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Originally Posted by BusinessManIT
DBA - Doctor of Business Administration.
The terminal business degree in industry is the MBA. The DBA is mostly used to teach at the college level. So she could teach college courses. Of course she can still work in industry as well.
Plenty of my DBA's had the experience and relevant worth of a 17 YO,
She will do well!, probably a lot more 'free-thinking' and investigative than a tenured DBA.
Plenty of my DBA's had the experience and relevant worth of a 17 YO,
She will do well!, probably a lot more 'free-thinking' and investigative than a tenured DBA.
CIU is not a diploma mill because it has recognized accreditation, and you have to do work to earn the degree. She completed and defended a dissertation.
The issue she'll face if she wants to teach college courses full-time is that she earned a doctorate from a nationally accredited for-profit school. Some non-profits don't mind hiring people with for-profit doctorates, but the national accreditation will be a problem.
CIU should not have admitted her. Like most DBA programs, they say they look for several years of professional experience. What professional experience does a 15-year-old have? I assume she was 15 when she started the program. DBA programs are intended for those who have extensive business experience. I don't know if they required a master's degree at the time she was admitted, but they require one now. She does not have a master's degree from what I can tell.
Her accomplishment is impressive, but I'm not sure it was a good idea to complete a professional doctorate without years of professional experience, and CIU didn't follow their admissions standards.
Despite this being a professional doctorate, it's still a research degree because a dissertation was required. People with DBAs have gotten tenure.
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