NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL REPORT
NIU VISION

NIU—the center of academic life 

for the Intelligence Community
NIU MISSION

Through dynamic teaching and 

learning, original research, and 

worldwide engagement, the NIU 

offers relevant, accessible, and 

career-long intelligence education 

that provides members of the 

intelligence and national security 

communities with knowledge, 

analytical skills, and a strategic 

awareness of the critical role 

intelligence plays in the security of 

the nation.

STRATEGIC GOALS

Develop strategic leaders capable of 

objectivity and critical thinking, in an 

academic environment that fosters a 

comprehensive understanding of the 

Intelligence Community.

Produce and publish value-added 

research that develops analytical and 

creative thinking skills, contributes to the 

intelligence mission, and sparks innovation.

Serve as an academic catalyst for 

national and international Intelligence 

Community engagement.

Enhance the integration of the Intelligence 

Community through personal and 

professional relationships established in 

university programs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1

NEW INITIATIVES 3

Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence 3

NIU Academic Centers 3

Center for Strategic Intelligence Research 3

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 5

NIU Academics 5

College of Strategic Intelligence 5

School of Science and Technology Intelligence 7

UNIVERSITY STATISTICS 9

	 Office of Institutional Effectiveness	 9

	 NIU Student Profile	 11

UNIVERSITY CENTERS 22

Center for Strategic Intelligence Research 22

Center for International Engagement 22

RESEARCH 29

Center for Strategic Intelligence Research 29
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College of Strategic Intelligence 31

School of Science and Technology Intelligence 31

	 The John T. Hughes Library	 32

OUTREACH 35

	 Outreach Office	 35

College of Strategic Intelligence 38

	 Distinguished Speaker Program	 40

	 School of Science and Technology Intelligence	 41

	 Center for Strategic Intelligence Research	 41

UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS 43

	 Enrollment and Student Services	 43

	 Educational Technology	 43

	 Fiscal Resources	 43

2011–2012 HONOREES 45

MISSION SOURCE DOCUMENT 47

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
CONVOCATION

2012 ANNUAL REPORT 1

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

DAVID R. ELLISON, PH.D. REAR ADMIRAL, USN (RET)

The National Intelligence University (NIU) Annual 

Report for the Academic Year (AY) August 2011–

August 2012 has been prepared in accordance with 

the accreditation and eligibility requirements of the 

Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

The facts and figures presented are in compliance 

with reporting requirements and verified by the 

NIU Office of Institutional Effectiveness. 

The University, in its 50th year as an institution, 

is the intelligence education and research center 

for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the 

Intelligence Community (IC). AY 2011–2012 was 

a year of achievement across the spectrum of the 

University’s endeavors. 

In 2012, the Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science 

and Technology Intelligence achieved degreegranting authority for the Master of Science and 

Technology Intelligence degree from the National 

Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity (NACIQI) and the U.S. Department 

of Education. 

In an effort to make NIU degrees more accessible 

to the military and the IC, the academic leadership 

is establishing various centers at the combatant 

commands (CCMDs); this year, NIU began 

operation of an NIU Academic Center at the U.S. 

Central Command (USCENTCOM) Regional 

Joint Intelligence Training and Education Facility 

(RJITEF) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, 

Florida. Overall, the Class of 2012 was the largest 

in the University’s history and the first to graduate 

from the National Intelligence University. 

University stature brings with it new strategic goals 

endorsed by the Director of National Intelligence’s 

Executive Committee (EXCOM) for the upcoming 

academic year (2012–2013), including:

•	 Develop strategic leaders capable of objectivity 

and critical thinking, in an academic 

environment that fosters a comprehensive 

understanding of the Intelligence Community.

•	 Produce and publish value-added research that 

develops analytical and creative thinking skills, 

contributes to the intelligence mission, and 

sparks innovation.

•	 Serve as an academic catalyst for 

national and international Intelligence 

Community engagement.

•	 Enhance the integration of the Intelligence 

Community through personal and professional 

relationships established in university programs.

Our strategic plan will ensure that we focus on 

education, research, and outreach programs that will 

deliver the greatest returns to our constituents and 

noticeably support NIU’s comprehensive mission 

(DoD Instruction [DODI] 3305.01). 

The University recognizes the importance of tying 

the new strategic goals into planning efforts, 

outcomes assessment, and resource allocation. 

To this end, we have planned a path to our future; 

it is one that we believe addresses what we must 

accomplish to best serve students, attain fiscal 

sustainability, and prosper—not only in the coming 

years, but for decades to follow.

This path will increase accessibility to the 

University’s relevant academic programs and 

educational resources; enhance its reputation as 

a worldwide leader in intelligence research; and 

strengthen outreach and international engagement, 

facilitating collaborative partnerships within and 

external to the IC. Many challenges lie ahead, but 

with a clear mission and vision, we will succeed. 
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NEW INITIATIVES

ANTHONY G. OETTINGER 

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE

One of the University’s most significant 

organizational developments was the September 

2010 chartering of the Anthony G. Oettinger 

School of Science and Technology Intelligence 

(School of S&TI). During 2012, NIU completed 

the application for the Master of Science and 

Technology Intelligence degree with the U.S. 

Department of Education’s National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI). NACIQI committee members reviewed 

the self-study and conducted a site visit to the School 

of S&TI. After meeting with administrators, faculty, 

and students, and reviewing additional materials 

on-site, the site team was satisfied that the proposed 

graduate degree program meets the requirements 

of the Department of Education’s “Federal Policy 

Governing the Granting of Academic Degrees by 

Federal Agencies and Institutions.” Based on the 

extremely high quality of the program, the site 

team unanimously recommended that the NACIQI 

advise the Secretary of Education that the University 

should be granted degree-granting authority, as 

requested for the Master of Science and Technology 

Intelligence degree. The NACIQI unanimously 

approved the degree-granting authority, and the 

Secretary signed the recommendation.

NIU ACADEMIC CENTERS

NIU is continuing to explore the use of 

geographically dispersed Academic Centers, as 

it becomes the center of academic life for the 

Intelligence Community (IC).

This past year, NIU piloted its first non–National 

Capital Region (NCR) Academic Center with 

the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) in 

Molesworth, England. NIU transferred a senior 

faculty member to serve as the European Academic 

Center (EAC) Academic Director and partnered 

closely with the Joint Analysis Center ( JAC) to 

deliver evening classes for part-time students across 

Europe using the JAC Molesworth facilities and 

certified adjunct faculty. The EAC was exceptionally 

successful (it is starting its second academic year with 

a new cohort of 19 Master of Science of Strategic 

Intelligence students), and NIU is reviewing its 

lessons learned to understand how to best expand 

the Academic Center model to other locations. 

The Academic Centers are designed to deliver NIU 

graduate and undergraduate degrees and certificates 

to qualified government civilian and military 

students. The size, shape, and type of programs 

delivered via the Academic Centers will vary based 

on local market demand. Criteria for establishing an 

Academic Center include having a proactive senior 

IC champion, a local joint student population, 

facilities (e.g., classrooms, IT architecture), and 

adjunct faculty. Establishment of an Academic 

Center signifies a long-term commitment by NIU 

to that particular location and those students. 

NIU wants to sustain its diverse, joint, and rigorous 

educational experience in this new distributed 

environment, and recognizes that innovation will 

be vital to sustaining its dynamic teaching and 

learning efforts while supporting a global military 

and civilian population. NIU is establishing its 

second non-NCR Academic Center in Tampa, 

Florida (in concert with U.S. Central Command 

[USCENTCOM]) this academic year, and is 

having ongoing discussions with the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Northern Command 

(USNORTHCOM), U.S. Pacific Command 

(USPACOM), and others regarding other potential 

future Academic Centers. These Academic Centers 

will also provide NIU with an opportunity to 

evaluate how to best employ distributed and blended 

learning over the next couple of years.

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

The Center for Strategic Intelligence Research 

(CSIR) has embarked on two new initiatives 

that emphasize the Center’s support for the 

NIU strategic priorities of education, research, 

and outreach.

RESEARCH TOPICS CALL

While CSIR, like NIU, values academic freedom 

as its highest priority, it also recognizes the need 

to respond to the intelligence requirements of 

the broader IC and DoD. As such, CSIR is well 

positioned to facilitate the intelligence research 

needs of external DoD and IC organizations. In 
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2012, CSIR issued a call for research topics to all 

Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, 

and U.S. Combatant Command intelligence 

elements. The aim is to present these topics to NIU 

faculty and students who may have a professional 

and/or academic interest in addressing these 

problems. In those cases where faculty and students 

are willing and able to respond to these needs, CSIR 

coordinates with the researchers and the requestors 

to ensure that requirements of both are met. As 

such, this new component of CSIR’s work supports 

NIU’s strategic focus on education, research, and 

outreach to the entire Intelligence Community.

PH.D. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORA

CSIR has established two forums to offer advice, 

feedback, and support to advanced graduate and 

Ph.D. students. Both forums are open to all members 

of the Intelligence Community who are considering 

or are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs. The 

first forum, the “Ph.D. Maybe” Forum, is designed 

for current master’s level graduate students and 

members of the IC who are considering or are 

actively seeking enrollment in a Ph.D. program 

at another university. The forum meets monthly 

to discuss strategies for identifying, applying to, 

procuring funding for, and planning research in a 

Ph.D. program.

The second forum is the Ph.D. Forum. This forum 

serves members of the Intelligence Community 

who are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs at 

other universities. It also meets monthly to discuss 

student research and writing projects; to explore 

ways to use a Ph.D. degree to successfully apply for 

advanced IC and defense-related job opportunities; 

and to offer advice on navigating the challenges of 

balancing the personal, professional, and educational 

demands that pursuit of a doctoral degree requires.

Both forums are key educational and professional 

development initiatives. The ability to 

successfully apply for and complete a Ph.D. 

program pays extraordinary dividends for 

the IC because it offers the opportunity 

to develop new knowledge, skills, and 

abilities that have a direct impact on the 

overall quality of work performed on 

behalf of the IC. The “Ph.D. Maybe” 

and Ph.D. Forums provide the advice, 

as well as the intellectual and moral 

support, that is essential to completing 

these very challenging programs. The 

forums have proven to be very popular 

among NIU students and faculty, in 

addition to many Intelligence 

Community personnel. 
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NIU ACADEMICS 

CORE CURRICULUM

As an Intelligence Community activity, 

NIU’s primary role is educating intelligence 

professionals. The curricula of all degree 

programs at NIU are tied to a common 

set of learning outcomes that intelligence 

professionals must understand and 

consider. The core concepts derive from 

the full set of competencies developed 

by the Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence (ODNI) in coordination 

with the IC.

