Carol L. Cwiak North Dakota State University

1. Shaping the Future:A Status Report on Emergency Management Higher Education Carol L. Cwiak North Dakota State University

2. Thank You! 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 of the EM Hi Ed Community for your participation!

3. Methodology • 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

4. 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 track3 Concentration or minor 20 of the responding programs reported they plan to develop new programs over the next year.

5. Methodology Institutions solicited 174 Responses received 50 Response rate 29% “USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.” ~ David Letterman

6. Programs – Years in Existence

7. Program Names • Emergency Management 31 • Management 35 • Disaster 13 • Preparedness 6 • Crisis 5 • Homeland Security 4 “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." William Shakespeare

8. Programs – Departments of Origin • 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 • 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

9. Primary Purpose n = 45

10. Primary Focus Public 30% Private 2% Both 68% n = 47

11. Students and Graduates 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) 17,538Number of students reached by EM program courses (extrapolated from response of 5,086/29%)

12. Students “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”~Albert Einstein n = 48

13. Faculty Representation Full-time Faculty None 24% 1 41% 2 13% 3-5 10% 6-10 8% 11-18 4% n = 37* n = 49

14. Faculty Representation Associated Faculty None 51% 1 14% 2-5 23% 6-10 10% 11-14 2% Part-time Faculty None 22% 1 10% 2-5 35% 6-10 21% 11-90 12% n = 49 n = 49

15. Faculty Representation 2010 None 37% 1 37% 2 13% 3 7% 4-7 6% 2012 None 33% 143% 212% 3-4 4% 5-6 8% Full-time Faculty Devoted to Program 2011 None 29% 1 40% 2 15% 3 6% 4-5 6% 6-9 4% n = 49

16. New Hires 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

17. n = 47

18. Principles of Emergency Management n = 44 n = 43 Principles are used in varying degrees across a wide variety of courses, both as course content and to structure courses

19. Technology-based Instruction n= 45

20. Resource Utilization 75% 55% 14% n = 44

21. Access & Support Indicators: External Funding n = 43 Access to External Funding Opportunities (e.g., grants, contracts, etc.)

22. Access & Support Indicators: Institutional Funding n = 43 Access to Institutional Funding (e.g., stipends to develop courses/materials)

23. Access & Support Indicators: Library Resources n = 43 Access to Library Resources (e.g., ability to obtain new holdings)

24. Access & Support Indicators: Institutional Administrative Support n = 43 Institutional Administrative Support (e.g., support attempts to develop & implement new program ideas)

25. Access & Support Indicators: Local EM Community Support n = 43 Local EM Community Support (e.g., county and regional)

26. Access & Support Indicators: State EM Community Support Access & Support Indicators: State EM Community Support n = 43 State EM Community Support (e.g., state level agency & state professional organization)

27. Access & Support Indicators: National EM Community Support n = 43 National EM Professional Community Support (e.g., IAEM, NEMA, EMPOWER, etc.)

28. Access & Support Indicators: FEMA-specific Support n = xx FEMA-specific Support (e.g., Hi Ed Program, EMI, etc.)

29. Access & Support Indicators: DHS-specific Support n = 43 DHS-specific Support (e.g., overarching DHS programs & agencies within DHS other than FEMA-specific support)

30. Access & Support Indicators Table 2- Representation Across Program Level

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32. Contact me… Carol L. Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Emergency Management North Dakota State University NDSU Dept. 2351 P.O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 (701) 231-5847 carol.cwiak@ndsu.edu www.ndsu.edu/emgt "Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions." ~William Allin