Back From School
April 19th, 2010In December, I wrote a post about why the frequency of my writing slowed and would continue to slow. The explanation was simple: I had entered a doctoral program and was engaged in the final writing stage of my dissertation. I am pleased to say that I satisfactorily completed all the requirements for my doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania including defending my dissertation. Now that I have had a couple of weeks to savor the accomplishment, I am ready to resume some of my “free time” activities that I postponed or slowed in order to go back to school and earn my doctoral degree. As I begin to resume blog posts, I thought I would share my reflections on my area of studies.
When I completed my MBA from Tulane’s Freeman School of Business in 1978, I thought I had completed all of my formal academic studies. After graduation from Tulane, I sat for and passed the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) exam, the CMA (Certified Management Accountant), and the Fellow exam for the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Maintaining those certifications required annual continuing education hours, but not academic credits. Usually, I could earn 40 hours of credit per year by attending a couple of two day seminars along with a single day seminar.