Beginning in the fall of AY 2011–2012, 

the College of Strategic Intelligence and 

the School of Science and Technology 

Intelligence convened the quadrennial 

Education Offerings Working Group 

(EOWG) to assess how the NIU 

curriculum meets the needs of the IC. 

Working with representatives from 

across NIU, the EOWG used ODNI 

Skills and Competencies and reviewed all 

NIU core and elective materials to ensure 

that the NIU students’ knowledge and 

awareness of IC issues and practices answered 

both operational and strategic objectives.

DENIAL AND DECEPTION ADVANCED 

STUDIES PROGRAM

This program, sponsored by the National Intelligence 

Council, focuses on advanced analysis of adversarial 

activities and communication that spans the core 

focus of the NIU curriculum. The program was fully 

subscribed and held two successful offsite exercises. 

Coalition intelligence organizations are requesting 

that this instruction be made available to their 

officers, with Australia initiating efforts to have 

Denial and Deception instructors visit and teach 

“down under.”

COLLEGE OF STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE

THE MASTER OF SCIENCE OF STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE (MSSI)

Teaching, studying, and researching in the MSSI 

program is a unique fusion of academia and 

intelligence analysis. The focus of classes, research 

papers, and the graduate theses that all students 

must complete to graduate with an MSSI degree 

has to be on topics of concern and interest to the 

U.S. IC. It is the only IC institution in the nation 

that allows students to do their research in the Top 

Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/

SCI) arena. It is an excellent opportunity for military 

and civilian intelligence professionals to study this 

discipline at the operational and strategic level. 

The University offers a number of formats to make 

an NIU degree as accessible as possible. Between 

weekend programs, cohort options, weekday 

evening classes, and geographically separated 

Centers, interested military and federal employees 

close to the NCR have many opportunities to earn 

an MSSI.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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The MSSI curriculum is constantly being evaluated 

by the faculty. Given the dynamic nature of 

intelligence, the ever-changing nature of potential 

threats and adversaries to U.S. national security, 

and the rapid diffusion of information and 

capabilities in an increasingly global-vice-regional 

environment, intelligence professionals need 

to be more creative and less procedural in their 

thinking and functioning. The College of Strategic 

Intelligence, in supporting the ODNI’s recognition 

of this need, has again conducted a full review of its 

curricula. This was done to ensure that the MSSI 

courses provide the knowledge, awareness, and 

capability to practice the skills, knowledge, and 

competencies needed to make a critical, effective, 

and anticipatory intelligence professional. For 

this purpose, the faculty has strengthened NIU’s 

graduate thesis instruction by increasing discussion 

on research methodology, and increased the number 

of requirements to be completed by the students 

and their graduate committees instead of in the 

classroom. The increased one-on-one mentoring 

while the student is accomplishing original research 

enhances the ability to make a lasting impression 

on students and increases the likelihood that the 

skills involved in original research and creating 

possible outcomes and solutions will go with them 

when they return to their duties in the Intelligence 

Community. Other changes to the curriculum 

include classes on the study of financial support 

for terrorist activities and on the role of culture in 

intelligence analysis. 

The MSSI faculty has increased its capability. For 

the first time in the history of this institution, the 

ODNI and the FBI have provided faculty chairs 

to NIU. They join chairs from National Security 

Agency (NSA), National Geospatial-Intelligence 

Agency (NGA), Central Intelligence Agency 

(CIA), Department of State, military, and DIA. 

NIU students are now able to get perspectives from 

all these agencies to use in their research, thinking, 

and class work. While it has been said by many in 

the government and media that the U.S. Intelligence 

Community is a collection of stovepipes with little 

interaction among them, NIU represents a positive 

contrast to that perception. Students from across 

the IC are able to come to NIU and spend time 

contemplating and discussing important national 

security issues with classmates from throughout 

military and civilian intelligence. The presence of 

the faculty chairs from the related agencies enhances 

this discussion and helps foster the cross-agency 

relationships that are started at NIU and continued 

after graduation; these will bring dividends in future 

collaboration and success. 

JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY 

EDUCATION (JPME) STUDIES PROGRAM

NIU has progressed toward achieving accreditation 

for JPME Phase I. In the spring of 2012, the U.S. 

Congress authorized NIU to serve as a JPME 

institution. On October 26, 2012, the Process 

Accreditation for Joint Education (PAJE) team 

recommended to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff J7 an accreditation status for NIU based 

on the results of the team findings: certification of 

JPME Phase I Conditional Accreditation through 

October 31, 2015. NIU believes Joint education is 

critical because it is the primary structure through 

which military operations are organized, led, and 

executed. Intelligence support to Joint operations 

is critical at the strategic and tactical levels. NIU’s 

JPME Studies Program discusses those levels 

of support and educates its students on Joint 

organization, planning, and employment. 

GRADUATE CERTIFICATES OF 

INTELLIGENCE STUDIES

This past academic year has seen another successful 

round of instruction in the various Certificates 

of Intelligence Studies offered by the University. 

Students at USPACOM and the NCR studied 

intelligence issues regarding China, students at 

USCENTCOM and the NCR studied AfghanistanPakistan (Af-Pak), and students in the NCR 

were awarded the first Certificates of Intelligence 

Studies in Africa. The University also created a new 

certificate on Russia and the Near East, which will 

be offered in the next academic cycle. NIU now 

has five active Certificates of Intelligence Studies: 

Africa, China, Af-Pak, Counterintelligence, and 

Russia and the Near East. 

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTELLIGENCE 

(BSI) DEGREE 

The BSI is a fourth-year program, allowing students 

with at least 80 credits to finish their degree with 

the National Intelligence University. It allows these 

students, who may already have been in the IC for 10 

to 15 years, to hone their analytical skills and gain a 

broader perspective and strategic viewpoint. The year 

of intensive study culminates in a nine-credit class 
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called the Capstone Project. This group endeavor 

challenges the students to take on an analytical 

problem set and develop a futures analysis on a 

particular geographic region. The 2012 Capstone 

Project ambitiously grappled with what is popularly 

known as the “Arab Spring” and four Middle Eastern 

and North African countries that are in various 

stages of transformation. The preparation for this 

major project brought the students in collaboration 

and consultation with many of the major centers of 

intelligence analysis and their subject experts in the 

Intelligence Community. 

The BSI graduating Class of 2012 saw the inclusion 

of the first part-time cohort from the NSA Academic 

Center at College Park, Maryland. These students 

finished a two-year program and were included via 

video teleconference in the 2012 Capstone Project. 

With the inclusion of more Academic Centers, the 

BSI hopes to expand its pool of qualified fourthyear students for its part-time program.

The BSI reorganized the placement of its analysis 

courses in AY 2011–2012, allowing for better 

integration of knowledge leading up to the Capstone 

Project. It also expanded its curriculum to complete 

its regional studies offerings with the development 

of Latin America Intelligence Issues and Europe 

Intelligence Issues courses that will be offered in 

AY 2012–2013. 

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE

The Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science and 

Technology Intelligence is the newest addition 

to the National Intelligence University and was 

designed to expand the ability of the University 

to explore critical key functional intelligence 

issues. Grown from the Center for Science and 

Technology Intelligence, the school was chartered 

on November 1, 2010. 

A critical step in developing a rigorous curriculum 

included a review by the National Academy of 

Sciences. The core courses of the School of Science 

and Technology Intelligence concentrate on the 

shared dependencies of all intelligence: those of 

the political, military, and social context; those of 

global communications and exchanges; and those 

of historical and current events and conflicts. Thus, 

the core courses of the school are shared with 

the university.

This demands a focus on externally driven events, 

recognizing that analysts and collectors must 

have a global perspective and understand the 

interconnected nature and interaction effects of 

global, regional, and local events. Intelligence is 

characterized by an understanding of customer 

requirements and innovation, and is inherently 

future-focused because it is closely connected to 

changing world conditions.

The S&TI curriculum focuses on developing and 

applying forecasting and analytical skills, sustaining 

and supplying scientists and engineers for national 

security elements, and enhancing operational 

capability options for our warfighters and strategic 

decisionmakers. In this context, the School of 

Science and Technology Intelligence was developed 

to address analytic challenges of assessing and 

warning about threats arising from foreign science 

and technology.

Dr. Tony Oettinger was present at this year’s 

graduation to award 27 degrees for the first 

graduating class of the School of Science and 

Technology Intelligence that bears his name. The 

School also awarded the first two S&TI student 

awards: the National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for 

Science and Technology award for the best analytical 

S&TI thesis and the Scientific and Technological 

Intelligence Committee (STIC) award for the best 

experimental S&TI thesis.

THE MASTER OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE (MSTI)

Students enrolled in the Master of Science and 

Technology Intelligence (MSTI) program research 

Science and Technology Intelligence issues 

ranging from experimental laboratory programs 

executed cooperatively with the Department of 

Energy National Laboratories, to development 

of advanced analytical techniques for intelligence 

analysis and understanding of adversarial threats 

associated with the wide variety of changing S&Trelated geopolitical and strategic intelligence issues 

affecting national security.

S&TI CONCENTRATIONS AND ELECTIVES

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are 

one of the highest concerns for the Intelligence 

Community. While WMD issues include chemical, 

biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield 

explosive (CBRNE) threats from state, non-state, 
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and state-sponsored actors, not all are approached 

by the Intelligence Community in an equivalent 

manner. To address these systemic inconsistencies, 

the S&TI WMD concentration provides a graduate 

education designed to introduce students to the 

intelligence issues associated with the full spectrum 

of WMD actor and capability challenges.

The Information Operations and Cyber 

Intelligence (IOCI) concentration educates 

students on the rapidly changing foundations and 

dynamics of the global information environment. 

Successful completion of the concentration prepares 

students to provide strategic intelligence support 

within the three principle areas of Information 

Operations and Cyber Intelligence: Technology, 

Cognitive, and Threat. 

Emerging and Disruptive Technologies pose 

one of the greatest challenges to the Intelligence 

Community. Identification of the theoretical 

sciences, emerging disciplines, and hypothetical 

capabilities is a predictive challenge requiring both 

new approaches and broad resources.

Geostrategic Resources and Environment 

(Energy Resources and Power) issues are 

emerging as intelligence challenges in diplomacy 

and military-to-military relationships. Often, 

work on environmental issues can be used as a 

strategic confidence-building measure. The impact 

of the natural distribution of strategic resources 

is well known, but must be understood in light of 

both current and projected demands and tensions. 

Additionally, energy and power are the foundation 

of all military systems. Understanding adversarial 

adaptations and use of advanced power systems is 

critical to countermeasures and force protection. 

