Virginia University of Lynchburg Accreditation on Warning

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The DHA at VUL is the EASY way out. The degree is taking advantage of minority students or those students who want a quick fix vs a standard doctoral degree. There are plenty of options to receive a DHA, You can apply to the top school, the medical university of South Carolina; or you can go to Morehouse School of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Oklahoma State University, or even the online schools Capella, Phoenix, and Walden..

VUL degrees aren’t respected in the healthcare space and the school has a degree mill reputation from other academic institutions. A doctorate that can be earned in one year is not up to the standard of those that take 3 years to achieve.

Now, you have a bias and need for the school to maintain credibility, but I’m sorry you waisted your money.

For others, GO TO A REGIONALLY ACCREDITED institution.

This is just going overboard. I'm not the biggest fan of VUL for a number of reasons, but your post just doesn't do it.

There are 1-year Doctorates out there at regionally accredited schools, like University of the Pacific for instance, and that has less credits than the VUL program. The VUL program isn't taking advantage of anybody, not at that low price. Applying to a top school also means a possible lifetime of debt given the prices, and considering what a DHA is, I don't think that would be a wise choice. You also dull your point by bringing up Capella, University of Phoenix and Walden. I'm not sure if you know the reputations of those schools, but they aren't sparkling at all.

VUL degrees aren’t respected in the healthcare space

I doubt that's true. What is most likely true is that they are virtually unknown in the healthcare space, and experience has taught these forums that being unknown is often an advantage versus being known for being bad. A DHA is more of a topper degree, a degree you get to further your already built career in healthcare administration. So when it comes to that type of degree, name brands aren't as important.

and the school has a degree mill reputation from other academic institutions.

Can you name those schools?

A doctorate that can be earned in one year is not up to the standard of those that take 3 years to achieve.

That is a blanket statement. Let's for a moment consider Eastern Virginia Medical School's Doctor of Health Science program. While it's broken up into 3 years, it's really just a 1-year degree when you compare credits. At least the schools that make them 1-year are not trying to BS that fact.

Now, you have a bias and need for the school to maintain credibility, but I’m sorry you waisted your money.

That was uncalled for. It's also untrue on the wasted part. He got what he wanted from an accredited school at an affordable price, and he learned something of value. That's never a waste. The object of the game is finding education that fits you as an individual, not label whoring.

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I would also be careful with calling VUL a degree mill unless you have proof of that. If you want to say that it has ‘lower academic standards than usual’, I think that’s better way of communicating your disapproval of this sort of degree.

Agreed. And there is no proof. I find that people who misuse the term "degree mill" or "diploma mill" are generally part of the masses who don't know much about the higher education system and are just your typical overreacting/hotheaded posters. A degree mill or diploma mill is a school that sells degrees and requires little or no actual coursework. That's the literal definition. VUL clearly doesn't fit that description at all.