Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Academy
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Academy : "Objective: The Homeland Security Academy cultivates creative homeland security strategic analysis and decision-making skills through a high quality, fully accredited graduate degree program in homeland security studies. "Overview: The DHS Homeland Security Academy graduate program initially will support an existing DHS program funded by the Office of Grant Programs (FEMA/GP) and offered at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security located at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. "The Homeland Security Academy will employ DHS and other government training facilities to disseminate graduate-level homeland security curricula for select DHS, interagency, state and local students. A new group of students will start every six months with a desired FY09 goal of three classes in session at any given time. Each class will attend the program for 18 months and will participate in a blended learning environment comprised of two-weeks of in-residence instruction per quarter and online learning. The Academy will matriculate 200 students annually when combined with the three-class program for state and local participants administered by the Office of Grant Programs (FEMA/GP) at the Monterey, California facility. "To establish deeper interagency and military understanding and cooperation and to maximize master's level education opportunities in National Security Studies, the Department will expand its relationships with National Defense University, the Foreign Service Institute and other senior service schools. These collaborative relationships provide the essential link between National Security and Homeland Security missions so critical to protecting national interests. These programs include: (1) Industrial College of the Armed Forces (2) National War College (3) Joint Forces Staff College (4) US Army War College (5) Naval War College". (DHS, Establishing a DHS University System, Sep 2007, p. 15)
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