As energy becomes globalized—energy companies 

became internationalized decades ago—the 

challenges of controlling access and routes, 

understanding strategic intent, and identifying 

vulnerabilities are a high priority.
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UNIVERSITY STATISTICS

OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL 

EFFECTIVENESS

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) 

serves as a resource to provide information for the 

University’s decisionmaking process through a 

variety of data-gathering tasks, research projects, and 

analytic or assessment activities. It provides leadership 

and coordination in the areas of data collection 

and analysis, institutional research, and outcomes 

assessment, in support of University planning, 

resource allocation, the continuous improvement of 

educational programs, and the achievement of the 

University mission, goals, and objectives.

OIE serves as the central office for maintenance 

of data regarding NIU students, faculty, and 

staff as well as institutional programs, services, 

and operations.

OIE is committed to providing quality services 

to internally support University and departmental 

planning, while also coordinating and maintaining 

reporting requirements for external agencies 

and organizations.

The evolving range of functions and services 

provided by OIE includes the following:

•	 Ongoing analysis of current data practices 

and needs 

•	 Supporting campus stakeholders through 

institutional research consulting, data gathering, 

and analysis 

•	 Supporting faculty and academic leadership 

in the assessment of student learning and 

institutional assessment

•	 Playing a convening role across boundaries 

within the University around issues of data 

integration and improved data systems 

and processes

•	 Preparing and submitting information, official 

reports, and data files to ensure the University’s 

accreditation and accountability, continuous 

course and programmatic improvement, and 

stakeholder engagement

•	 Maintaining and improving processes for 

reporting essential University statistics to 

external stakeholders and essential basic 

information to internal stakeholders

•	 Applying knowledge of emergent research 

methodologies for assessment and 

decision support.

Under the principal purview of the Office of 

the Provost, OIE collaborates closely with 

the University’s faculty governance and senior 

leadership, the College of Strategic Intelligence, 

the School of Science and Technology Intelligence, 

Academic Centers, the Center for Strategic 

Intelligence Research, the Center for International 

Engagement, University Operations, the Office 

of Institutional Advancement and Outreach, and 

the Office of the President to maintain Middle 

States accreditation.

OFFICE GOAL

The primary goal of the OIE is to aid in the 

accountability of NIU to its constituents, both 

internal and external. This is accomplished through 

the collection, analysis, and reporting of data and 

information in order to measure the progress of the 

University in carrying out assigned functions and 

to provide the basis for informed decisionmaking 

and planning. 

OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT, INSTITUTIONAL 

PLANNING, AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Accreditation standards increasingly address 

outcomes assessment and institutional effectiveness 

issues. Beyond externally imposed demands, NIU 

has already recognized the need to develop more 

and better measures in these areas. OIE is currently 

involved in assisting in the development of key 

indicator reports and linking strategic planning 

efforts to budgeting. Because NIU’s Middle States 

Periodic Review Report is due June 1, 2013, there 

is recognition of the importance of tying the new 

strategic planning goals into institutional planning, 

outcomes, and resource allocation.

The Vice President of Finance and Administration 

is working closely with the Director of Institutional 

Effectiveness to play an important role in tracking 

and measuring the University’s Strategic Plan 

success over the next two years, and integrating 

Strategic Plan progress evaluation with outcomes 

assessment, institutional planning, and budgeting. 

Senior leadership will track Strategic Plan goals 
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in collaboration with representatives across 

divisions, and will report on their progress to the 

University’s President.

NIU ASSESSMENT COUNCIL’S REVIEW 

OF ASSESSMENT PLANS

In 2012, the College, School, Centers, 

Departments, and Units are expected to 

provide the Director of Institutional 

Effectiveness and the NIU Assessment 

Council with an annual update that 

summarizes progress. The College, 

School, Centers, Departments, 

and Units may submit an updated 

version of their assessment plan 

(documenting recent activity) to 

fulfill this request. The Director 

of Institutional Effectiveness, 

along with the NIU Assessment 

Committee, will review the updates, 

provide feedback, and report to NIU 

Senior Leadership on overall progress.

Most Departments and Units get 

feedback from a group or person within 

their college/school/division who reviews 

plans. In addition, the OIE team is available 

to the Departments and the deans, should 

they want assistance with understanding how 

to more effectively use the learning outcome 

and assessment process to better meet their goals. 

Deans have the ultimate authority for ensuring 

that Departments make adequate progress on 

implementing assessment plans. 

When reviewing plans, the focus is on the degree 

to which units are actively working to identify 

the strengths of their programs and areas for 

improvement, and then using that information 

effectively. Thus, the ideal department is not 

necessarily one that demonstrates that it meets 

all of its learning goals. Departments that can 

demonstrate that they know the strengths and 

weaknesses of their program, and are actively 

working to make improvements to their program, 

are considered successful.

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES 

AND ASSESSMENT 

Support for promoting learning outcomes and 

assessment comes in many forms:

•	 OIE provides academic affairs support to 

Departments and Programs that are interested 

in advancing assessment efforts. It can work 

with Departments and Programs to find data 

that can best meet their needs, and it can help 

Departments and Programs access institutional 

data (such as student or course profile 

information) or survey data that are specific to 

their unit. The office also provides advice and 

support in cases where units would like to use 

more quantitative or qualitative methods. In 

addition, the OIE is responsible for advancing 

the University’s accreditation efforts and can 

assist Departments and Programs that wish to 

better understand accreditation expectations. 

The OIE Director is the Chairperson of 

the NIU Assessment Council and helps to 

coordinate the work of the Council with the 

other units on campus.
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•	 The members of the NIU Assessment Council are available to provide one-onone assistance to Departments and Programs that need help with developing 

learning outcomes, designing assessment strategies, and implementing plans. 

The NIU Assessment Council works in conjunction with OIE to ensure that 

the administrative team, faculty, and professional staff have the resources that 

they need to be successful. Any questions or concerns about the process can 

be addressed to the Council.

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES

The Director of Institutional Effectiveness is working with the College of Strategic 

Intelligence Studies, the School of Science and Technology Intelligence, the 

Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, Center for International Engagement, 

and administrators to implement DIAD 3200.100, Human Subjects Research 

Management Plan; create an Office of Human Subjects Research Protection; 

implement training modules; and develop an NIU Institutional Review Board 

and DIA Institutional Review Board. These research initiatives will ensure that 

all research conducted at the University and DIA complies with international 

ethical standards and assurances. NIU and DIA protect the rights of all human 

subjects in conducting research, as expressed by Federal Regulation 45 CFR 46 

and DoD Directive 3216.02, Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to 

Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research. 

All DIA employees engaging in Human Subjects Research, as well as NIU 

faculty and students, are required to complete the Collaborative Institutional 

Training Initiative (CITI) and DoD Human Research Protection Program 

eLearning on AGILE, which educates them to be aware of how human subjects 

must be informed, willing, and protected when involved with research. During 

AY 2011–2012, the Human Subjects Research Team worked with Human 

Capital’s Office of Learning and Career Development (HCL) to design and 

set up DoD Human Research Protection Program Annual Refresher Training 

eLearning on AGILE. The Director of Institutional Effectiveness serves as the 

Human Protections Administrator for the Human Research Protection Program/

Institutional Review Boards, ensuring that appropriate oversight mechanisms, 

policies, and procedures have been implemented to guarantee compliance and 

assurance with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and 

DoD determinations of the IRBs.

NIU STUDENT PROFILE 

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011–2012

Tables 1 through 13 reflect the total number of military and civilian students 

enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs as of the annual census date of 

September 1, 2011:

TABLE 1: 2011-2012 ENROLLMENT

610 Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence degree students1

28 Master of Science and Technology Intelligence degree students

34 Bachelor of Science in Intelligence degree students2

58 Graduate Certificate students

1

Includes 110 part-time students returning for their second year of study and 81 

students who have completed coursework and are enrolled in thesis hours.

2

Includes 13 part-time students returning for their second year 

of study. 

TABLE 2: MSSI (FULL-TIME)

165 MILITARY GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED 

FOR AY 2011–2012

52 U.S. Air Force

2 U.S. Air Force Reserve

86 U.S. Army

15 U.S. Coast Guard

3 U.S. Marine Corps

7 U.S. Navy
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TABLE 3: MSSI PROGRAM (PART-TIME)

148 MILITARY GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED

FOR AY 2011–2012

1st Year 2nd Year

& Thesis-Only

12 12 U.S. Air Force

3 1 U.S. Air Force Reserve

0 3 U.S. Air National Guard

5 23 U.S. Army

4 6 U.S. Army National Guard

7 9 U.S. Army Reserve

2 6 U.S. Coast Guard

2 3 U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

4 9 U.S. Marine Corps

4 10 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

7 7 U.S. Navy

3 6 U.S. Naval Reserve

TABLE 4: MSSI Program (FULL-TIME)

30 CIVILIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED 

FOR AY 2011–2012

3 Air Force Office of Special Investigations

1 Central Intelligence Agency

9 Defense Intelligence Agency

5 Department of State

2 Federal Bureau of Investigation

2 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

4 National Security Agency

1 Naval Criminal Investigative Service

1 Office of the Director of National Intelligence

1 Office of Naval Intelligence

1 Transportation Security Administration
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TABLE 5: MSSI PROGRAM (PART-TIME)

267 CIVILIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED 

FOR AY 2011–2012

1st Year 2nd Year

& Thesis-Only

0 1 Air Force Office of Special Investigations

30 41 Defense Intelligence Agency

1 2 Department of the Army

4 2 Department of Defense (other)

1 1 Department of Energy

1 0 Department of Health and Human Services

6 6 Department of Homeland Security

1 0 Department of the Interior

0 3 Department of Justice

7 11 Department of State

0 1 Department of Transportation

2 3 Drug Enforcement Administration

27 23 Federal Bureau of Investigation

0 1 Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

14 24 National Security Agency

12 20 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

1 1 Naval Criminal Investigative Service

0 4 Office of the Director of National Intelligence

5 5 Office of Naval Intelligence

2 2 U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

0 1 U.S. Congress

0 1 U.S. Office of Personnel Management

TABLE 6: MSTI PROGRAM

18 MILITARY GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED 

FOR AY 2011–2012

4 U.S. Air Force

12 U.S. Army

1 U.S. Marine Corps

1 U.S. Navy
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TABLE 7: MSTI PROGRAM

10 CIVILIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS ACCEPTED 

FOR AY 2011–2012

1 Af-Pak Hands

1 Air Force Office of Special Investigations

1 Defense Intelligence Agency

1 Department of Energy

2 Department of State

1 Federal Bureau of Investigation

1 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

2 National Security Agency

TABLE 8: BSI PROGRAM (FULL-TIME)

17 MILITARY STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR 

AY 2011–2012

4 U.S. Air Force

3 U.S. Army

1 U.S. Coast Guard

4 U.S. Marine Corps

5 U.S. Navy

TABLE 9: BSI PROGRAM (PART-TIME)

4 MILITARY STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR

AY 2011–2012

1 U.S. Air Force

1 U.S. Coast Guard

2 U.S. Navy

TABLE 10: BSI PROGRAM (FULL-TIME)

4 CIVILIAN STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR

AY 2011–2012

1 Defense Intelligence Agency

1 Department of Defense (other)

1 Department of State

1 Office of the Secretary of Defense

TABLE 11: BSI PROGRAM (PART-TIME)

9 CIVILIAN STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR 

AY 2011–2012

1 Department of Health and Human Services

8 National Security Agency
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TABLE 12: CERTIFICATES

17 MILITARY STUDENTS—AY 2011–2012

5 U.S. Air Force

1 U.S. Air Force Reserve

4 U.S. Army

1 U.S. Coast Guard

5 U.S. Navy

1 U.S. Navy Reserves

TABLE 13: CERTIFICATES

41 CIVILIAN STUDENTS—AY 2011–2012

21 Defense Intelligence Agency

1 Department of Defense (other)

1 Department of Energy

1 Department of Justice (other)

3 Department of State

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation

2 Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

2 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

1 Office of Naval Intelligence

1 U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

1 U.S. Congress
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UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT

Since 2001, the total University enrollment has grown from 398 to 730 students. 

