DBA then PHD Top Up

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FrHaseKopf, that one term would be $6K, if you do one UK level 8 diploma, it'll be just 1K for the cheapest one... For transfer purposes, it won't be equivalent, but may be very close to getting you to the half way mark for the DBA and you can do a top-up or transfer to a DBA that accepts it.  

I've mentioned before the UK Level 8 Diploma is the first part of a two part series, a top-up/transfer is the final part.  This can potentially be better as you can transfer these credits and the top-up to CTU or another program that doesn't require ABD as you're not doing an ABD completion program.

What is the benefit of transfering your Level 8 Diploma to a doctorate program "that doesn't require ABD as you're not doing an ABD completion program"? Does this refer to a doctorate that doesn't require a disertation?  Other than CTU, which American doctorate programs accept Level 8 diplomas?

This is referring to some mythical doctorate program in the US that is not an ADB completion program, but at the same time will accept this UK Level 8 diploma for transfer credit. So far, I keep hearing this as a viable plan but without any concrete program path that this will work towards. VUL and other NA type programs *might* work, but I wouldn't be interested in anything that isn't at least RA. Most RA doctorates are very particular about accepting any transfer credit, let alone from a foreign program that isn't considered to be a doctoral program in itself.