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Maintaining and Improving EM Bachelor Programs June 7, 2011

Maintaining and Improving EM Bachelor Programs June 7, 2011. Stephen S. Carter Academic Director for Emergency Management, Fire Service Administration, and Homeland Security School of Undergraduate Studies. University Systems of Maryland. Bowie State University Coppin State University

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Maintaining and Improving EM Bachelor Programs June 7, 2011

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  1. Maintaining and Improving EM Bachelor Programs June 7, 2011 Stephen S. Carter Academic Director for Emergency Management, Fire Service Administration, and Homeland Security School of Undergraduate Studies

  2. University Systems of Maryland • Bowie State University • Coppin State University • Frostburg State University • Salisbury University • Towson University • University of Baltimore • University of Maryland Baltimore • University of Maryland Baltimore County • University of Maryland College Park • University of Maryland Eastern Shore • University of Maryland University College • University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

  3. UMUC The school’s variety of learning formats afford maximum convenience to busy adult students who must balance the demands of full-time jobs, family, and community responsibilities. Working adults, military personnel, and other students around the globe are achieving their academic goals through UMUC’s innovative educational options, including online instruction, accelerated academic programs, and classroom-based courses taught during the daytime, evenings, and weekends. The school was founded in 1947 originally as an outreach to serve U.S military bases around the globe.

  4. UMUC’s Uniqueness • Open University; • Center for Student Success; • Distance Education with variety of educational environment and students; • Teaching faculty are all current practitioners; • Community college alliance programs; • American Council on Education College Credit Recommendations for training; • SEGUE process

  5. Program Quality Assurance • SUS Program Assessment • Student Assessment • Examination • Authentic Assessment • Student Evaluation • Faculty Evaluation • External Review

  6. Program Content Review • Practitioner Faculty • External Review • Academic Program Review • Voluntary Review by Academic Program Administrators • Benchmarking • HSDECA – this week at UMUC • EMI Higher Education Program each June • Text Review • Program Exposure

  7. Sustainability Issues • Program currency • Textbooks and other source materials • Program visibility and marketing • Discipline specific accreditation • Interaction with adjunct faculty • Continued support from University administration • Controlled growth

  8. Stephen Stuart Carter, MS Academic Director Emergency Management, Fire Service Administration, andHomeland Security Department of Business and Professional Programs 240 684 - 2875 (Office) 1 800 888-UMUC,  Extension 2875 240 994 - 0548 (Cell) sscarter@umuc.eduwww.umuc.edu

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