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Status ReportEmergency Management Higher Education Project
June 7, 2005
2B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
EM HiEd Conference Participation
201 Participants – Largest Ever – 170 Last Year
102 U.S. Colleges and Universities -- 94 Last Year
6 Foreign Colleges/Universities -- 3 Last Year
39 States Plus the District of Columbia – 40 Last Year
3B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Topics To Be Covered
Very Busy Conference – Need Suggestions for Next Year
Growth of Collegiate Programs
EM HiEd Project Activity
Future Developments, Issues, Friction Points?
4B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Collegiate “EM” Program Growth 1994/1995 -- 4
1996 -- 13
1997 -- 23
1998 -- 34
1999 -- 49
June 2000 -- 64
June 2001 -- 72
June 2002 -- 78
June 2003 -- 95
June 2004 --113
June 2005 --120 (143)
June 2004 To June 2005:
30 New EM Programs:
15 -- AD Level
7 -- BA/S Level
8 -- Graduate Level
5B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
“EM” College Programs By Year
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6B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Projected “EM” HiEd Program Growth
110 Programs Under Investigation or Development
42 at Associate Level
34 at Bachelor Level
34 at Graduate Level
7B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
EM HiEd Programs in U.S.
42 States Have “Emergency Management” Programs
District of Columbia & Puerto Rico Have EM Programs
4 States Investigating or Developing “EM” Programs Kentucky, NH, SC, SD
2 States Have EM-Related Programs Alaska & Iowa
2 States Have No “EM” or Related Program Maine & Montana
Map of US Showing Status of EM College Programs by State
Emer. Mgmt. Program in Place =
Proposed Emer. Mgmt. Program = No Program =
Related Emer. Mgmt. Program =
9B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Homeland Security, International Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance, & EM/HS-Related Programs
42 Homeland Security/Defense, Terrorism Programs 18 Others Under Development
10 More Being Investigated
9 International Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Assistance
26 Emergency Management/HS Related Programs Environmental Protection, Science, Management, Technician (6)
Hazardous Materials Management (2)
Public Health & Emergency Medical Services (10)
Public Safety & Security
Emergency Services Operations & Management (2)
2 Others Under Development (Public Health)
10B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Programs Growing In Size Also
“Over the past four years we have seen our student population nearly double
[185 declared majors]
…Our credit hour production more than triple…
Contemplating putting a cap on enrollment.”
(Dr. David McEntire, University of North Texas, March 2004)
11B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Graduates Getting Jobs
“At end of Spring 2005 will have graduated 179 students
98% working in highly specialized positions
related directly to field of emergency management.”
(Mary Ann Rollans, Dean, Arkansas Tech University, April 2005)
12B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
EM Student Job Market
28% Job Market Increase
in… “Emergency Management Specialists” …
By year 2012.
Top 20 List of Growing Professions in U.S.
(Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004)
13B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Employer Support of Emergency Management Higher Education
Promotions with education consideration - 218 (50%)
Pay/reimbursement educational expenses - 286 (66%)
Provide incentives for going to college - 100 (23%)
Flexibility to attend school - 260 (60%)
Higher Starting Pay for degree - 170 (39%) (Craig Marks, Survey of Emergency Management Collegiate Students, 2004-2005)
14B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
How Are We Being Supportive?
17 Courses on Website -- Free College Courses Latest: Holistic Disaster Recovery Next: Disaster Ops & Mgmt., or Coastal Hazards Mgmt. Periodically add new material to existing courses
5 Courses Under Development Coastal Hazards Management – Graduate Level Disaster Operations and Management – Upper Division Hazards Mapping and Modeling – Upper Division/Graduate Homeland Security and Terrorism short course – Upper Division Flood Plain Management – Graduate Level Draft material downloadable from EM HiEd Website – Free College Courses
15B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
How Are We Being Supportive?
