Project Support

The Human Capital Lab is hosted by Bellevue University. The University offers several professional doctoral degree programs for people to advance their careers and their skills at the highest levels of their professions.

An embedded project is one conducted as part of the student’s regular job. Almost all mid-career professionals pursuing doctoral degrees have to find workplace-based research opportunities outside their regular employment.

Academic doctorates come in two flavors: scholarly and professional. Scholarly degrees (typically the PhD) are designed for students to advance scholarship by creating and testing theory. Professional doctorates often carry alternative titles (Doctor of Business Administration or DBA, Doctor of Science, etc.), and are designed to advance practice in one’s field. Where scholarly doctorates are designed to start an academic career, professional doctoral students are advancing performance in the field.

By using the workplace as a research laboratory, they identify “real world” challenges, then design and test solutions to them. In short, they solve problems and create new ways of doing things.

Bellevue University currently has two programs up and running and is planning two more. Currently, Bellevue University has doctoral students in our Human Capital Management PhD and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programs. We are also designing and getting approval for two others, which we’ll describe here once they’re announced.

Yes, very much so. Most are mid-career, looking to advance their careers and their professions to higher levels.

We’re like an online meet-up. We gather inquiries from employers seeking support from our students, and students wanting to put their research interests out there for employers to consider.

Because the University’s doctoral programs are offered by distance learning, students can come from all over the country…and the world.

Yes. However, many have research interests that cannot be pursued in their current jobs, so they’re seeking other opportunities to conduct workplace-based research. They stay in their current jobs while also conducting their studies.

Nothing. The Human Capital Lab does not charge anything to employers or students for their participation. If an employer chooses to offer a stipend or to cover some costs, that’s between the student and the employer.

Click here to get more information or to have your research opportunity listed.