Thinking about Doctorate

[Cocolisa1]

I was a substance abuse counselor for 15 years and worked in human services for 20 years. In my experience, education didn't give me a higher position. It is all about networking. When I worked in that field I had a master's degree. My boss had a criminal record and a GED. Networking is so important in the field. I think some EdD programs require you to be a teacher and others do not. You have to research and find out. I am in Baker College's DBA-ABD program. In my experience I worked for a lot of small businesses even though I was in counseling and have seen every side of the coin from small businesses succeeding and I have seen small businesses fail. I know that University of the Cumberlands offers an EdD Educational Leadership and you can specialize health professions or health sciences.

Thank you for this. I am not trying to be in the Subtance Use field what so ever. The state paid the 4k for me to take the program, but that's the end of that. I wanted something in the medical administration area, and they, being the state, just did not listen to me. Human services would be more to my liking. I should have mentioned this, but I have been a volunteer since I was a child with different organizations, and I have a lot of lived experiences that I think could be very beneficial in the field. I also understand about networking, and WGU has been amazing at helping get that started.