One of the goals of the Higher Education Project is to encourage and support the inclusion of emergency management-related education in colleges and universities across the United States. EMI would like to see an emergency management-related degree program in every State of the Union by the year 2001. There are currently 48 programs from the Certificate to the Ph.D. level. There are an additional 23 colleges and universities in the process of investigating establishing an emergency management program. There are also 6 completed courses and 15 more in development, towards a bachelor degree curriculum.
Completed courses are available for download vai the Internet.
Both are free of charge. Jane Kushma described a new emergency systems management concentration within the Human Services Management, B.S. degree program, offerred by the University of Tennessee at Chatanooga. An internship may be served in an emergency management setting. UTC seeks to expand the focus by emphasizing issues facing voluntary relief organizations and nonprofit agencies. UTC will consider granting elective credit for prior courses, and is actively exploring distance learning opportunities.