Springer, M., & Newton, K. (2022, August), Historical Natural Evolution of Thought of a First of its Kind Online Doctor of Technology Degree Program in a Tier-1 University  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40386

\bibitem{asee_peer_40386}
  Springer, M., \& Newton, K. (2022, August), \emph{Historical Natural Evolution of Thought of a First of its Kind Online Doctor of Technology Degree Program in a Tier-1 University}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--40386

Mitchell Springer and Kathryne Newton.  "Historical Natural Evolution of Thought of a First of its Kind Online Doctor of Technology Degree Program in a Tier-1 University".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/40386 Internet.  08 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_40386}
  Mitchell Springer and Kathryne Newton.
  "Historical Natural Evolution of Thought of a First of its Kind Online Doctor of Technology Degree Program in a Tier-1 University".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/40386 Internet.  08 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Abstract
The university of this paper proposed the creation of a Doctor of Technology (D. Tech.) graduate degree program to be delivered as a hybrid model from the main university campus to active/employed technology professionals.  This degree program was distinctly different than the existing Ph.D. in the college of this program in multiple ways including the delivery mode, the target clientele, the focus of learning activities, and the research aims of the program.  

In addition to purposing the degree towards the development of technology and R&D competence needed by business, industry and government, the vision was to employ a hybrid delivery system involving predominantly distance learning education plus some campus-based experiences that make the achievement of a doctoral degree far more accessible to practicing professionals who would not pursue a doctorate or Ph.D. in a traditional campus setting due to their work and home responsibilities.  The program, in its final implementation was entirely online.

Over the last two years there have been numerous conversations on the academic, institutional, financial, faculty and academic department compensation models, and other decisional aspects of a Tier-1 university Doctor of Technology (D. Tech.) degree program.  

These many conversations with peers and aspirationals, were oriented around how this program came to be, what considerations were critical to its success, how the many institutional financial models work with this new program, and other similarly attendant questions.


The originators of this program have found themselves repeating these similarly reenacted conversations, providing this university’s specific answers to similarly situated peer/aspirational program questions.

The purpose of this paper is to identify, define, articulate, and otherwise expand upon those natural evolutionary thoughts and implementation details asked by others within higher education, and specifically, those institutions of higher education who are considering university specific instantiations of their own.

This paper will discuss and explore decisions made in, but not limited to, the areas of:

	Program characteristics – which includes the proposed mode of delivery and the format of the program.
	Rationale for the program.
	Researched evidence of a labor-specific market need – specifically identifying the national, regional, and state needs.
	Identified business and industry needs.
	Identified research doctorates and their applicability to this doctorate.
	Identified related needs from the U.S. Department of Labor – which includes national, regional, and state studies.
	The determination of potential demand from past existing online master’s students.  This data insight will include:
o	In state versus out of state initial interest.
o	National versus international past student interest.
o	Past academic degree conferrals.
o	Student interest by age, gender, race, and ethnicity.
	Program competencies and learning outcomes.

This paper will promote national conversation on the possibilities of varying institutions providing an online doctorate program to those students who would not otherwise have access to this type of program.

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