Beware of Northcentral

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Agreed: Northcentral is a horrible correspondence school masquerading as an online university

Takashi
Tortuga, Massachusetts
U.S.A.

Submitted: 3/25/2007 4:18:37 PM
Modified: 3/25/2007 6:36:24 PM

Agreed: Northcentral is a horrible correspondence school masquerading as an online university

I had the misfortune of enrolling in the PhD program at Northcentral and found it to be exactly as described in the complaint. It is not an 'online' school as the term is usually understood. Rather, it is a correspondence school, and not a particularly good one at that.

Further, the PhD program itself is a complete joke, particularly the dissertation portion. Anyone considering Northcentral really ought to compare the substance and quality (or lack thereof) of this program against those of any 'real' PhD program. Northcentral comes up very short in every meaningful criterion.

The question you have to ask yourself is whether you (or your employer) should pay (or borrow) good money for a degree that is grossly substandard to those offered by even the lowest rung of reputable schools. If you are just doing it to have something to hang on your wall, a visit to a print shop can get you something with about equal value for a lot less money. If you really want a degree that represents academic achievement and that will be respected by others who know better, look elsewhere.