# Presentation: 782361

## Emergency Management Higher EducationStatus Report

**Emergency Management Higher Education****Status Report**

**National Academy of Sciences Disasters Roundtable**
**The Emergency Manager of the Future**
**June 13, 2003, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC**
**B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM**
**Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager**
**(301) 447-1262, wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov**
**http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu**

## EM Higher Education Conference 2003 -- Participation

**111 Participants** – Largest Ever -For EM & HS
**  ****79 Colleges and Universities** Represented
-     **7 College Systems, Associations, Centers**
**  ****41 States Represented & District of Columbia**
**   ****3 Countries Represented**

## Emergency Management College Programs by FY

**UNT - Univ. of    No. Texas**
**RIT – Rochester Inst. Of Tech.**
**TESC – Thomas Edison State College**
**WISC – Univ. of WI – Madison**

**UNT**

**RIT**

**TESC**

**WISC**

**UC - Berkley**

**Project Begins**

## Growth of Collegiate “Emergency Management” Programs

- June 2001  – **72**
- June 2002  – **78**
- June 2003  – **96**
-   **7 Doctoral Programs**
**23 Masters Programs**
**  ****9 Bachelor Degrees**
**15 Associate Degrees**
**42 Certificates and Minors**

## Growth of Collegiate EM ProgramsBetween Conferences

**20 Additional Programs**
**  ****2 Folded Programs**
- Both were Emergency Mgmt. Certificates
**Net Increase of 18** New Programs
**Average of 1 and 1/2 Per Month**
**Several Others Lined-Up For Fall Roll-Out**

## Projected Collegiate EM Program Growth

- ~ **100 Programs Under Investigation or Development:**
**32 at Associate Level**
**39 at Bachelor Level**
**27 at Graduate Level**
**  ****1 Not Sure**

## 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 =

## State Map Break-Out 

**46 States Have EM or Related Programs or are Investigating or Developing One:**
**33 States Have Emergency Mgmt Programs**
**DC & Puerto Rico Have Emergency Mgmt Programs as Well**
**10 States Are Investigating EM Programs**
**  ****3 States Have EM-Related Programs**
**  ****4 States Have No EM or Related Program**
- (Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Vermont)

## Homeland Security Higher Education Programs

**15 Homeland Security/Terrorism Programs**
- 4 Graduate-Level
- 2 Bachelors-Level
- 2 Associate-Level
- 7 Continuing Education Unit-Level
-   **10**** HS Programs Being Developed**
- 7 Graduate-Level
- 1 Bachelors-Level
- 2 CEU-Level

## International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Higher Education Programs

**8 Collegiate Programs**
- Andrews University, Michigan
- Johns Hopkins University
- Harvard School of Public Health & MIT
- Tufts University
- Tulane University
- University of South Florida, Tampa
- University of Wisconsin

## Summary of Programs

**                        ****IN-PLACE:**
**96 Emergency Management Programs**
**15 Homeland Security/Terrorism Programs**
**  ****8 International Disaster Management Programs**
**       ****UNDER INVESTIGATION OR DEVELOPMENT:**
**~ 100 Emergency Management Programs**
**     ****10 Homeland Security Programs**

## Programs Growing In Size As Well As Numbers

- The Crisis and Disaster Management  Program has steadily grown – to the point that it is now the 2nd largest in the home department. (Dianna Havner Bryant, CMSU, April 2003)
- The MPA EM Concentration program was overwhelmed this year – had to turn students away – more in queue for next semester.    (Bill Waugh, GSU, April 2003)

## Programs Growing In Size As Well As Numbers

- EAM program going very well – 70 of 74 graduates landed EM-relevant jobs- $38 to $42K range.  (Mary Ann Rollans, ATU, March 2003)
- JSU is averaging 30 new graduate EM students per semester. (Brenda Phillips, Feb. 2003)
- EM Certificate going so well we’re adding an AD.  (Don Beckering, Hennipin TC, March 2003)

