Education Professor Interviews With Fortune Magazine

David B. Ross, Ed.D., professor, with the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice was recently featured in a Fortune Education article titled, “Who Should Get an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership?”

The aptly named article focuses on the Organizational Leadership Ed.D. programs at Nova Southeastern University and Baylor University for various students who may choose to earn such a degree.

During the hour-plus long interview with Fortune, Ross gave a bit of insight into the types of students he has encountered academically over the years in the program.

“I said ‘We have teachers, we have nurses, military, and students from various professions and organizations – [Organizational Leadership] can be for anybody because an organization is an organization,’” he recalled.

Ross mentioned how the course work in the program is designed to be relevant in order to prepare a student to be a leader in any field and even help build their portfolio — from the papers they write, to their option of the Strategic Research Project or dissertation as a final Capstone.

“The Strategic Research Project would be good for people who [say] ‘Nope, I do not want to be a college/university professor, so do I really need a dissertation? Probably not.’” Then I kind of went into about how it helps build solutions, strategies, and possible outcomes, and later could be implemented into the organization when they finish.” “It should be noted that we want the student to make a clear decision of which Capstone pathway will be in their best interest.”

Overall, Ross said his goal was to really explain that the degree can be used by anyone who wishes to diversify themselves or just be a better leader in an organization, no matter what the organization may be.

“It is a kind of catch-all in a way,” he said. “It attracts people from any field. Like I said before, an organization is an organization.”

He also added that students learn in the program that not just any organization is successful, but a learning organization that grows and adapts is one that is successful while allowing the employees to be inspired to take risks. A learning organization encourages their people to be creative problem solvers and decision makers through a lens with vision, collaboration, trust, and more.

To read the full Fortune article, click here.

Posted 09/25/22