TABLE 14: UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT SINCE 2001

Academic Year Total Enrollment

2001–2002 398

2002–2003 414

2003–2004 475

2004–2005 474

2005–2006 619

2006–2007 645

2007–2008 739

2008–2009 692

2009–2010 580*

2010–2011 624

2011–2012 730

Of the full-time students, 82% are from the military services and 18% are from civilian agencies. Among the 

part-time students, 34% are from the military services and 66% are from civilian agencies. *The decline in 

enrollment in 2009–2010 was due to the discontinuance of the Strategic Intelligence Certificate Program.
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STUDENT DIVERSITY

The University draws students from across the federal government, and is therefore committed to federal policies regarding equal employment opportunity. In AY 

2009–2010, the College implemented an enhanced process for capturing and reporting diversity statistics, and continues to do so as students arrive each academic year. 

The diversity profile for the graduate and undergraduate classes of 2011–2012 is presented in Tables 15 and 16.

TABLE 15: GRADUATE STUDENTS 

DIVERSITY CHARACTERISTICS 

CLASS OF 2012

African American 5%

Asian/Pacific Islander 2%

Caucasian 51%

Hispanic 4%

Native American/Alaskan 1%

2 or More Races 2%

Other/Not Reported 35%

TABLE 16: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 

DIVERSITY CHARACTERISTICS 

CLASS OF 2012

African American 3%

Asian/Pacific Islander 0%

Caucasian 79%

Hispanic 18%

Native American/Alaskan 0%
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Graduate and undergraduate age and gender profiles have followed a stable pattern since 2005, as evidenced in Tables 17–20.

TABLE 17: GRADUATE PROGRAM GENDER PROFILE

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Male 75% 68% 72% 78% 70% 74% 85%

Female 25% 32% 28% 22% 30% 26% 15%

TABLE 18: GRADUATE PROGRAM AGE PROFILE

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Average 35 36 36 36 35 38 35

Range 22-60 22-63 22-59 22-57 22-60 32-44 22-55

TABLE 19: UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM GENDER PROFILE

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Male 54% 73% 58% 82% 52% 69% 76%

Female 46% 27% 42% 18% 48% 31% 24%

TABLE 20: UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AGE PROFILE

2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Average 36 37 33 32 31 37 33

Range 24-50 21-54 24-49 25-41 23-50 33-41 24-52
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Graduate and Undergraduate Student Academic Backgrounds

TABLE 21: MSSI/MSTI OVERALL STUDENT 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

CLASS OF 2012

Average Baccalaureate GPA 3.19

Average GRE Verbal Reasoning Score 534

Average GRE Quantitative Reasoning Score 554

Graduate GPA 3.77

Average GRE Analytical Writing Score 4.1

TABLE 22: BSI OVERALL STUDENT 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

CLASS OF 2012

Average Entrance GPA 3.33
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UNIVERSITY CENTERS

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

CSIR’s first priority is encouraging and fostering 

quality research and publications of students, 

faculty, and research fellows. CSIR’s secondary 

goal is to assist students with researching and 

writing their graduate theses. Throughout both 

endeavors, CSIR promotes research and writing 

standards for both students and faculty that meet 

the publication standards of the Center’s National 

Intelligence Press.

In 2012, CSIR staff members sat on thesis 

committees and provided informal research advice 

to students working on theses. CSIR staff provided 

several thesis workshops to students, at the request of 

instructors. CSIR personnel also assist in the annual 

research fair and serve on the School’s committees 

that review student thesis topics and research travel 

funding requests. Finally, CSIR continues to update 

online resources via Blackboard for a wide range of 

research and writing topics. 

HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH

CSIR assists the Office of Institutional Effectiveness 

in the operation of the NIU Institutional Review 

Board (IRB). The purpose of the IRB is to ensure that 

all research at the University conducted with human 

subjects complies with international ethical standards 

for the treatment of human subjects for research 

purposes. Most of the student and faculty research 

conducted at NIU consists of interviews, surveys, and 

questionnaires. CSIR’s role is to track all research 

conducted with human subjects. In AY 2012, CSIR 

helped review over 400 student thesis proposals and 

managed over 41 human subjects protocols.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL 

ENGAGEMENT

NIU OFFERS FIRST COUNTERTERRORISM 

GRADUATE COURSES TO FIVE-EYE 

(FVEY) NATIONS

NIU’s European Academic Center (EAC) hosted 

the first graduate-level courses for FVEY nations—

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United 

Kingdom, and the United States—at Royal Air 

Force Base Brampton in the U.K. The intensive twoweek course covered the social and cultural aspects of 

terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as the effect 

of current analysis and reporting on the challenges 

and opportunities facing the FVEY community.

NIU AND USPACOM CO-HOST 

INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FELLOWS 

PROGRAM (IIFP)

During February 2012, the NIU co-hosted the 12th 

iteration of the IIFP with U.S. Pacific Command, 

conducting the first half of the program in 

Washington, DC, and the second half in Hawaii. 

Senior intelligence officers and civilians from 

Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Chile, 

Students at NIU’s first course for the Five-Eye partners studied, discussed, and analyzed terrorism and the 

challenges and opportunities facing the international community today.
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India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, 

Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam, and the United States attended 

the course. The growing significance of the Asia-Pacific Region led USPACOM 

and NIU to co-host this program. 

This iteration of the IIFP aimed to continue the momentum generated by 

USPACOM’s annual Asia-Pacific Intelligence Chiefs Conference (APICC) 

in an academic forum of nonattribution and transparency. Brigadier General 

Vijay Moktan, Director of Military Intelligence, Nepal, and also a Fellow from 

the February class, briefed the Directors of Military Intelligence at APICC on 

topics discussed during the program, as well as the value of the Asia-Pacific IIFP. 

The IIFP was lauded by Rear Admiral Paul Becker, J2, USPACOM, and the 

Asia-Pacific Directors of Military Intelligence, prompting USPACOM to 

propose an annual partnership with NIU. The next Asia-Pacific IIFP will occur in 

February 2013.

Rear Admiral Becker, J2, USPACOM, hosted the International Intelligence Fellows 

at USPACOM Headquarters in Oahu, Hawaii. 

NIU FACULTY ANALYSIS SEMINAR AT THE GEORGIAN 

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Four NIU faculty members conducted a seminar on “The Challenge of 

Intelligence Analysis,” from 20 to 23 February in Tbilisi, Georgia. The 

unclassified seminar aimed to promote an exchange of ideas in improving 

intelligence analysis. Content consisted of an examination of strategic 

intelligence issues on the post-9/11 threat environment, challenges in using 

structured analysis, analytic considerations of information operations, and the 

use of open-source research. 

The 48 Georgian participants were army intelligence officers and civilian 

intelligence analysts from other national-level organizations. The seminar resulted 

in a lively and interactive exchange of ideas on the use and utility of structured 

analytic methods.

Participants from Georgia’s Military Intelligence Directorate conclude an analysis 

seminar in Tbilisi, Georgia. 
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NIU FACULTY ATTEND BALKANS 

INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS CONFERENCE 

NIU co-hosted the second annual Western 

Balkans Defense/Military Intelligence Chiefs 

Conference (WEBADIC 2) with Albania’s 

Military Intelligence Service. The conference was 

held in Durres, Albania, from April 17 to 18, 2012. 

The following countries participated in WEBADIC 

2: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, 

Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and 

Slovenia. The following entities were represented: 

USEUCOM, NATO International Military Staff, 

NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (IFC), and NIU.

Several faculty members from NIU presented papers 

at the conference and contributed to the conference 

journal, Uniting Intelligence Efforts to Tackle New 

Emerging Threats. Papers submitted included “The 

Nexus between Organized Crime and Terrorism: 

The Case of Mexico and WMD”; “Criminal 

Insurgencies: Evolution of Insurgencies into 

Transnational Criminal Organizations”; “Human 

Intelligence Operations in ISAF”; and “The Return 

of Arab ‘National’ ISM.” A faculty member acted as 

a peer reviewer for the journal, and another served 

as one of three editors.

Rear Admiral Norman Hayes, Director of 

Intelligence, USEUCOM, noted the changing 

democracies of Europe and the development of 

democracies in the Middle East, emphasizing the 

importance of collaboration through conferences 

such as WEBADIC in a dynamic climate. NIU 

President, Dr. David Ellison, in an address to 

the Albanian Defence Academy prior to the 

conference, corroborated Rear Admiral Hayes’s 

remarks, highlighting the significant role of 

academic collaboration and forums in developing 

critical thinking skills, as well as both personal and 

professional relationships. 

In addition to providing a platform for military and 

intelligence leaders in the region to discuss common 

concerns, the conference and journal allowed for 

collaboration between the Balkans Intelligence 

Chiefs and the United States, strengthening 

relationships between the nations. Senior intelligence officials from USEUCOM, 

NATO, and Albania commence the second annual 

Western Balkans Defense/Military Intelligence Chiefs 

Conference (WEBADIC 2) in Durres, Albania. 
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MAY INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

FELLOWS PROGRAM (IIFP)

The 13th iteration of the IIFP, held from May 3 

to 18, 2012, included senior international officers 

and civilians from Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, 

Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, 

Maldives, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, 

Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, 

Turkey, Uganda, and the United States. 

