European Ph.D. programs are shorter than those in the US. For example, it takes three years to complete a Ph.D. in France, Norway, the UK, and Germany. Across Europe, a three-to-four-year Ph.D. is standard. To be successful in a European style Ph.D., you must have a firm understanding of various research methods and how to execute them in a study. In comparison, six years is the average time to degree in the US because US doctoral programs often require 12 to 16 courses with classmates that include teaching students research methods and then dissertation research. In contrast, European doctorates require a research proposal course and then independent research on the dissertation as the doctoral experience.
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Innovative Legitimate Non-Traditional Doctorate Programs in Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Technology
Darrell Norman Burrell (Marymount University, USA & Capitol Technology University, USA),
Calvin Nobles (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA),
Maurice Dawson (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA), Eugene J. M. Lewis (Capitol Technology University, USA),
S. Raschid Muller (Capitol Technology University, USA),
Kevin Richardson (Edward Waters University, USA), and Amalisha S. Aridi (Capitol Technology University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9430-8.ch009
Abstract
According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) the number of complaints about cyberattacks to their cyber division is up to as many as 4,000 a day. Every year in the U.S., 40,000 jobs for information security analysts go unfilled, and employers are struggling to fill 200,000 other cybersecurity-related roles. Colleges and universities have created certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs to train professionals in these job roles. The challenge to meeting the cybersecurity workforce shortage through degree programs is intensified by the reality of the limited number of cybersecurity and engineering faculty at colleges and universities. This chapter explores the essential need to develop more doctorate faculty in technology-related areas and explains some unique and non-traditional paths to doctoral completion that allow professionals with significant real-world work experience to complete a doctorate without career interruption and relocation from highly respected and established universities in the US and the UK.