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Carol L. CwiakNorth Dakota State University
Shaping the Future:A Status Report on
Emergency Management Higher Education
The EM Hi Ed community extends its gratitude to
FEMA’s Hi Ed team, particularly the ever lovely Barbara Johnson for all she
does for the community day-in and day out!
Thank you members ofthe EM Hi Ed Community
for your participation!
Thank You!
Invitation only survey to all institutions on the FEMA Hi Ed webpage offering emergency management certificate or degree programs
One survey response per institution
Participants were asked to answer as many questions as possible given the status of their program and the data available to them
Methodology
Institutions solicited 1741
Institutions offering (offerings in category): Doctoral 9 (10) Masters 58 (63) Masters2 50 (59) Bachelors 34 (34) Bachelor3 27 (29) Associate 46 (48) Certificate 65 (69)
1 May 2012 2 Certificate, specialty, or track
3 Concentration or minor
Methodology
20 of the responding programs reportedthey plan to develop new programs over the next year.
Institutions solicited 174 Responses received 50 Response rate 29%
Methodology
“USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of
every four people make up 75%
of the population.”~ David Letterman
53%
20%
16%
11%
1 year or less
2-5 years
6-10 years
More than 10 years
Programs – Years in Existence
• Emergency Management 31• Management 35• Disaster 13• Preparedness 6• Crisis 5• Homeland Security 4
Program Names
“What's in a name?
That which we call a
rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
WilliamShakespeare
• Emergency Management• School of Social Work• Health Science• Public Safety• Technology• Human Services• Public Service• Business• Public Management and Policy• Lifelong Learning & Community
Engagement• Criminal Justice• Information & Technology School
of Management
Programs – Departments of Origin
• Social Sciences• Public Administration• School of Management• School of Public & Environmental Affairs• Center for Workforce Development• Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning• Fire Protection Technology• Psychology• Engineering Management & Systems
Engineering• Continuing Liberal & Professional Studies• Technical• Criminal Justice• School of Public Policy & Administration
22%
24%
48%
Pre-employ Advance
Both Other
6%
n = 45
Primary Purpose
n = 47
Public 30%
Private 2%
Both 68%
Primary Focus
Students and Graduates
17,538 Number of students reached by EM program courses (extrapolated from response of 5,086/29%)
4,534 Number of EM graduates this year (extrapolated from response of 1315/29%)
18,796 Number of students that have graduated from EM programs to date (current extrapolation added to 2011 figure of 14,262)
Males
62%
Fe-males38%
n = 48
Students
“I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions
in which they can learn.”~Albert Einstein
Full-time Faculty
None 24%1 41%2 13%3-5 10%6-10 8%11-18 4%
n = 37*
Faculty Representation
n = 49
Part-time Faculty
None 22% 1 10%2-5 35%6-10 21%11-90 12%
n = 49
Associated Faculty
None 51% 1 14%2-5 23%6-10 10%11-14 2%
n = 49
Faculty Representation
Full-time Faculty Devoted to Program
Faculty Representation
2012None 33% 1 43% 2 12% 3-4 4% 5-6 8% n = 49
2011None 29% 1 40% 2 15% 3 6% 4-5 6% 6-9 4%
2010None 37% 1 37% 2 13% 3 7% 4-7 6%
Did not attempt to hire 62%Attempted to hire, but did not hire 6%Hired new faculty 32%
16 institutions - 43 new hires
Full-time 17 Adjunct 26
n = 50
New Hires
19%No
81%Yes
Programs Offering Distance Education
n = 47
91%Yes
9%No
Awareness
91%Yes
9%No
Utilization
n = 44 n = 43
Principles are used in varying degrees across a wide variety of courses, both as course content and to structure courses
Principles of Emergency Management
n= 45
Technology Number ofInstitutions
Teaching
GIS 21
Hazus 10Web EOC/ Other web-based EOC system 19
Social networking 15
Media software 12
Other (LMS, Blackboard, 2nd Life, Web Tycho) 4
None 7
Technology-based Instruction
Utilization0
20
40
60
80
100
EMI IS Prototype
Hi Ed
n = 44
75%
14%
55%
Resource Utilization
Access to External Funding Opportunities (e.g., grants, contracts, etc.)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: External Funding
Access to Institutional Funding (e.g., stipends to develop courses/materials)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: Institutional Funding
Access to Library Resources (e.g., ability to obtain new holdings)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: Library Resources
Institutional Administrative Support (e.g., support attempts to develop & implement new program ideas)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: Institutional Administrative Support
Local EM Community Support (e.g., county and regional)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: Local EM Community Support
Access & Support Indicators: State EM Community Support
State EM Community Support (e.g., state level agency & state professional organization)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: State EM Community Support
National EM Professional Community Support (e.g., IAEM, NEMA, EMPOWER, etc.)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: National EM Community Support
FEMA-specific Support (e.g., Hi Ed Program, EMI, etc.)
n = xx
Access & Support Indicators: FEMA-specific Support
DHS-specific Support (e.g., overarching DHS programs & agencies within DHS other than FEMA-specific support)
n = 43
Access & Support Indicators: DHS-specific Support
Table 2- Representation Across Program Level
Access/Support n MeanStd.
Deviation
Access to external funding opportunities to support your program(e.g., grants, contracts, etc.)
43 4.35 2.80
Access to institutional funding (e.g., stipends to develop courses/materials)
43 5.02 2.61
Access to library resources (e.g., ability to obtain new holdings)
43 7.95 1.96
Institutional administrative support (e.g., support attempts to develop & implement new program ideas)
43 6.86 2.49
Local emergency management community support (e.g., county and regional)
43 7.77 2.36
State emergency management community support (e.g., state-level agency & state professional organization)
43 7.33 2.53
National emergency management professional community support (e.g., IAEM, NEMA, EMPOWER, etc.)
43 5.60 2.82
FEMA-specific support (e.g., Higher Education Program, EMI, etc.)
43 7.14 2.23
DHS-specific support (e.g., overarching DHS programs & agencies within DHS other than FEMA-specific support)
43 4.58 2.60
Access & Support Indicators
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The Top Challenges Facing Programs
Carol L. Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D.Dept. of Emergency ManagementNorth Dakota State UniversityNDSU Dept. 2351P.O. Box 6050Fargo, ND 58108-6050(701) [email protected]/emgt
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"Education is not the answer to the question.
Education is the means to the answer to all questions."
~William Allin