The Professional Doctorate in Technology Leadership, Research & Innovation

Abstract

located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has over thirty-five years of theoretical and defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: software engineering, systems engineering, program management and human resources. Dr. Springer possesses a significant strength in pattern recognition, analyzing and improving organizational systems. He is internationally recognized and has contributed to scholarship more than 300 books, articles, presentations, editorials and reviews on software development methodologies, management, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including local, regional and national recognitions for leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion; as well as, recognition for exceptional teaching and support of military connected students.

A Doctorate That Works: Nontraditional Populations Served on Both Sides of the Atlantic

“…In prior papers, delivered at the 2016 [5] and 2019 [6] ASEE conferences the authors addressed the development process for the recently approved Doctor of Technology (DTech) offered by the Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and collaborators presented similar work. These papers [7,8,9], in addition to the program development process and the program description, included vignettes about the anticipated target population that would be served by this new doctorate.…”

Demographic Leadership: A First-of-Its-Kind Diversity Leadership Online Course in a Tier-1 University Doctorate Degree Program

“…A thought-leading team of faculty [1] from diverse departments was assembled to research and conceptualize what such a degree might look like and how it might be best delivered. The team launched two parallel research efforts, one to ascertain what precedents and experiences with similar goals existed around the world, i.e., an international review of other doctoral programs addressing similar needs, and the second was to conduct an interest and needs assessment of a sample of high probability individuals.…”

Will They Come? – Understanding the Student Demographics of a First of its Kind Doctor of Technology Online Program in a Tier-1 University

“…The Business Need -For-profit business and industry exist to benefit the shareholders [6]. They do so through the offering of products and services which meet the ever-changing demands of their respective customers.…”