(Walden) The good:

How this student rated the school

Research Quality	B	Research Availability	D
Research Funding	-	Graduate Politics	B
Errand Runners	B+	Degree Completion	B
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	-	Sufficient Pay	-
Competitiveness	B	Education Quality	A-
Faculty Accessibility	A-	Useful Research	A-
Extracurriculars	-	Success-Understanding	A-
Surrounding City	-	Social Life/Environment	-
"Individual" treatment	B+	Friendliness	A-
Safety	-	Campus Beauty	-
Campus Maintenance	A-	University Resource/spending	B+

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Approachable Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful

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Lowest Rating Research Availability	D

Highest Rating Education Quality	A-

He cares more about Research Availability than the average student.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Public Policy (This Major's Salary over time)
The good:

Set your own study/class schedules

Plenty of writing practice

Fairly well organized syllabi provide a challenging educational experience; this is not a diploma mill

Qualified and supportive faculty and staff

The bad:

Limited faculty engagement in the online course environment; expect to learn from the other students' comments on your posts

Some students in the early courses clearly do not belong in the PhD program; Walden accepts all comers (at least those who can pay)

Little opportunity to progressively work towards a coherent dissertation topic while in the coursework; expect to play catchup once you enter the dissertation phase

The ugly:

Expensive, very expensive

A long journey, very long

Not helpful as a step to a brick-and-mortar university position, but might get you a job in distance education, lead to a promotion in the job you already have, or fulfill a personal goal

If I had it to do over again… …I'd go to law school. Three or four years and you are done.

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