# Presentation: 675646

## Status Report

- Emergency Management Higher Education Project

- June 6, 2006

## EM HiEd Conference Participation

-  **260 Participants – Largest Ever  ****	****-- 200 Last Year**
**132 U.S. Colleges and Universities    -- 102  Last Year **
**  ****6 Foreign Colleges/Universities****	**** --     6 Last Year **
** ****42 States Plus the District of Columbia -- 39 Last Year **

## Topics To Be Covered

- Very Busy Conference – Flexibility
- EM HiEd Project Activity
- Future Developments, Issues, Friction Points?
- Next Year, June 4-7, 2007 – DHS Focus?

## Collegiate “EM” Program Growth

**1994/1995          --   4**
**June 2006 ****	****    --125 **
**Investigations -- 117**

**June 2005 To June 2006:**
** ****16 New EM Programs:**
**  ****7****	****--  AD Level**
**  ****5 ****	****--  BA/S Level**
**  ****4****	****-- Graduate Level**

## Projected “EM” HiEd Program Growth

- 117 Programs Under Investigation or Development
- 46 at Associate Level
- 39 at Bachelor Level
- 33 at Graduate Level

##  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, SC, SD, Utah
-   1 State Has EM-Related Programs
- Alaska
-   3 States Have No “EM” or Related Program
- Maine, Montana, Vermont

## Homeland Security, International Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance, & EM/HS-Related Programs

- 61 Homeland Security/Defense, Terrorism Programs (42)
- 15 Others Under Development
- 15 More Being Investigated
-   9 International Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Assistance
- 14 Public Health, Medical and Related Programs
- 3 Others Under Development
-  20 Emergency Management/HS Related Programs
- Environmental Protection, Science, Management, Technician (7)
- Hazardous Materials Management (1)
- Public Safety & Security (8)
- Emergency Services Operations & Management (3)
- Floodplain Management (1)

## Major Trends in EM & HS/D Programs 

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**Programs Growing in Number**
**Programs Growing in Size**
**Graduates Getting Jobs**

## How Are We Being Supportive -- Courses?

- 18 Courses on Website -- Free College Courses
- Latest: Disaster Ops & Mgmt, Coastal Hazards Mgmt., Floodplain Mgmt.
- Next:  Hazards Mapping & Modeling, John Pine Team, LSU
- Periodically add new material to existing courses
-  2 Courses Under Development
- Hazards Mapping and Modeling – Upper Division/Graduate
- Homeland Security and Terrorism short course – Upper Division
- Draft material downloadable from EM HiEd Website – Free College Courses
-  1 Projected Course:
-  Catastrophe Readiness & Response

## How Are We Being Supportive -- Books

- 5 “Books” Under Development or Available
- Introduction to Emergency Management Textbook – Being Finalized
- International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters Articles - Done
- Hazards Risk Management Case Studies Textbook – Being Finalized
- Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management – Being Finalized
- 2005 Emergency Mgmt HiEd Conference Papers – Being Finalized
-  EM & HS-Related Training Courses CDROM (Mod Re-Issued)
- Audio-Visual Materials
- Film and Video Annotated Bibliography, DVD Clips and Additions
- Mini-Lectures
- Video-Taped Conference Interviews (2004 Available; 2006 Planned)

## How Are We Being Supportive?

- Developed EM & HS Body of Knowledge Section
- Developing “Experiential Learning” Section to Website
- “Principles of Emergency Management” Projects

## Where Now In EM & HS HiEd & Professionalism – Some Trends & Issues

- Disasters Are A Growth Business – Catastrophes Too
- 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
- Need to Regain Lost Ground and Grow Capabilities
- With Growth Comes Issues – Some Uncomfortable

## 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)

## Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityAll-Hazards vs. Response & Terrorism Focus

-   **“****Unfortunately...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)**

## Finally

- Next Emergency Management High Ed Conference
**June 4-7, 2007 **
**Continue Pre-Conference Workshops?**
**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/

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