“Course Treatments” Under Development
Legal/Ethical Basis For Emer. Mgmt and Homeland Security
Hazards Risk Assessment Methods
Images of Disaster in Film
16B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
How Are We Being Supportive? 5 “Books” Under Development or in “Works”
Introduction to Emergency Management Textbook
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters Articles
Hazards Risk Management Case Studies Textbook
Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management
Papers from 2005 Emergency Management HiEd Conference
EM & HS-Related Training Courses CD ROM
Audio-Visual Materials Film and Video Annotated Bibliography, DVD Clips and Additions
Mini-Lectures
Video-Taped Conference Interviews
2005 EM HiEd Conference Select Plenary Panel Presentations
17B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
How Are We Being Supportive?
Additions to Emergency Management Competencies Section
Added EM Job Market Data section to EM HiEd Website
Developing EM & HS Body of Knowledge Section
Developing “Getting Experience” Section to Website
18B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Where Now In EM & HS HiEd & Professionalism – Some Trends & Issues
Disasters Are A Growth Business
Thus, More Collegiate Programs of All Stripes
More Emergency and Disaster Management Programs
More Homeland Security Programs
More International Disaster Management Programs
More Related Programs
With Growth Comes Issues – Some Uncomfortable
19B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Issue: Response and MitigationIssue: Education and Experience
“…some emergency management systems are exclusively ‘ambulances at the bottom of cliffs’, whereas others are also ‘fences at the top’.
(Dr. Neil Britton, “Higher Education in Emergency Management: What is Happening
Elsewhere,” Paper for the 2004 EM HiEd Conference, June 2004, p. 2.)
This is why, for those who tout the “Be-All” of “Experience,” that “Experience” needs to be grounded in EDUCATION.
20B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Experience AND Education
“We do the profession a great injustice if we only look
to the future without extending a hand to the past.
The depth and breadth of knowledge in practitioners
must be acknowledged, embraced and built upon.
To do so is to have the best of both worlds – the
open-mind and the learned-soul.”
(Cwiak, Cline & Karlgaard. “Emergency Management Attitudes…” North
Dakota State University, 2004)
21B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Practitioner & Academic Research
“Too many Joes (and Janes) on the street think academic research is:
Some guy who shows up and takes money away from them…
To Study something they don’t care about… Writes it up in words…nobody understands… And publishes is somewhere that nobody ever reads.”
(Craig Marks, IAEM Discussion List, May 1, 2005)
22B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Theory versus Practice IssueWithin EM & HS Academic Programs “My own experience indicates that most faculty tend to be
excellent academics
rooted in various schools of methodological and substantive theory.
In sharp contrast, others are ‘nuts and bolts’ oriented practitioners who have
earned some type of academic credential.
Too often they lack much respect for the place of theory in either the
profession or any academic discipline.”
(Dr. Thomas Drabek, Western Social Science Association Paper, 2005)
23B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Issue: Faculty and Program Credentials
Referring to spurt in growth of EM and homeland security programs post 9-11:
“Suddenly, people who couldn’t spell the word ‘fire’ and didn’t know much about emergency management are offering programs.”
(Dr. Nancy Grant, University of Akron, 2003)
24B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityAll-Hazards vs. Response & Terrorism Focus
“Unfortunately…from my perspective, in the post 9-11 environment,
the term emergency management is losing its proactive and all hazards emphasis
and is devolving back into a term associated primarily with response and recovery
and a focus on terrorism to the exclusion of an all hazards approach.”
(Dr. Greg Shaw, “What Do We Call Ourselves…?, May 2005)
25B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityAll-Hazards vs. International Terrorism Focus
“What the all-hazards approach can contribute to the effort to deal
with terrorism in its many forms is a basic framework for structuring
the emergency response, preparing for the response, and recovering
from attacks, as well as developing appropriate measures to prevent
or reduce the impact of the attacks….the all-hazards approach
encourages a broader perspective….and a broader foundation on
which to build effective programs to manage hazards and disasters.”
(Dr. William L. Waugh, Jr., Journal of Emergency Management, March/April 2005)
26B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005
Finally
Next Emergency Management High Ed Conference June 6-8, 2006
Possible addition of a GIS & EM Preceding Workshop on June 5th?
Others?
Use Evaluation forms in notebooks to make recommendations.
Sign-up for Activity Reports to stay current with EM & HS Hi-Ed related developments –
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/