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Senior Advisor to 

the Director of National Intelligence, and Mr. 

Daniel Butler, Deputy Assistant Commandant for 

Intelligence and Criminal Investigations, U.S. Coast 

Guard, gave keynote addresses, followed by robust 

question-and-answer sessions. The Fellows also 

received briefings from six NIU faculty members, 

as well as from members of the Intelligence 

Community and private sector.

CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM 

IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA

NIU and the Joint Special Operations University 

( JSOU) co-hosted a Continuing Engagement 

Symposium in Gaborone, Botswana, June 4–8, 

2012. Graduates from NIU’s International 

Intelligence Fellows Program (IIFP) and JSOU’s 

Special Operations Combating Terrorism Course 

attended the Symposium. The following nations 

were represented: Botswana, Burkina Faso, 

Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, 

Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Senegal, 

South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, and the United 

States. The theme of the program was “Integrating 

Intelligence, Counterterrorism Strategies, and 

Special Operations to Combat Terrorism,” with an 

emphasis on terrorist threats and counterterrorism 

strategies pertaining to countries in Africa. 

Mr. Terrence Ford, Director of Intelligence, 

USAFRICOM; Brigadier General Peter Magosi, 

Director of Military Intelligence for Botswana 

Defense Force; and JSOU President, Dr. Brian 

Maher, gave keynote addresses presenting various 

expert perspectives on African security concerns 

and methods of regional as well as international 

engagement. Alumni from JSOU and NIU shared 

their perspectives, opinions, and experiences, coming 

together on the final day to discuss the way forward 

in engagement and combating terrorism in Africa. 

NIU FACULTY SEMINAR WITH THE KOREAN 

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

Four faculty members traveled to the Korean Defense 

Intelligence Agency (KDIA) in Seoul, Korea, from 

July 23 through 26. The overall theme of the seminar 

was “The Challenges of Intelligence Analysis,” with 

subthemes including “Analytic Transformation 

in the U.S. Intelligence Community,” “Structured 

Analytic Techniques,” and “Techniques of 

Estimation.” Thirty-five participants attended from 

the KDIA, including analysts, operations chiefs, 

strategic planners, and others. The NIU delegation 

also met with the Director of KDIA, who expressed 

appreciation for the exchange of dialogue between 

NIU and KDIA.

Members of the May class of International Fellows 

pose with Dr. Ellison, President, NIU; Mr. David 

Shedd, Deputy Director, DIA; and Colonel Randall 

Williamson, Deputy Director, NIU.

A group of IIFP and JSOU alumni discuss Africa 

security issues during a breakout session.
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Analysis Seminar at KDIA

AUGUST INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

FELLOWS PROGRAM

Fellows attending the 14th iteration of NIU’s 

International Intelligence Fellows Program (IIFP) 

from August 15 through 30, 2012, came from 

the Bahamas, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, 

Burundi, Egypt, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, 

Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Oman, 

Pakistan, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia Republic, 

Switzerland, Uganda, Yemen, and the United States. 

The keynote speakers were Frank J. Cilluffo, 

Director of George Washington University’s 

Homeland Security Policy Institute, and S. Leslie 

Ireland, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and 

Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Six NIU 

faculty members briefed the Fellows in their areas 

of expertise, while other faculty members facilitated 

breakout sessions.

FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT NIU

The Center for International Engagement facilitated 

several visits from senior-level international 

delegations this year. Often a component of a 

formal, broader visit to the DIA, these visits 

enabled the University to showcase its futurefocused intelligence education and engagement 

initiatives. The University’s substantive international 

engagement with foreign delegations directly 

strengthened foreign intelligence relationships to 

help meet today’s global security challenges. 

Georgia—September 2011

Mr. Nukri Endeladze, Acting Director of Military 

Intelligence, and Major Irakli Tchitchinidze, Head 

of the Analytic Branch, Department of Military 

Intelligence, visited NIU with Lieutenant Colonel 

Patrick McGee, Marine Attaché, U.S. Defense 

Attaché Office, Tbilisi. The purpose of the visit 

was to familiarize Mr. Endeladze and Major 

Tchitchinidze with NIU’s mission, curriculum, and 

international education opportunities. They received 

briefings from NIU’s Schools and CIE, and an NIU 

overview from Dr. Studds. 

Romania—October 2011

Lieutenant General Georghe Savu, Director 

General of the General Directorate for Defence 

Intelligence, and his accompanying delegation spent 

a day at NIU in order to become better acquainted 

with the University and strengthen partnerships 

between Romania and NIU. The delegation met 

with Dr. Ellison, President, NIU, and received 

briefings from the School for Intelligence Studies, 

the School of Science and Technology Intelligence, 

the Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, and 

the Center for International Engagement. 

Naval Staff College—March 2012

A delegation of 40 mid-grade international officers 

from the U.S. Naval War College’s Naval Staff 

College visited the NIU. They received a DIA 

Overview brief, as well as briefings from two 

NIU faculty members. The visit not only better 

acquainted these officers with the DIA mission, 

but also introduced them to NIU’s international 

education opportunities. 

Saudi Arabia—May 2012

Nineteen students from the Kingdom of Saudi 

Arabia’s War Course (SWC) visited the NIU to 

learn about an intelligence university’s curriculum 

as they build their own intelligence education 

program. After the Provost welcomed the group, 

they received a DIA Roles and Missions briefing, 

as well as overview briefings from the College 

of Strategic Intelligence, the School of Science 

and Technology Intelligence, the Center for 

Strategic Intelligence Research, and the Center for 

International Engagement. 
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FVEYS CERTIFICATE COURSE

SEPTEMBER 2011

4 U.S. Participants

4 FVEY Participants

FEBRUARY INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

FELLOWS PROGRAM

19 Fellows (18 International +1 U.S.)

36 Speakers (7 NIU Faculty)

GEORGIA ANALYSIS SEMINAR

FEBRUARY 2012

48 Georgian civilian and military attendees

4 Faculty Speakers

BALKANS INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS CONFERENCE

APRIL 2012

45 International Attendees

11 NIU/Faculty Attendees

INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

FELLOWS PROGRAM

MAY 2012

21 Fellows (19 International + 2 U.S.)

40 Speakers (6 NIU Faculty)

CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

JUNE 2012

39 Alumni (15 Countries)

11 Speakers

KOREAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

ANALYSIS SEMINAR 

JULY 2012

35 KDIA Participants

4 Faculty Speakers

INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

FELLOWS PROGRAM

AUGUST 2012

22 Fellows (20 International + 2 U.S. Fellows)

37 Speakers (6 NIU Faculty)
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RESEARCH

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH

2012–2013 NIU RESEARCH FELLOWS

In 2003, CSIR launched the National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC) 

Research Fellows Program. Since then, CSIR has hosted between five and eight 

fellows per year from various intelligence agencies and the military services, 

including, in collaboration with the National Intelligence Council, as many as five 

ODNI Exceptional Analysts per year. CSIR provides the Fellows with full access 

to CSIR or NIU faculty mentors to help craft their research design, and access 

to National Intelligence (NI) Press editorial staff to assist with publishing their 

findings. CSIR also provides research travel funding, computers, and workspace. 

The program is open to mid-career or senior intelligence professionals or 

military personnel. 

In 2012, the Fellows conducted research on diverse strategic intelligence 

topics, including the following: analyzing North Korean propaganda; 

assessing foreign counterintelligence priorities; examining the United 

States strategies for countering Latin American drug trafficking organizations; 

and sourcing uranium conversion materials. 

In 2012, CSIR continued to partner with NIU’s School of Science and Technology 

Intelligence (School of S&TI) to provide Research Fellows who have a formal 

science and engineering background with the opportunity to work closely with 

S&TI researchers to craft a research project. The School of S&TI also facilitates 

interaction with national scientists and engineers, including up to three months 

of funded research onsite in national laboratories and defense facilities. 

Fellows are encouraged to publish their research in intelligence industry 

periodicals, journals, newsletters, and magazines. Several 2012 Fellows are 

currently revising their research projects for publication in various unclassified 

intelligence and academic journals. 
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FELLOWS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

NIU RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM

Home Agency 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

DIA x x x xx xx x

NIU x x

NGA x x x x xx x x

NSA x x xx

State xx xx x xx x

USAF x xxx x x x xx x xx x

USCG x x x x x x x

USMC x x x

USA x x x

USN x x

ONI x

Open Source Ctr x

USEUCOM x x

NRC (Nuclear Reg Cmsn) x

Buffalo PD x

Princeton x

ABIN (Brazil) x

CIA x

DHS x x

ODNI x

TOTALS 5 5 5 7 9 8 7 9 6 8

GREEN: ODNI Exceptional Analyst Program

PURPLE: NIU S&TI Fellows
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CSIR’S COLLABORATIVE 

RESEARCH INITIATIVES

The Research Center experimented with three 

different types of collaborative research projects 

in 2010, and these projects proved to be a success 

in 2011. The successes of these pilot projects have 

improved CSIR’s ability to conduct joint research 

with our allies, other IC agencies, and academia. 

CSIR staff can help individual offices or groups 

design and implement research projects alone or 

with faculty and student participation, and the 

results can be published through the NI Press. 

The three basic types of projects are 

1. Collected Works Projects. This type of project 

works with an outside group of professionals 

to generate themed articles to combine into 

a book. For example, CSIR has been working 

for several years, alongside NIU’s Center for 

International Engagement, to reach out to 

intelligence professionals in Latin America 

to write books and articles on the role of 

intelligence in a democracy from their own point 

of view. CSIR is currently working on a new 

collection covering intelligence management in 

Latin America, as well as a similar endeavor for 

intelligence professionals in Africa. 

2. IC-Sponsored Research. CSIR supports 

individual offices or agencies from across the 

Intelligence Community by pairing them with 

NIU faculty members who work with a small 

group of students to address a specific research 

project for that office or agency. This type of 

research project provides the office or agency 

with actionable research, while also providing 

students with the experience of responding to 

real IC requirements.

3. Academic Outreach Projects. CSIR supports 

individual faculty members working in 

partnership with an outside academic institution 

on joint faculty–student projects and a final 

publication. Such partnerships more deeply 

engage NIU with the broader academic world, 

thereby improving research projects produced 

in both the IC and academia.

COLLEGE OF STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE

The faculty and students of the College of Strategic 

Intelligence continue to press forward with new 

and important efforts in support of the Intelligence 

Community. In addition to the more than 200 

graduate theses generated each academic year on 

topics of importance, independent faculty efforts 

have also generated significant contributions.

