Status ReportEmergency Management Higher Education Project

June 7, 2005

2B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005

EM HiEd Conference Participation

201 Participants – Largest Ever – 170 Last Year

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

6 Foreign Colleges/Universities -- 3 Last Year

39 States Plus the District of Columbia – 40 Last Year

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Topics To Be Covered

Very Busy Conference – Need Suggestions for Next Year

Growth of Collegiate Programs

EM HiEd Project Activity

Future Developments, Issues, Friction Points?

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Collegiate “EM” Program Growth 1994/1995 -- 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 2005 --120 (143)

June 2004 To June 2005:

30 New EM Programs:

15 -- AD Level

7 -- BA/S Level

8 -- Graduate Level

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“EM” College Programs By Year

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Projected “EM” HiEd Program Growth

110 Programs Under Investigation or Development

42 at Associate Level

34 at Bachelor Level

34 at Graduate Level

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EM HiEd Programs in U.S.

42 States Have “Emergency Management” Programs

District of Columbia & Puerto Rico Have EM Programs

4 States Investigating or Developing “EM” Programs Kentucky, NH, SC, SD

2 States Have EM-Related Programs Alaska & Iowa

2 States Have No “EM” or Related Program Maine & Montana

Map of US Showing Status of EM College Programs by State

Emer. Mgmt. Program in Place =

Proposed Emer. Mgmt. Program = No Program =

Related Emer. Mgmt. Program =

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Homeland Security, International Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance, & EM/HS-Related Programs

42 Homeland Security/Defense, Terrorism Programs 18 Others Under Development

10 More Being Investigated

9 International Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Assistance

26 Emergency Management/HS Related Programs Environmental Protection, Science, Management, Technician (6)

Hazardous Materials Management (2)

Public Health & Emergency Medical Services (10)

Public Safety & Security

Emergency Services Operations & Management (2)

2 Others Under Development (Public Health)

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Programs Growing In Size Also

“Over the past four years we have seen our student population nearly double

[185 declared majors]

…Our credit hour production more than triple…

Contemplating putting a cap on enrollment.”

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

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Graduates Getting Jobs

“At end of Spring 2005 will have graduated 179 students

98% working in highly specialized positions

related directly to field of emergency management.”

(Mary Ann Rollans, Dean, Arkansas Tech University, April 2005)

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EM Student Job Market

28% Job Market Increase

in… “Emergency Management Specialists” …

By year 2012.

Top 20 List of Growing Professions in U.S.

(Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004)

13B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005

Employer Support of Emergency Management Higher Education

Promotions with education consideration - 218 (50%)

Pay/reimbursement educational expenses - 286 (66%)

Provide incentives for going to college - 100 (23%)

Flexibility to attend school - 260 (60%)

Higher Starting Pay for degree - 170 (39%) (Craig Marks, Survey of Emergency Management Collegiate Students, 2004-2005)

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How Are We Being Supportive?

17 Courses on Website -- Free College Courses Latest: Holistic Disaster Recovery Next: Disaster Ops & Mgmt., or Coastal Hazards Mgmt. Periodically add new material to existing courses

5 Courses Under Development Coastal Hazards Management – Graduate Level Disaster Operations and Management – Upper Division Hazards Mapping and Modeling – Upper Division/Graduate Homeland Security and Terrorism short course – Upper Division Flood Plain Management – Graduate Level Draft material downloadable from EM HiEd Website – Free College Courses

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How Are We Being Supportive?

“Course Treatments” Under Development

Legal/Ethical Basis For Emer. Mgmt and Homeland Security

Hazards Risk Assessment Methods

Images of Disaster in Film

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How Are We Being Supportive? 5 “Books” Under Development or in “Works”

Introduction to Emergency Management Textbook

International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters Articles

Hazards Risk Management Case Studies Textbook

Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management

Papers from 2005 Emergency Management HiEd Conference

EM & HS-Related Training Courses CD ROM

Audio-Visual Materials Film and Video Annotated Bibliography, DVD Clips and Additions

Mini-Lectures

Video-Taped Conference Interviews

2005 EM HiEd Conference Select Plenary Panel Presentations

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How Are We Being Supportive?

Additions to Emergency Management Competencies Section

Added EM Job Market Data section to EM HiEd Website

Developing EM & HS Body of Knowledge Section

Developing “Getting Experience” Section to Website

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Where Now In EM & HS HiEd & Professionalism – Some Trends & Issues

Disasters Are A Growth Business

Thus, More Collegiate Programs of All Stripes

More Emergency and Disaster Management Programs

More Homeland Security Programs

More International Disaster Management Programs

More Related Programs

With Growth Comes Issues – Some Uncomfortable

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Issue: Response and MitigationIssue: Education and Experience

“…some emergency management systems are exclusively ‘ambulances at the bottom of cliffs’, whereas others are also ‘fences at the top’.

(Dr. Neil Britton, “Higher Education in Emergency Management: What is Happening

Elsewhere,” Paper for the 2004 EM HiEd Conference, June 2004, p. 2.)

This is why, for those who tout the “Be-All” of “Experience,” that “Experience” needs to be grounded in EDUCATION.

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Experience AND Education

“We do the profession a great injustice if we only look

to the future without extending a hand to the past.

The depth and breadth of knowledge in practitioners

must be acknowledged, embraced and built upon.

To do so is to have the best of both worlds – the

open-mind and the learned-soul.”

(Cwiak, Cline & Karlgaard. “Emergency Management Attitudes…” North

Dakota State University, 2004)

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Practitioner & Academic Research

“Too many Joes (and Janes) on the street think academic research is:

Some guy who shows up and takes money away from them…

To Study something they don’t care about… Writes it up in words…nobody understands… And publishes is somewhere that nobody ever reads.”

(Craig Marks, IAEM Discussion List, May 1, 2005)

22B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005

Theory versus Practice IssueWithin EM & HS Academic Programs “My own experience indicates that most faculty tend to be

excellent academics

rooted in various schools of methodological and substantive theory.

In sharp contrast, others are ‘nuts and bolts’ oriented practitioners who have

earned some type of academic credential.

Too often they lack much respect for the place of theory in either the

profession or any academic discipline.”

(Dr. Thomas Drabek, Western Social Science Association Paper, 2005)

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Issue: Faculty and Program Credentials

Referring to spurt in growth of EM and homeland security programs post 9-11:

“Suddenly, people who couldn’t spell the word ‘fire’ and didn’t know much about emergency management are offering programs.”

(Dr. Nancy Grant, University of Akron, 2003)

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Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityAll-Hazards vs. Response & Terrorism Focus

“Unfortunately…from my perspective, in the post 9-11 environment,

the term emergency management is losing its proactive and all hazards emphasis

and is devolving back into a term associated primarily with response and recovery

and a focus on terrorism to the exclusion of an all hazards approach.”

(Dr. Greg Shaw, “What Do We Call Ourselves…?, May 2005)

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Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityAll-Hazards vs. International Terrorism Focus

“What the all-hazards approach can contribute to the effort to deal

with terrorism in its many forms is a basic framework for structuring

the emergency response, preparing for the response, and recovering

from attacks, as well as developing appropriate measures to prevent

or reduce the impact of the attacks….the all-hazards approach

encourages a broader perspective….and a broader foundation on

which to build effective programs to manage hazards and disasters.”

(Dr. William L. Waugh, Jr., Journal of Emergency Management, March/April 2005)

26B. Wayne Blanchard June 7, 2005

Finally

Next Emergency Management High Ed Conference June 6-8, 2006

Possible addition of a GIS & EM Preceding Workshop on June 5th?

Others?

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