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Status ReportEmergency Management Higher Education Project

June 8, 2004

2B. Wayne Blanchard June 8, 2004

EM HiEd Conference Participation

183 Participants – Largest Ever – 114 Last Year

94 U.S. Colleges and Universities -- 84 Last Year

3 Foreign Colleges/Universities -- 4 Last Year

4 College Systems or Associations -- 2 Last Year

40 States Plus the District of Columbia – 41 Last Year

7 Countries – 3 Last Year


Topics To Be Covered

Very Busy Conference – Need Suggestions for Next Year

Recent Developments – NSF/FEMA EM HiEd Workshop

Growth of Collegiate Programs

Materials Development Status Report

Future Developments?


June ‘03-June ‘04 Developments

Fall 2003 – 1st Ph.D in Emergency Management at NDSU

October 2003 – NSF/FEMA EM HiEd 21st Century Disaster/Emergency Manager Workshop

Disaster Losses Still Going Up, Swiss and Munich Re Sound Alarm – How Far Is Hollywood Off the Map?

Hazard, Disaster, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs Growing Nicely, Thank You Very Much


Collegiate “EM” Program Growth 1995 -- 4

1996 -- 13

1997 -- 23

1998 -- 34

1999 -- 49

June 2000 -- 64

June 2001 -- 72

June 2002 -- 78

June 2003 -- 95

June 2004 --113

June 2003 To June 2004:

8 -- AD Level

4 -- BA/S Level

6 -- Graduate Level


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Projected “EM” HiEd Program Growth

97 Programs Under Investigation or Development

31 at Associate Level

34 at Bachelor Level

32 at Graduate Level


US Map of EM HiEd ProgramsMap of US Showing Status of EM College Map of US Showing Status of EM College

Programs by State Programs by State

Emer. Mgmt. Program in Place =

Proposed Emer. Mgmt. Program = No Program =

Related Emer. Mgmt. Program =


US EM HiEd State Map Breakout

37 States Have “Emergency Management” Programs

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico Have EM Programs

8 States Are Investigating or Developing “EM” Programs

2 States Have EM-Related Programs Business and Industry Loss Prevention, Safety Management Environmental Studies, Science and Technology

3 States Have No “EM” or Related Program (Maine, Montana, Nebraska)


Homeland Security & Int. Programs

27+ Homeland Security, Homeland Defense, Terrorism, and Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs 9 at AD Level 11 at BA/S Level 7 at MA Level

10+ Homeland Security Programs Under Development or Investigation

9 International Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Assistance Programs


Programs Growing In Size Also

The Crisis and Disaster Management Program has steadily grown – to the point that it is now the 2nd largest in the home department.

(Diana H. Bryant, Central Missouri State University, April 2003)

The MPA EM Concentration program was overwhelmed this year – had to turn students away – more in queue for next semester.

(Bill Waugh, Georgia State University, April 2003)

JSU is averaging 30 new graduate EM students per semester.

(Brenda Phillips, Jacksonville State University, Feb. 2003)



EM Certificate going so well we’re adding an AD. (Don Beckering, Minnesota State College System, March 2003)

Over the past four years we have seen our student population nearly double [185 declared majors], and our credit hour production more than triple…we are contemplating putting a cap on enrollment.

(David McEntire, University of North Texas, March 2004)

The B.S. in Emergency Management is one of the fastest growing four year degrees at the University of Akron.

(David Hoover and Nancy Grant, University of Akron, March 2004)



Doubled the size of our program in one-year from two cohorts to four and added two new certificates….

Growing from one certificate to a multi-disciplinary program with a Bachelor of Science in Disaster Management, Master of Science in Disaster Management, and Dr. of Public Health in Disaster Management by August 2005.

(Craig Marks, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, March 2004)



The Master of Science graduate degree in Fire & Emergency Management Administration at Oklahoma State University continues to grow. It is now the second largest of 19 master degree programs in the College of Arts & Sciences at OSU. We are expecting more than a 40% enrollment increase in our courses by the end of this academic year.