GRADUATE THESIS

The MSSI thesis program requires students to 

write their thesis on a topic of importance to the 

IC. This year, topics included counterintelligence, 

indications and warnings surrounding the Arab 

Spring, technology acquisition by drug cartels, 

use of airborne collection platforms, and sharing 

intelligence with foreign allies.

FACULTY RESEARCH

Faculty research generated a number of notable 

efforts relating to intelligence. Recent studies 

accepted for publication include a study on the 

use of children in warfare, and an examination of 

lobbying activities by Chinese business interests. 

Other faculty research underway includes studies 

on Sudanese political culture, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Apportionment 

process, hostile passive defense techniques, the 

impact of U.S. arms transfers in the Third World, 

and a study on the implications resulting from 

intelligence outputs.

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE

COOPERATIVE GRADUATE 

RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Cooperative Graduate Research Program is a 

collaborative outreach program enabling NIU S&TI 

students to conduct experimental and analytical 

research in a collaborative setting at Department of 

Energy National Laboratories. NIU has developed 

formal relationships with Sandia National 

Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National 

Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 

and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Program 

enables students to conduct thesis research at 

the laboratories, and it provides direct access to 

world-class scientists for interaction, research, and 

perspectives on specific S&T intelligence issues.
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This year, a USAF student conducted a 

remarkable experimental thesis research project in 

conjunction with ongoing Los Alamos National 

Laboratory programs. Another student worked in 

conjunction with Lawrence Livermore National 

Laboratory on his thesis subject. The Science 

and Technology Research Program generated 

numerous highly successful classified results 

through engagement across a broad spectrum of 

National Level organizations, addressing subjects 

ranging from SIGINT mathematics and materials 

characterization to systems engineering analysis. 

SCIENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGY 

ASSESSMENT CONFERENCES (SB-TAC)

In partnership with the National Intelligence 

Council and the Department of Energy Office of 

Intelligence, S&TI continued its work following 

two jointly sponsored Science-Based Technology 

Assessments Conference series (SB-TAC) to 

explore anticipation and warning of the threat 

posed by innovations in globalized technology. The 

program included sponsored laboratory research 

on questions developed during the conferences to 

seek solutions to problems involving the potential 

for strategic surprise. The fourth conference on 

Emerging Technology, addressing biological agents, 

was held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 

October 2012. 

VIRTUAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

LIBRARY (VSTL)

The pilot Virtual Science and Technology Library 

(VSTL) is intended to provide intelligence 

analysts with desktop electronic access to opensource scientific and technical literature. There is 

a pressing need for access to information such as 

peer-reviewed articles from journals and conference 

proceedings, databases that have aggregated such 

content and/or the citations and abstracts of such 

content, tools to search and analyze this material, 

and document delivery or other services to provide 

the full text of documents. The VSTL will serve the 

S&TI community across the IC and form an anchor 

for NIU electronic access. The desired strategic end 

state of this initiative is a stable electronic library 

that will meet the current and future needs of 

S&TI. The VSTL will provide access to critical 

content that is not generally available, facilitate the 

elimination of duplication of effort by individual 

agencies, allow the Community to realize economies 

of scale to control costs, and provide the stability 

of an enterprise in support of a reliable source of 

S&T literature.

THE JOHN T. HUGHES LIBRARY

Preparations for the expansion of services in support 

of the National Intelligence University dominated 

this academic year. As the research resource for 

both the NIU and the Defense Intelligence Agency, 

the library faces significant challenges in meeting 

the information needs of its varied customers. 

Growing from a one college/government library to 

a university library and an agency library will be the 

most immediate challenge the library will face in 

the coming years.

The John T. Hughes Library continues to focus on 

building collections that support the curriculum 

and research needs of the students and faculty, and 

to provide those resources using traditional and 

emerging library technologies. In addition, the 

library instructs the students and faculty in ways to 

locate and use the information.

ACCESS SERVICES

The research materials available from the John 

T. Hughes Library reflect an appropriate balance 

between materials necessary to and available 

within the library’s own physical collection and the 

increasing number of resources outside of the library. 

These external resources are accessible through 

emerging technologies and cooperative collection 

development agreements with other IC libraries and 

through our inter-library loan service. The library’s 

circulation staff also successfully distributed over 

15,000 textbooks to our student populations—both 

onsite and at various locations worldwide.

RESEARCH SERVICES

The faculty–librarian liaison program grew for AY 

2011–2012. In addition to each faculty member 

being assigned a research librarian for increased 

research support, librarians were embedded in 

courses and assisted in the curriculum development 

for new certificate programs.

The library research staff continued teaching 

sessions of the MSSI 701 Thesis Proposal Course, 

emphasizing the literature review and the research 

resources available to NIU students. The research 
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librarians also continued to provide other research 

instruction on various electronic resources including 

LexisNexis, RefWorks, and multiple classified 

research databases.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

In AY 2011–2012, the library budget increased 

by 10%, with 77% allocated to the purchase of 

new research content and 10% allocated to 

textbook purchases. 

The library added over 4,300 new items to the general 

collection (books, maps, DVDs, audio CDs) and was 

able to expand access to digital content by adding 

subscriptions to Europe World Database, additional 

JSTOR Collections, and the World Politics Review 

Database. In an effort to increase student research 

productivity, the library continued to maintain 

subscriptions to RefWorks, 360 Link Resolver, and 

Serials Solutions A-Z list. In addition to the 23 

research databases to which the library provides 

access, NIU students have access to the DNI’s 

Open Source Center commercial content and other 

research resources through contract agreements.

The library staff continued to participate in 

professional development opportunities in AY 2011–

2012, with the staff attending many professional 

library conferences, including the American 

Library Association Annual Conference, Special 

Libraries Association Annual Conference, Military 

Libraries Workshop, Georgia Library Associations 

Access Services Conference, Military Education 

Coordination Council, and Web-Search University.
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OUTREACH

OUTREACH OFFICE

“Laying a Foundation for Strategic Growth of 

the NIU Outreach Function”

PERSONNEL 

During AY 2011–2012, the NIU Outreach Office 

hired as Director of Outreach and Alumni Affairs a 

graduate of the University who has more than two 

decades of experience. The Outreach Office was also 

able to place an individual in the State Department’s 

Office of Intelligence and Research, the office that 

is the IC executive agent for analytic outreach, to 

serve as the Chief of the IC Associates Program. The 

Outreach Office faces some personnel challenges 

due to the restrictions on hiring a replacement for 

an individual who retired, though it was able to 

obtain contractor support to cover the staff officer 

duties. In addition, two contractor positions were 

realigned from the Office of the Provost to the 

Outreach Office to provide web and graphic arts 

support to the NIU marketing effort.

MARKETING

The Outreach Office took the lead in moving NIU 

toward a strategic approach to marketing in support 

of the goals of the University’s 2014–2018 Strategic 

Plan. Using contract funding that became available 

late in the fiscal year, the Outreach Office contracted 

with a marketing firm to develop an advertising 

campaign with a consistent brand and message and a 

long-range strategic marketing plan, and to identify 

means by which NIU can inform its key stakeholders 

of the University’s vision of “being the center of 

academic life for the Intelligence Community.” One 

of the desired results of the marketing plan is to 

achieve a student body mix that better represents 

the entire Intelligence Community—civilian as well 

as military. The marketing plan will be executed 

beginning in AY 2012–2013.

ALUMNI

During AY 2011–2012, the Outreach Office 

took the University’s first concrete steps toward 

building a campus community that includes its 

former students and staff. Breaking the string of 

24 consecutive months of silence to the alumni 

cadre, the new Director of Outreach and Alumni 

Relations engaged NIU alumni through emails 

and phone calls, and with alumni-specific pages 

on the NIU websites. Since November, more than 

300 alumni have reconnected with NIU, up from 

zero the year before. To date, the Outreach Office 

staff have accumulated more than 1,200 alumni 

email addresses—organized by graduation years—

to facilitate targeted communications and peer 

group networking. The staff continues to build that 

number, with the goal of doubling the number of 

alumni contacts by August 2013.

The Outreach Office’s work with alumni has 

benefited other offices in the University: 

•	 More than 300 records have been updated or 

verified in the Enrollment Office. 

•	 Alumni experts have been referred to the 

faculty for use as guest speakers or subject 

matter experts, or to participate in conferences.
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•	 Alumni success stories and testimonials have 

been provided to the Office of Institutional 

Effectiveness and published in the DIA 

InterComm, Communiqué, and elsewhere, as 

alumni anecdotes provided growing evidence of 

NIU’s impact on the IC.

The guest speaker for the Convocation for the 

Class of 2013 was John Halinski ’87, Deputy 

Administrator, Transportation Security 

Administration. Among the honored guests was 

Mr. Stretch ’63, a member of the first class to graduate 

from what was then the Defense Intelligence 

School. He is still working at Defense 

Intelligence Agency headquarters. 

FOUNDATION RELATIONS

In AY 2011–2012, NIU took carefully measured 

steps to establish strong and proper relations with 

the newly created National Intelligence University 

Foundation (NIUF). The NIUF, established in July 

2011, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation affiliated 

with the Armed Forces Communications and 

Electronics Association International (AFCEA). 

The Foundation’s mission is “to foster, encourage, 

and promote the educational, scientific, literary, and 

charitable purposes of the National Intelligence 

University (NIU); and to promote philanthropy in 

support of the NIU.” 

The Vice President for Outreach and the Director 

of Outreach and Alumni Relations, both of whom 

have been formally appointed Federal Liaisons to 

the NIU Foundation, facilitated several concrete 

actions by the NIU Foundation to support NIU 

activities during AY 2011–2012. Working closely 

with the DIA General Counsel on each event or 

activity, the Foundation provided a reception at 

the August 29 Convocation for the Class of 2012 

and sponsored light refreshments for the Board of 

Visitors meetings in January and June. Additionally, 

the Foundation arranged for a vendor to make 

customized diploma frames available for sale to the 

Class of 2012. 

NIU President, Dr. David Ellison, addressed the 

first meeting of the NIUF Board on July 22, 2012, 

at the invitation of the Chairman of the NIUF’s 

Board, former DNI Mike McConnell (who is 

an alumnus from the Class of 1971). Dr. Ellison 

provided a general NIU information briefing to 

the NIUF Board. He declined an invitation to 

serve as an ex-officio member of the Foundation’s 

Board, preferring to keep a clear line between his 

responsibilities as NIU President and the activities 

of the NIUF Board. 

WEBSITE MANAGEMENT

In AY 2011–2012, the Outreach Office led a 

successful six-month, cross-departmental effort to 

improve the content, appearance, and functionality 

of the University’s websites. As a result of this 

effort, for the first time in seven years, all three 

of the NIU websites—on unclassified, Secret, 

and Top Secret networks—were up to date, with 

synchronized content. 

