Orange Beach’s Columbia Southern University (CSU) has added seven new degree programs, four of which are for doctoral students. CSU noted Forbes’ February 2024 issue, which cited a 10.3% uptick in research doctorates earned in 2022, the largest year-over-year growth since 1970, adding that this growth has spurred it to offer more doctoral degrees for working students. The new programs include associate of science in leadership; MSs in human resources – instructional design and technology concentration and organizational leadership – instructional design and technology concentration; and doctors of business administration – business management concentration, emergency management concentration, occupational safety and health concentration, and organizational…..