Second Master’s Degree?

Over the past few years “Leadership” has become an intergal part of many jobs. I know that during my master’s program in Public Administration we were required to take at least 3 credit hours in the area, and the business school requires at least 6 credit hours.

Leadership is an outstanding to degree to have because the lessons learned in it can be applied broadly to various things. Even if 10 years down the road you decide that Higher Education isn’t for you, you are armed with a Leadership Degree which can open more doors to you.

If you aren’t sure what you want to be when you grow up then why invest in a PhD degree that is specific for a job that you aren’t sure you will even want by the time you finish the program.

My friend, I have done exactly what you are doing. Being in Educational Administration, I received my first Master’s Degree in a field totally unrelated to Leadership. If you can get a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, go for it. It is a very big star in your corner. If a Master’s is all you can get, go for it because it always enhances your resume. Having two Master’s is becoming the norm now, sometimes over a Ph.D. A Master’s in Educational Leadership is becoming more popular because more educational leaders are either beginning to retire or because of bureaucratic red tape, just leaving. I think having your job pay for it is great, especially since that is how I got my Master’s (by having the university I worked for pay for my grad degree for free). Good luck!

I disagree. If you have the op to go get a PhD, do it. Getting another Master’s degree would be like a student who just graduated with a Bachelor’s going back to get another instead of advancing to get a Master’s. Getting your Doctorate, whether specific or not, could never hurt.

If they’re willing to pay for part of it go for it.

How long did it take them to review your graduate thesis. Expect your PH D dissertation to take even longer for them to read. They love dragging their feet.

You also do know you have to basically SHOW THEM SOMETHING NEW with your dissertation. You have to teach them. Break new ground.

It’s not a do research to prove a point thesis.

It’s taking on some unknown quantity, designing a method of disecting it and catagorizing it and then tell them what you discovered in the process.