University of West Georgia

This review is for the online doctoral program in counseling and supervision. Most of the professors act as though communicating with students is a burden. I receive no responses from most of my professors; the head of the department does respond quickly and he is a dedicated educator. His wife also works at the school and she is also an effective and dedicated professor. If either of them had been my dissertation chairs this would have been a good experience. However, the other professors I've had... Read More have been unavailable and ineffective as educators. It's a vague and sloppy program. For example, I need guidance on my plan of study regarding how many credits to register for and when I can feasibly be done with my dissertation. I sent an email to my 2 team members. No reply 10 days later, and now it's time to register. I sent a second email asking them for information. She finally responded "As previously discussed-..." and answered my question. We had NOT previously discussed my plan of study. I would estimate the amount of time she's discussed my plan of study with me to be under 30 minutes, via email. Let's not forget, that students are paying thousands of dollars for the privilege of their "instruction". Another example: I sent several emails sent to a professor about making up a missed assignment. The assignment was to check in with her about how the supervision meetings are going with my supervisees. I simply needed to schedule a time with her. No reply from her until my second email. She said "I'm in a meeting- I'll respond within 24 hours." No response in 24 hours. I emailed again (a week later) and got no response. However, my grades had been updated and I got 100% on the assignment I needed to make up. We never had the check in about supervision process. I guess she assumed it was going well. The program could be good if there were more dedicated and communicative professors.