospect of that feel good!

Looks like my tale of rags to riches is taking an unexpected but very pleasant turn!

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[Carmen Maranon]

Congratulations, Fon!! Sending positive thoughts your way...

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Carmen

[Donna]

YAY!! Good for you.