One of NIU’s unique challenges is that, unlike most 

universities, it must maintain three websites: NIU 

has an unclassified website, a second website on 

the Top Secret network, and a third on the Secret 

network. Most of the content for the three sites 

was written at different times, by different people, 

in different styles, which resulted in an information 

challenge: three different descriptions of NIU and 

its programs. 

This web renewal effort was an important step in 

support of NIU’s strategic marketing effort. NIU 

websites are the University’s most visible information 

face to the outside world and are where many first 

impressions of the University are formed. The three 

NIU websites received more than 7 million hits in 

AY 2011–2012, and according to statistics provided 

by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, 98% of 

the incoming students in the Class of 2012 visited 

the website before arrival. 

Beginning in October 2011, the Web Content 

Committee, made up of representatives of each 

office in the University and chaired by the Director 

of Outreach and Alumni Relations, established 

a plan for correcting and improving the websites, 

beginning with the unclassified network, followed 

by the Top Secret site, and then the Secret site. 

They also established priorities for the specific 
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actions required. The first priority was to fix all 

errors, broken links, and content inconsistencies on 

all three websites. The second priority was to add 

new content, and the third priority was to improve 

and upgrade the functionality and appearance of 

the sites. To ensure consistency in messaging, Web 

Content Committee members were directed to look 

first at language in official printed material (such as 

the catalog, annual report, strategic plan, and student 

handbook) when drafting content for the web. The 

renewal resulted in hundreds of corrections, repair 

of broken links, removal or replacement of outdated 

material, and reordering of misplaced content. 

By June 2012, the website renewal process was 

completed, and the University now has an attractive, 

up-to-date web presence on all three web domains 

and a coherent governance process for ensuring this 

important information conduit is well managed, 

moving forward.

OUTREACH TO DOD PROFESSIONAL 

EDUCATION SCHOOLS

In early July, the Vice President for Outreach 

hosted a two-day meeting at NIU for the IC 

representatives who serve on the faculties of all 

of DoD’s Intermediate and Senior-level Joint 

Professional Military Education ( JPME) schools. 

This session had several purposes: to facilitate closer 

collaboration among the IC representatives at those 

schools, to facilitate collaboration between the IC 

representatives and NIU to allow them to better 

present intelligence-related topics, to determine 

what a graduate of DoD JPME schools should know 

about the role of intelligence in the development 

and implementation of national security strategy 

and policy/theater strategy and operational art, and 

to explore how best to teach intelligence-related 

topics in an unclassified venue and to a student body 

that includes allied officers and uncleared civilians. 

DIA Deputy Director David Shedd met with the 

group and discussed the importance of their role 

in instilling a culture of integration throughout 

the community. Mr. Shedd stressed the critical 

importance of education and training as budgets 

get tighter, and encouraged the IC representatives 

to expand their integration and outreach efforts to 

both domestic and foreign partners. 

The IC representatives returned to their schools, 

formed informal intelligence working groups, 

reviewed the current intelligence-related content 

of core and elective courses, and identified gaps 

between the current instructional material and what 

the group agreed should be covered. They are now 

working to develop proposals to fill those gaps.

National Intelligence University—in fulfillment 

of its responsibility to “provide a service of 

common academic concern to the Intelligence 

Community”—has offered to provide reach-back 

support to all of the IC agency representatives 

serving on the faculties at the JPME schools. To 

that end, NIU will establish a link on its Blackboard 

system and provide guest accounts to all the IC 

representatives on the faculties of those schools, 

allow them to post copies of the intelligence-related 

course material on that site (so everyone can share 

good ideas for topics, readings, speakers, etc., with 

one another), review any intelligence-related course 

material developed by the IC representatives at the 

JPME schools to make sure it is doctrinally correct 

and up-to-date, provide subject-matter experts 

where requested for intelligence-specific topics, and 

host future professional development sessions for 

the IC agency representatives on the faculties of all 

the JPME schools.

The NIU Outreach Office continues to work with 

the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) on a joint 

effort to offer an International Masters in Public 

Administration, which will initially include a 

course on the management of intelligence (which 

will eventually grow to become a concentration 

within the I-MPA program). In addition, the NIU 

Outreach Office has facilitated contacts with the 

Naval Postgraduate School’s office in the National 

Capital Region, with the goal of leveraging the 

highly qualified NPS faculty and research staff and 

collaborating on developing an Executive Masters in 

Public Administration that would be made available 
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to rising seniors across the Intelligence Community. 

NIU has also established a chair on the faculty of the 

Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. 

In AY 2013, this individual will become part of the 

NIU Outreach Office (like the DIA chairs at the 

War Colleges, discussed below).

DIA CHAIRS AT THE WAR COLLEGES

The DIA chairs serving on the faculties of the 

National War College, Eisenhower School 

(formerly Industrial College of the Armed Forces), 

Joint Forces Staff College, Naval War College, 

Army War College, Marine Corps University, and 

Air University are all assigned to the Outreach 

Office of the National Intelligence University. These 

individuals are competitively selected to serve a 

three-year rotational assignment at these schools, for 

which they receive “joint Intelligence Community 

credit” (a prerequisite for selection to the senior 

executive ranks). Because of their affiliation with 

NIU, they are well positioned to leverage the 

expertise of the University’s faculty to ensure they 

have access to the best possible intelligence-related 

instructional materials at the schools where they 

teach. In all but one of these schools, the DIA chair 

is now the senior of all the Intelligence Community 

representatives serving on the faculty; as such, they 

have taken a leadership role in the establishment and 

functioning of the informal intelligence working 

groups mentioned above.

At the National Defense University (NDU), NIU’s 

Vice President for Outreach (who also serves as the 

DIA Executive Representative to NDU) arranged 

for a half day of presentations to the International 

Fellows who will be attending the colleges of 

that University. This included a discussion with 

Mr. David Shedd, DIA Deputy Director; a panel 

of senior executives from across the Defense 

Intelligence Agency (including NIU); the DIA 

roles and missions briefing; and presentations about 

NIU’s International Intelligence Fellows Program 

and DIA’s Combined Strategic Intelligence 

Training Program. More than 100 allied officers 

who are attending the National War College, 

Eisenhower School, College of International 

Security Affairs, and Joint Forces Staff College were 

able to participate.

At the end of AY 2011, the DIA chair on the faculty 

of the Army War College completed his tour of duty 

at that school. In collaboration with the Army War 

College leadership and NIU leadership, a highly 

qualified replacement was selected and was in place 

prior to the start of AY 2012. At the request of the 

leadership of the schools, the DIA chairs on the 

faculties of the National War College, Joint Forces 

Staff College, Marine Corps University, and Air 

University were extended to permit them to serve 

through the end of AY 2013. The DIA chair on the 

faculty of the Naval War College was selected by 

the leadership of that school to become an associate 

professor (under the provisions of Title 10), and a 

search is underway to identify his replacement.

COLLEGE OF STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE

Faculty from the College of Strategic Intelligence 

completed a very broad and successful outreach 

agenda that included many other international 

efforts. A team of College instructors traveled to the 

Republic of Korea to lead seminars on intelligence 

analysis with our Korean allies. A very successful 

conference on ethics in intelligence was conducted 

that included the ODNI and DIA Director’s 

participation. A faculty member who also serves on 

the Board of Directors for the Global Futures Forum 

set up an important conference on Islamic awareness 

that took place in Singapore. Other members of the 

faculty participated extensively in IC organizations 

and took part in many other conferences.

NIU PROFESSORS ATTEND U.S.-CHINA 

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM IN 

BEIJING, CHINA

From April 18 to 28, 2012, two NIU faculty 

members participated in the Federal Executive 

Institute and Johns Hopkins University U.S.-China 

Government Executive Global Leadership Course 

held at Tsinghua University’s Center for U.S.-

China Relations in Beijing. The course’s theme was 

“Governance in China and America: Comparisons 

and Bridges,” and was a cooperative effort in 

exchanges between the United States and China. 

The faculty members were attending this program 

for the purposes of research and updating existing 

NIU courses on China, East Asia, and international 

relations. The faculty gained new insights into how 

the Chinese government develops new policies 

to respond to internal and external change, and 

developed a better understanding of current 

Chinese policies, how policy is formed, and future 

implications for the U.S.
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The program provided current insights into Chinese governance, including the 

structure of the Chinese state, role of the Communist Party, and the impacts 

that “New Actors” are having on public policy. Other topics included the role of 

the media and the ways information is communicated in China, governmentto-government (official) cooperation between the U.S. and China, and China’s 

economic development and its implications for U.S. economic security. The U.S. 

and Chinese participants engaged in several valuable educational exchanges and 

off-the-record discussions with Chinese officials in other areas such as China’s 

changing leadership, Chinese military strategy, the political economy, energy, 

security, environmental issues, law and society, and food policies. 

NIU HOSTS DIA YOUNG ANALYSTS 

CAMP PARTICIPANTS FROM ALLIED INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, several junior intelligence analysts from Australia, 

Japan, and the U.S. visited NIU to participate in an interactive two-hour seminar on 

the topic of “China’s Maritime Assertiveness.” NIU faculty led the discussion on this 

topic for the participants who were attending the DIA-hosted 2012 Young Analyst 

Camp. Given the ongoing security tensions over competing maritime claims in 

the South China Sea, participants were eager to interact and pose questions to 

NIU faculty about key factors and drivers for China’s expanding naval and civilian 

maritime law enforcement missions, activities, and modernization in the Western 

Pacific Region.

THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PROGRAM

The Distinguished Speaker Program allows students the opportunity to learn, 

outside the classroom environment, from senior leaders (military and civilian) 

with unique perspectives on topics concerning intelligence, policy, leadership, and 

important contemporary issues. 
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6 FEB Dr. Vinton G. Cerf

Vice President, Google

5 MAR Dr. David M. Abshire

President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

12 MAR Honorable Thomas J. Ridge

President and CEO, Ridge Global

14 MAR Ambassador John D. Negroponte

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

19 MAR Major General Mohamed Elkeshky

Egyptian Defense Attaché

26 MAR Brigadier General Vincent R. Stewart

Director of Intelligence, USMC

2 APR President’s Daily Brief Panel

16 APR Dr. John Duke Anthony

President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 

23 APR Dr. Douglas M. Johnston

President, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy

30 APR Mr. Arthur Zuehlke

Deputy Director, Mission Support Directorate, NRO

12 SEP Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr.

Director, DIA

17 OCT Mr. Robert Rice

Chief, CI Operations, NRC

24 OCT Dr. Nayantara Hensel

Professor, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, NDU

31 OCT Dr. Lorry M. Fenner

Director, Conflicts Records Research Center, NDU

7 NOV Mr. Anthony Stramella

Special Assistant to the Director

NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center 

21 NOV Ms. Letitia Long

Director, NGA

28 NOV Dr. Richard Cincotta

Stimson Center

5 DEC Dr. Brian Shaw

Dean, School of Science and Technology Intelligence, NIU

12 DEC Dr. Aaron Wolf

Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State University

9 JAN Dr. Dean C. Alexander

Director, Homeland Security 

Research Program

Western Illinois University

30 JAN George L. Piro

Special Agent, High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, FBI

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PROGRAM
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE

The School of Science and Technology Intelligence 

continued to develop its outreach efforts with 

educational and community partners.

