Prioritizing the Terminal Degree: PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR BUSY, WORKING PROFESSIONALS CONSIDERING THE DOCTORATE
PRESENTERS Ph. D. 2017 Higher Education & Student Affairs Leadership University of Northern Colorado Ph. D. 2014 Community Health University of Illinois Ed. D. 2017 Executive Doctorate Higher Education Mgt. University of Pennsylvania
LEARNING OUTCOMES • Gain clarity about your own professional and educational goals. • Become familiar with at least three pathways to the doctorate for busy, working professionals. • Consider ways to approach obstacles to pursuing doctoral work, including different approaches to financing a program.
FORMAT • Partner Pair-Up • Pathways • Common Obstacles and Strategies • Questions and Conversation
PARTNER PAIR-UP • Introduce yourselves • What are your professional goals? • Are you actively considering pursuing a doctorate? • Why or why not? • If you are considering the doctorate, what obstacles or concerns are you facing?
PATHWAYS to the DOCTORATE for working professionals 1. Full-time at your home institution 2. Part-time at a neighboring institution 3. Executive Program 4. Low-Residency Programs 5. Online Program 6. Part-time at your home institution
CONSIDERATIONS • • • Program Format (online, low residency, in person, cohort or not) Academic Discipline Program Content Focus Time to Completion (and completion rates) Program and/or Institutional Reputation Cost (including hidden costs) Diversity of colleagues & faculty Faculty Expertise Dissertation or Not Opportunities for Professional Networking Ph. D. , Ed. D. , J. D. , etc.
COMMON OBSTACLES
TIME POTENTIAL STRATEGIES • Negotiate flexibility at work • Use vacation time • Reorganize personal priorities & household responsibilities • Budget to outsource (house cleaning, groceries, transcribing, editing…) • Short-term pain, long-term gain • Be realistic with your expectations of yourself
MONEY POTENTIAL STRATEGIES • Tuition remission • Scholarships, Grants, Fellowships • Loans & Loan Forgiveness Programs • Institutional Support • Friends, Family, Organization (e. g. support) • Credit Card Rewards • Tax Deductions
FEAR of FAILURE POTENTIAL STRATEGIES • Acknowledge it and work through it • Find a cheerleader/support team • Establish a cohort/posse • Develop accountability mechanisms • Work with a dissertation coach • Make it about something (someone) bigger than yourself • Stay focused on the end-goal
Questions & Conversation
CONTACT INFORMATION Renique Kersh Bobby Kuntsman Kimberly Sluis rkersh@niu. edu bobby. kunstman@unc. edu kasluis@noctrl. edu
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