The students drawn to the HOD doctoral program form a multidisciplinary group—both geographically dispersed and culturally diverse. They represent a wide variety of profit and nonprofit work environments.

HOD students include:

• Independent consultants
• OD professionals
• Higher education faculty and administrators
• Corporate and nonprofit managers
• Public policy makers
• Human service and health care professionals
• Human resource directors
• Law enforcement and military professionals
• Information professionals
• Trainers