## HiEd Courses Developed

- Building Disaster Resilient Communities
- Business and Industry Crisis Management
- Hazards Mitigation Principles and Practice
- Individual and Community Disaster Education
- Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Management
- Public Administration and Emergency Management
- Research & Analysis Methods in Emergency Management
- Social Dimensions of Disaster
- Social Vulnerability Approach to Emergency Management
- Sociology of Disaster
- Technology and Emergency Management
- Terrorism and Emergency Management
- Tourism, Travel, Hospitality Mgmt. EM Implications

## HiEd Projects Under Development

- Coastal Hazards Management (Graduate)
- Disaster Response Operations & Management
- Earthquake Hazard Management
- Hazards Risk Management
- New Directions in Hazards Mitigation (Graduate)
- Sustainable and Holistic Disaster Recovery
- Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters and Emergency Management
- Introduction To Emer. Mgmt. Electronic Textbook

## Course Development Contracts for FY 2003 -- Pending

**Hazards Mapping and Modeling**
**Homeland Security and Terrorism**
**Introduction to Floodplain Management  (Graduate Course)**

##  FY 2004 Course Development Options

**Hazards Risk Communication**
**Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Mgmt.**
**Mitigation Loss Reduction Methods of Analysis**
**Mitigation Planning**
**Natural Hazards Engineering for Non-Engineers**
**Politics of Disaster**

## Partnerships

**North Carolina Division of Emer. Mgmt.**
**Coastal Services Center (DOC/NOAA)**
**U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (EM Div.) **
**Public Entity Risk Institute**
**National Science Foundation**
**Association of Floodplain Managers**
**Colleges and Universities -- Interns**

## EM Key Attributes/Elements“The Way It Ought To Be”

**Elements:**
**Comprehensive Emergency Mgmt. (All Hazards)**
**All Four Phases – Not Primarily Response**
**Integrated Emergency Management**
**Attributes:**
**Full-Time Paid Professional Executive Manager**
**Facilitator, Networker, Advisor, Partner**
**Broad Scientific and Technical Knowledge Base**
**Life-Long Learner**
**EM Professionals More Reflective of US Pop.**
**Makes Persuasive Articulate Case for Disaster Reduction**

## 21st Century EM Core Competencies

- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication and Presentation Skills
- Networking, Partnering, Negotiating
- Marketing
- Bureaucratic, Organizational, Political KSAs
- Management Skills and Principles
- People, Programs, Money, Resources
- Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Decision-Making, Flexibility, Planning

## 21st Century EM Core Competencies (Continued)

- Theory, Principles, and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters, and Emer/Risk Mgmt.
- What are Hazards, Disasters & Related Terms
- Hazard Taxonomies, Categorization Schemes
- Theories of Disaster
- Hazards Foundation
- Exposure, Risk, Vulnerability Trends, Explanations
- History of Emergency Management
- EM Scope, Models, Functions
- Four Phases, CEM, IEMS, Top-Down/Bottom-Up
- Roles/Responsibilities of Key Players
- Sustainable Development, Urban Planning & BDRC

## 21st Century EM Core Competencies (Continued)

- Tools of the Trade
- Understanding Legal, Ethical, Social, Economic, Ecological Dimensions of Disaster and Emergency Management
- Technological Tools, e.g. computers, software, GIS, mapping and modeling
- Research, Analysis, Evaluation Tools and Methods

## Future EM Professional Development Issues

- Risk-Based Emergency Mgmt. Foundation
- Building Disaster Resilient Communities Focus
- Social Vulnerability Reduction Emphasis
- Recognition
- Resistance to Change
- Homeland Security Pull
- Emergency Services Orientation (1st Responders)
- Security and Public Safety Focus

## Importance of Education

- “...Although knowledge does not guarantee power over natural catastrophe, it is a prime requisite of disaster prevention.”                 (Dr. David Alexander, Univ. of Massachusetts, 2000)
- “Human History becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” (H.G. Wells)