From john@ursa.net Fri Jul 23 17:47:08 1999
Newsgroups: alt.education.distance
Subject: Re: PhD via distance Learning
From: john@ursa.net (John Bear)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 17:47:08 -0700

In article <7natnn$1ga$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, anees@widezone.com wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have MS degree and completed the research work for PhD but now I
> cannot afford to go to school by virtue of time and money.
> 
> I am looking some legal school to complete PhD.  Please advise me some
> distance learing school which is also affordable
> 
> Anees

In general this is a case of:
Good quality, Relatively short time, Relatively low cost: choose any two.

With the possible exception of Touro International University (has anyone
checked on their Middle States status lately, for their on-line
doctorate?), there are no US schools with recognized accreditation with
100% nonresident doctorates. The ones with short residencies will probably
end up costing $20-30K or more. 

Research doctorates (Australian, British, South African) will cost a lot
less, and some can be non-residential. U of South Africa is still under
$1,500 a year, I believe. The topic has been much discussed on this group
(search the archives at www.deja.com), and there is a section on them in
my book.

-- 
John Bear, Ph.D. (Michigan State University, 1966)
Co-Author, Bears' Guide (13th edition) described 
at http://www.degree.net, and sold at www.amazon.com 
or www.barnesandnoble.com, bookstores, and www.tenspeed.com.