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University President - California Southern University Search Learner Login 800.477.2254 CHAT REQUEST INFO ENROLL tropical (X) Toggle navigation Degrees & Programs Colleges  Behavioral Sciences  Business  Criminal Justice  Law  Nursing  Education Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratesBusiness CertificatesPsychology CertificatesOnline Courses Institutional EffectivenessCatalogLibraryFaculty Admissions Application ChecklistApply OnlineTransfer CreditsAffordable TuitionCost ComparisonsInternational ApplicantsFederal Financial Aid PolicyPersonal StatementOffice of the Registrar Why CalSouthern IntroductionAcademic QualityOnline LearningOne-on-OneSenseMentoringA Career-Relevant EducationFlexibility and ConvenienceA Community of SupportMonthlyUndertowStartsA True Value in EducationComplete Your DegreeNo Entrance ExamsCalSouthern Alumni Association Online Learning The CalSouthern ExperienceAcademics at CalSouthernThe Learning CenterTechnical RequirementsOffice 365 and YammerLibrary ServiceseBooksCalSouthern LecturesCommon QuestionsWell-nighAbout CalSouthernThe CalSouthern MissionAccreditationAgency ApprovalsState LicensureMembershipsCalSouthern HistoryOur FounderBoard of TrusteesUniversity PresidentCareer OpportunitiesConsumer InformationCalSouthern PartnershipsMedia RelationsLocation and FacilitiesAlumni News ArticlesEventsPress ReleasesNewsWell-nighCalSouthernThe CalSouthern MissionAccreditationAgency ApprovalsDegrees and State LicensureMemberships and AffiliationsCalSouthern HistoryOur FounderBoard of DirectorsUniversity PresidentCareer OpportunitiesConsumer InformationCalSouthern PartnershipsState ApprovalComplaintsMedia RelationsLocation and Facilities Online Education - HomeWell-nighUniversity President University PresidentI created California Southern University (CalSouthern) scrutinizingly 40 years ago out of my own frustration with higher education. I was a married father of four sons, working full-time as a teacher, with a mortgage and driving a tousled old car 60 minutes to and from my doctoral classes. The weightier (and most) I could do was take one undertow each semester due to family needs, tuition expense, and time constraints. The process was made woefully increasingly difficult by deans, professors, and wonk advisors who were not interested in my needs as an sultana student. It took me ten years to finish my doctorate, and at the age of forty-three I stood at the graduation recurrence at Columbia University and was pronounced “Dr. Hecht”. Based upon my years of wits as a professor and dean, I resolved that higher education should be increasingly wieldy to sultana students, regardless of age or location. I envisioned a model of an on-line university that put its students first, that brought the learning opportunities to the student by eliminating travel and rigid matriculation room sessions, that encouraged and promoted each student’s individual learning needs and goals, that was affordable with very little or no exacting debt, and provided a practical education that prepared each student for the career to which s/he aspired.  A higher education was, and continues to be, the largest expense a person will undertake, second only to purchasing a home. However, today’s higher tuitions demand outrageous educational loans that scrutinizingly guarantee that financial security, home ownership, and towers sufficient savings for retirement is unlikely for the majority of graduates who run-up outrageous debts by financing their higher tuition and fees. Yet, for many, education continues to be the weightier way out of intergenerational poverty, the disabling long-term effects of family dysfunction and trauma, and the impact of societal influences such as racism, sexism, and family obligations. I believed then, and I protract to believe, that education should be misogynist for all who are willing to commit to learning and growing. And, it must be available, wieldy and affordable! To this end, I created California Southern University, which is a WASC-accredited school of higher learning, offering bachelors, masters, and doctorates. We offer degrees in law, psychology, education, nursing, and business; and professional certificates in several professional careers. In addition, I have unchangingly been single-minded to keeping tuition and related expenses at a level that is unelevated what other accredited colleges charge, and tuition that is affordable for most students without having to incur exacting student loans and long term debt.As an online university, we can reach learners (aka students) wherever they are located in the world; and through education we can offer a hand-up to the person who aspires to be more, a stepping stone out of drastic circumstances, or an uncomplicated opportunity to manifest one’s potential and dreams. Many of our students enter with a degree, and simply need to finish in order to whop in their career potential; others wish to uncork a new career and need new and updated wonk credentials. I understand what it takes to be an sultana student and I and my sense welcome you with unabashed support for your goals. In an effort to make education accessible, useful, and practical, we offer a few options for earning your degree: 100% online courses, every undertow is conducted long-distance over the Internet with real-live wonk advisors prescribed to you for as long as you are enrolled, and instructors who have years of practical wits in their fields to complement their textbook knowledge and degrees with real-world applications; a composite program of online courses and your option to shepherd doctoral level on-campus courses for as long as a year to well-constructed the doctorate. Additionally, we will work with you to transfer as many of your previously-earned courses and credits as unliable by our accreditors to shorten the number of courses we require for stratum completion. And for our international students we provide you with a capstone year on campus in the School ofMerchantryif you desire both an wonk wits and the cultural wits of residing in the United States on an I-20. CalSouthern represents scrutinizingly forty years of my professional career, it is my legacy, and I am single-minded to its stability, growth, and its employees’ satisfaction in profitable our students to unzip their desired degrees.  For our thousands of past graduates, CalSouthern has been a powerful towers woodcut in helping them attain their career goals. Among our graduates are princes, ministers of education, corporate presidents, large and small merchantry owners, successful jurists and attorneys, clinical psychologists, teachers, health professionals, and many others. I invite you to join our family and I squint forward to triumphal our 40th year-end with you!  Here’s to your success!Warmest regards,“Doc”Dr. Don HechtFounder and President Dr. Donald Hecht talks well-nigh what makes CalSouthern unique Quick LinksMilitary Learners International Learners Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Commencement Institutional EffectivenessWonkCatalog Contact Us Areas of StudyPsychologyMerchantryLaw Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Nursing Education ProgramsBachelor's Degrees Master's Degrees Doctoral Degrees Psychology CertificatesMerchantryCertificates Individual Courses Stay Connected  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  YouTube  Google+ © 2017 California Southern University Terms of UsePrivacy PolicySite Map