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Doug Lynch
Vice Dean
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Education
1987: B.A., Economics,
Arizona
State
University
1994: M.B.A., International Finance,
New
York
University
2005: M.Phil., Economics and Education,
Columbia
University
2007-08 (anticipated): Ph.D., Economics and Education,
Columbia
University
Areas of Expertise
Non-traditional forms of education
International education
Educational entrepreneurship
Work-based and corporate learning
Professional
Biography
Prior to joining Penn, Mr. Lynch was at
New
York
University’s
School of
Continuing and Professional
Studies, where he served as assistant dean for corporate learning, new business
development, and international initiatives. Before joining NYU, he worked at
the College Board and
Arizona
State
University.
In addition to his work at
Columbia,
Mr. Lynch did doctoral work in evaluation and policy at
Arizona
State
University’s
School of
Education.
He has an MBA, with a specialization in international finance, from NYU’s Stern
School of Business. He also did graduate work in political theory at the
New
School for Social Research. His
undergraduate honors thesis on robotics in
Sweden
was used as the basis for an episode of the PBS series Nova.
Mr. Lynch has committed his career to implementing
innovative reform in education. He has received numerous national awards,
including a President’s award for exporting—the first time a college was recognized
for commercial innovation by the U.S. Department of Commerce. He also helped
start one of the country’s first charter schools in
Arizona.
A frequent speaker at national conferences, Mr. Lynch currently serves as a
commissioner for the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and is
on the public policy board of the American Society for Training and Development
(ASTD). He is co-chair of the Business Education SIG for the American
Educational Research Association (AERA) and is the chair of the
U.S.
delegation on educational services to the International Standards Organization
(ISO) as well as chair of the education services team for (ANSI). He has served
on Presidential, Congressional, and state advisory boards (in
New
York and
Arizona)
and has testified before Congress on e-learning. He currently sits on editorial
boards of several training publications, consults to other universities, and is
a reader for the Sloan Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.
Research Interests
and Current Projects
Mr. Lynch’s research interests include work-based and
corporate learning, international education, online learning, and adult/continuing
education. He is currently examining the impact of e-learning in developing
countries and, with Martin Carnoy and Alan Ruby, the comparative economics of
education study in
Latin America. He is also working on
a research project with the American Society of Training & Development on the
needs of work-based learning leaders.
Selected Courses
EDUC 550: Education & Social Entrepreneurship
EDUC 545: Organizational Learning & Education
EDUC 545: The Brave New World of Higher Education
EDUC 699: Economics of Education
Selected Publications
Lynch, D., & Barger, M. (in press). Corporate-higher
education learning initiatives: When values align. Continuing Higher Education Review.
Cambridge,
MA:
Harvard
University Press.
Lynch, D., & Sugrue, B. (2006). Profiling a new breed
of learning executive. Training & Development Magazine (T+D).
Alexandria,
VA: American Society for Training &
Development.
Lynch, D., & Gonzales, R. (2006). Corporate-higher Education Partnerships: Best Practices,
Tools and Case Studies for Aligning Values.
Sterling,
VA: Stylus Publishing.
Lynch, D. (2005). Initiating
higher education partnerships for corporate training. In HR Alert, Volume VIII.
New York: Human Resources IQ.
Lynch , D. (2005). Success versus value: What do we mean by the
business of online education? In J.C. Moore (Eds.) Elements of Quality Online Education: Engaging Communities.
New
York
: Alfred C. Sloan Foundation.
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