by Leah | Jun 20, 2013 | Ph.D., The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
Wondering about online degrees? Hear about my experience in this interview with Will Deyamport. Correction: There are 28 Jesuit institutions in the US. Pardon my...
by Leah | Mar 22, 2012 | The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
I waited all of February to hear back from the two colleges that I applied to: Union Institute and University and Michigan State University. The pros for Union were that the program was Interdisciplinary, meaning my focus and final project wasn’t limited, and I...
by Leah | Dec 27, 2011 | Education, The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
Mission 10: Apply to Scholarships Going into the scholarship process, I didn’t realize there were so many specific scholarships out there for individual differences. I found scholarships for left handers, triplets, little people, tall people, duck calling, and...
by Leah | Dec 13, 2011 | The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
Next up, scholarships. I actually didn’t apply for any scholarships for my past few degrees, but this time it’s something I must do. First things first: Mission 9: Develop a Scholarship Strategy After reading up a on a few different strategies, I choose to...
by Leah | Dec 6, 2011 | Education, The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
It’s official- the applications have arrived at the schools of choice! Mission 8 is complete! Please read on to learn more about my applications. Also, I found another series of interest. Although a few years old, Eric Schwitzgebel wrote a great application...
by Leah | Nov 16, 2011 | Education, The Great Doctoral Degree Hunt
Photo by cesarharada.comI feel great that I am at this stage. Some things I’ve learned from a few weeks ago: Tips and tricks from people you know can make a huge difference. Whenever people would ask me what I was up to, I always answered that I was working on...
Leah MacVie, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Center for Online Learning & Innovation at Canisius College, Research interests: education technology, higher education innovation, systems thinking, futures thinking.