(Anthony Brown, Oklahoma State University, April 12, 2004)



Graduate enrollment in the Emergency/Disaster Management program has increased by 28% in the last five months to 72 students. Undergraduate enrollment…has increased by 54%…TO 111 students…. Graduate enrollment in our Homeland Security program has increased 58%…to 271 students. Undergraduate enrollment…has increased by 32%…to 303 students.

(Robert Jaffin, American Public University System, March 16, 2004)


Graduates Getting Jobs One of our problems is that some of our graduate students are being

hired out from under us – by merely being enrolled in the Crisis and Emergency Management Program. (Greg Shaw, George Washington University, July 1999)

The Emergency Administration and Management program is going very well…70 of 74 graduates landed emergency management relevant jobs this past year…in the $38,000 to $42,000 range.

(Mary Ann Rollans, Arkansas Tech University, March 2003)

Disaster Managers: A new profession in Turkey through the ITU Graduate Degree Program! A vision became a reality…All 13 Graduates were placed in high level government and private sector disaster management positions. Applications for the upcoming program have increased 4-fold.

(Derin Ural, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, March 18, 2004)


EM HiEd Project Projections…

More Emergency and Disaster Management Programs

More Homeland Security Programs

More International Disaster Management Programs

More Private-Sector Oriented Programs/Emphasis


And An Observation

With more and more colleges and universities offering certificates and degrees in emergency management, the profession has finally become the career of “first choice” for today’s best and brightest students of higher education.

(Steve Charvat, Emergency Manager, University of Washington, May 2002)


How Are We Being Supportive? 15 Completed Courses – Website -- Free College Courses

Latest: Hazards Risk Management Next: Holistic Disaster Recovery Regularly add new material to existing courses

8 Courses Under Development, including 3 in FY 2003 Hazards Mapping and Modeling – Upper Division Homeland Security and Terrorism short course – Upper Division Flood Plain Management – Graduate Level Draft material also downloadable from EM HiEd Website – Free College Courses

2 Planned in 2005: Legal Basis For and Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Management Emergency Management Theory – Graduate Course

See Notebook handout for suggestions – and Vote!


Suggested Development Projects

Communicating Risk/Risk Communication

Cost Benefit Analysis and Risk Assessment

Engineering/Building/Con-struction Professions and Disaster Reduction

Hazards Engineering for Non-Engineers

Journalism, Hazards and Disasters

Legal Basis for and Legal and Ethical Issues in Emer.Mgmt.

Planning for Hazards and Disasters

Politics of and Public Policy in Emergency Management

Psychology of Disasters

Social Marketing in EM

Survey Course of US Hazards

Theory of Emergency Mgmt.


How Are We Being Supportive?

2 Books Under Development and Another in Contracts Introduction to Emergency Management Textbook – and Additions International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters Articles Hazards Risk Management Case Studies Textbook – Thanks to COE

2005: Textbook for Social Dimensions 2nd Ed. Course

Homeland Security Related Training Courses CD ROM

Audio-Visual Materials Film and Video Annotated Bibliography, DVD Clips and Additions Mini-Lectures Video-Taped Conference Interviews


How Are We Being Supportive?

Additions to Emergency Management Competencies Section

Added “Proposals Compendium” this year

Faculty and Student Projects Support

Emergency Management Faculty Vacancy Announcements

Book Lists


Implications and Issues

Although knowledge does not guarantee power over natural catastrophe, it is a prime requisite of disaster prevention. (David Alexander, 2000, p. 249)

Tsunami Metaphor

Planning Analogy

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. (H.G. Wells)

Paradigm Shift or Evolution

Effect of Homeland SecurityFollow the Money

Ready for Catastrophe?


Finally

Next Emergency Management High Ed Conference June 7-9, 2005 – Three Full Days? What Priorities? Format? Here at Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, Maryland 120 Dorm Rooms Reserved and an additional classroom

Use Evaluation forms in notebooks to make recommendations.

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