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Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium
General Membership Meeting
7 June 2006FEMA/EMI
Emmitsburg, MD
History and Mission
• Integrated Network of Military, Federal, and Civilian Institutions With a Common Goal
• Ensure the Department of Defense (NORAD/ NORTHCOM) role in, and perspective on, homeland security is adequately and accurately reflected in national education initiatives.
• Began as an effort to develop opportunities to educate command personnel
• Grown into opportunity to educate N-NC “allies” in Homeland Defense and Defense Support to Civil Authorities missions
• Mirrors efforts undertaken by academia during the Cold War
• Encourage and facilitate HLS education program development
• Follow the FEMA Emergency Management Institute model
• Institutions look to us for program content
History and Mission (cont.)
• Focus and facilitate research and knowledge development• Research focus symposia support command determination of critical issues;
107 research question topics identified to date
•Bi-national interoperability initiatives
•Measures of Effectiveness for countering terrorist and rogue state WMD capabilities
• We help academia help us
• Institutions have received funding to support our efforts
•UCCS $5M from Air Force Research Labs
• Encourage cooperation between consortium member institutions• Innumerable connections/articulation agreements made between institutions
Founding Members • Arizona State University
• George Washington University• California State University San
Bernardino• Walden University• American Public University• Pennsylvania State University• Lehigh Carbon Community College• Western Connecticut State Univ.• Texas A&M• Air University• US Coast Guard Academy• Louisiana State University• Saint Petersburg College• Tarrant County College• Universidad Del Salvador (Argentina)
• Old Dominion University• Metropolitan College of New York• Univ. of North Carolina • Uniformed Services Univ. of Health Sciences• US Army Research, Engineering and
Development Command• Pikes Peak Community College• Ohio State University• St. Mary’s University• UT San Antonio• Purdue University• University of South Florida• East Carolina University• Western Carolina University• Millersville University of Pennsylvania• Harvard and Yale Research Hospitals• Canadian Defence Academy
Some of Our Charter Members
• American Association of Community Colleges (Task Force on Homeland Security)
• Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute
• Institute for Bio-Defense, St. Louis University
Groups/Institutes• Institute for the Protection of
American Communities • Joint Interagency Training
Center-West• Prepare America• National Terrorism
Preparedness Institute
(Current total number of HSDEC members: 177)
HSDEC - Membership
• Current Membership
Charter members = 69
Associate Members = 87
DOD Institutions = 22
Total Members = 177
• Newest charter members
•Canadian Defence Academy
•Eastern Kentucky University
•New Mexico Military Institute
Membership Statistics
HSDEC Web Site
Hosted by: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
http://hsdec.org
• Syllabi have been posted to the website• Introduction to Homeland Defense and Security
• University of Denver, University of Colorado/Colorado Springs, US Naval Postgraduate School
• 2005 – Military Guide to Terrorism in the 21st Century/Course
Symposia
• Fall Symposium
•Colorado Springs•Research Focus•NORTHCOM •5 – 6 October 2006
Homeland Security/DefenseEducation Consortium
Fall Symposium
Oct 2006
Colorado Springs, CO
Contact:NORAD/USNORTHCOM Dr. Houston Polson [email protected]
• Received $1.8M Congressional plus up in February
• Evolve to a self-governing entity with greater civilian leadership
• Funding of research topics
• Status of research topics
• Standardization of Curriculum
• Internship Program
• Accreditation of Programs
Current Issues / Way Ahead