•	 The Dean of the School of S&T Intelligence 

serves on the ODNI S&T Leadership Council.

•	 The Dean serves as the Chairman of the 

Expert Advisory Group of the Scientific and 

Technological Intelligence Committee (STIC), 

providing guidance to the Executive Secretary 

and Chairman of the STIC as well as to the 

National Intelligence Officer for Science 

and Technology. 

•	 One of our faculty members has been appointed 

as a member of Northern Virginia Community 

College’s (NOVA) Engineering Technology 

Advisory Board.

•	 One of our faculty members was awarded his 

Ph.D. from King’s College, London.

•	 Numerous faculty members have been engaged 

in briefing a wide variety of government 

organizations, including the Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency, DOE, ODNI, and CIA, and 

many educational institutions. Faculty members 

have served as adjunct or guest lecturers at the 

National War College, the Industrial College of 

the Armed Forces, the Army War College, and 

The George Marshall Center in Germany.

•	 The School has been working with a variety of 

institutions with both science and engineering 

and Intelligence and National Security 

Programs on areas of common concern from 

which to develop cooperative programs. In the 

last year, these efforts included the Sam Nunn 

School at Georgia Tech, the Systems and 

Information Engineering Department 

at the University of Virginia, and the 

College of Engineering and Hume 

Center for National Security at 

Virginia Tech.

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC 

INTELLIGENCE 

RESEARCH

CSIR’S NATIONAL 

INTELLIGENCE PRESS

The National Intelligence Press (NI 

Press) publishes the work of NIU 

faculty, research fellows, students, 

and IC professionals. The Press 

encourages its authors to introduce 

new perspectives on topics of critical 

interest to the IC and, more broadly, 

the U.S. government. 

Since its founding in 1996 (originally as 

the NDIC Press), the Press has established 

itself as a major resource for the IC. Our 

publications have become mainstays in IC 

classrooms and serve as indispensable tools 

for analysts, collectors, and others seeking new 

outlooks and paths to professional improvement.
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In 2012, the NI Press published Who Watches 

the Watchmen? The Conflict Between National Security 

and Freedom of the Press, by Gary Ross. Ross, who 

holds an MSSI from NIU, explores the threat to 

national security posed by the media’s disclosure of 

classified information. He concludes that the conflict 

between national security and the constitutional 

guarantee of a free press will continue, but can be 

better understood and more intelligently managed. 

Watchmen has drawn accolades from the highest 

reaches of the IC—and beyond.

The Press also published Imperialism With Chinese 

Characteristics? Reading and Re-Reading China’s 

2006 Defense White Paper, by Michael Metcalf, 

which offers two analyses of a landmark Chinese 

policy paper. The book has been in high demand 

since its publication and has been widely praised.

Also in 2012, the Press published the second edition 

of David T. Moore’s Sensemaking: A Structure for 

an Intelligence Revolution. Moore’s first edition, 

published earlier by the Press, quickly became an 

IC standard. In the revised and updated second 

edition, Moore, a former NIU lecturer, advocates 

for a paradigm shift to improve analysis among 

intelligence practitioners, as well as intelligence 

collaboration with decisionmakers.

The NI Press increased its readership by 75 percent 

in the past year through its digital publication 

initiative, with a monthly average of 2,935 book 

downloads. The Press has an online catalog with 

more than 30 titles available for students and other 

readers to download. In the fall of 2012, the Press 

will convert all of its titles to electronic publication 

(e-pub) formats, making them more accessible to 

e-reader devices.

CSIR’s partnership with the Government Printing 

Office (GPO) has enhanced its marketing abilities. 

The collaborative relationship with the GPO allows 

the Press to showcase its publications online at 

the GPO Bookstore, as well as on Amazon.com. 

Government employees may request complimentary 

books through the NI Press; on average, the Press 

receives 90 book requests each month.

CSIR made presentations on the NI Press to 

several academic and professional conferences over 

the past year. Our strong presence at gatherings 

such as the International Studies Association and 

the International Association for Intelligence 

Education helped call attention to key research by 

NIU faculty and students. 
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ENROLLMENT AND 

STUDENT SERVICES

The Office of Enrollment and Student Services 

plays a vital role in the success of our students, 

faculty, and administration. Housing the admissions, 

registration, and advising support functions of NIU, 

this office follows students from initial contact 

through admittance, registration, graduation, and 

beyond. Working with faculty and leadership, the 

Enrollment Office provides professional advice 

in the area of enrollment management, develops 

the academic calendar and manages classroom 

availability, responds to data and reporting requests 

from the faculty and Office of Institutional 

Effectiveness, and provides support for the various 

conferences and symposia occurring each year. 

Our Admissions staff works with agencies throughout 

the military and intelligence communities to 

recruit highly qualified candidates for our full- and 

part-time programs. During AY 2011–2012, our 

Admissions professionals successfully recruited a 

large and academically diverse class representing 

agencies throughout the IC. The Enrollment Office 

takes the lead in planning and organizing the 

University’s annual graduation ceremony. In 2012, 

our staff honored the achievements of our largestever graduating class with a ceremony attended 

by over 1,000 graduates, family, and friends. This 

year, we continue to expand our communications 

effort with an ever-increasing series of admissions, 

registration, and graduation bulletins.

UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

EDUCATION SUPPORT

The Educational Technology Department 

efforts in AY 2011–2012 centered on assisting 

and facilitating all educational technology 

needs and issues for students, faculty, research 

fellows, and staff. The Educational Technology 

Department focused on expanding and improving 

the infrastructure, applications, and technology 

processes. The department provided over 8,500 

support services and executed 3,395 file transfers 

between classification domains. 

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN 

THE CLASSROOM

The department replaced 194 DoDIIS Trusted 

Workstations with the Next Generation Desktop 

Environment. The department renovated the 

audiovisual systems in three classrooms and 

two conference rooms; upgraded the student 

information management system supporting the 

students, admissions office, and the registrar; and 

added business intelligence. The department added 

functionality to the Blackboard learning management 

system to better administer the environment. 

Over 400 training sessions for students were 

conducted by department staff teaching Blackboard 

functionality and techniques. The distance learning 

program was expanded with new Blackboard virtual 

technology. Over 60 virtual classes were completed 

using virtual technologies as the connection to 

locations worldwide. Over 50 training sessions 

were accomplished with faculty expanding course 

capabilities, four certificate programs, and the 

creation of the Southern Academic Center. 

Blackboard staff also used virtual technologies to 

train students and faculty in worldwide locations. 

Online documentation was expanded to facilitate 

self-help during communication between students 

and faculty. Seventy-five tutorials for faculty and 

students were created to facilitate Blackboard 

Collaborate use. 

Information technology processes were improved 

to allow a smoother orientation and linkages with 

other office processes. New software was acquired 

and implemented, in addition to upgrades to existing 

software, adding to the educational technologies 

inventory available to all University Centers and 

students for research and analysis.

The department continues to facilitate the 

testing and implementation of the Blackboard 

Outcomes software, which will expand the Office 

of Institutional Effectiveness data collection and 

analysis. The department developed over 20 reports 

to analyze student records and provide upper 

management quick statistics about the University. 

FISCAL RESOURCES

The University’s financial planning is based on the 

Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Execution 

(PPBE) system, which operates on a five-year cycle. 

The Defense Intelligence Agency is responsible 

for providing financial resources to the University. 

These requirements are forwarded by the University 
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President to DIA for inclusion in the overall DIA 

submission to the General Defense Intelligence 

Program (GDIP).

Per DODI 3305.01 guidance, the University 

continues to expand its educational, research, 

and outreach mission and responsibilities. The 

University is acting on this charter and the 

President’s Five-Year Strategic Plan, and through 

the programming and budgeting process NIU has 

secured additional funding in FY 2013 and FY 

2014 to increase IC academic offerings with 

new faculty, staff, and contractor support. FY 

2012 funding generated planned growth 

in all academic arenas and enabled the 

opening of another NIU Academic 

Center in Tampa, Florida.

NIU is exclusively funded 

through the GDIP, with 

100% of its budget in the 

base program.
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2011–2012 HONOREES

Honorable Michael J. Rogers

United States House of Representatives

Honorary Doctorate

ADM Robert E. Kramek, USCG (Ret)

Honorary Doctorate

Mr. A. Denis Clift

Honorary Doctorate

The Reserve/Monthly Executive Outstanding Faculty 

Member Award

Maj Darlene Almont, USAFR

The Robert D. Beland Memorial Award for Excellence 

in Teaching

Mr. Christopher Bailey

The National Intelligence University Intelligence 

Research Award

Maj Daniel Javorsek, II, USAF

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The Michael D. Kuszewski, Lieutenant Colonel ,United States 

Marine Corps Award

Lt Joseph Crowley, USN

The Barton Whaley Denial and Deception Research Award

Ms. Sarah Ann Kopach, DIA

The Non-commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) Military 

Excellence Award

NCOA MSSI—SFC Benjamin Bernier, USA

NCOA BSI—ISC James Martin, USN

NCOA Reserve—GySgt Steven Parides, USMCR

National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA) Award

NMIA MSSI—Ms. Laura Viscomi, ODNI

NMIA BSI—ENS Matthew Gann, USCG

The Military Order of the World Wars

Maj Jay Bao, USA

The Elizebeth S. Friedman Award

Mr. Donald Locke, State Department

The Ann Caracristi Naval Intelligence Foundation Award for 

Academic Excellence

Maj Ryan Christ, USMC

The Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Award 

Maj Jason West, USAF

The Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Archival Research Award 

Maj Gary Boutz, USAFR

The A. Denis Clift Award

David P. Brownstein, State Department

National Intelligence Officer for S&T Award

J. Thomas Johnston, State Department

The Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee Award

Maj Adam Grow, USA

The Reserve Officers Association Award for 

Outstanding Scholarship

Capt Stephen Kopach, USMCR

The Foreign Area Association Lieutenant General Vernon A. 

Walters Award for International Affairs

Ms. Arielle Weber, DIA

The NIU Faculty Research Award

Dr. Jennifer Davis

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