March 28, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

(1) CAPELLAUNIVERSITY, MINNEAPOLIS -- DISTANCE LEARNING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATIONS:

CapellaUniversity has initiated two new distance learning graduate programs in emergency management -- a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Safety with a Specialization in Emergency Management. Descriptions of these new programs are being drafted at Capella for upload to the Emergency Management section of The College List. In the meantime, for additional information, one can go to the Capella website at these two locations:

M.S. Public Safety (Emergency Management concentration)

Ph.D. Public Safety (Emergency Management concentration)

Dr. Tiffin, at Capella, can be reached at:

(2) DISASTER RECOVERY:

There is a new report on "The Long Road Back: Signal Noise in the Post-Katrina Context," by Emily Chamlee-Wright, as well as other hazards/disasters material, on the website of the MercatusCenter at GeorgeMasonUniversity. Accessed at:

(3) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE, JUNE 4-7, 2007, EMI, EMMITSBURG MD:

Added to the agenda Gerry Hoetmer, Executive Director of the Public Entity Risk Institute, to moderate the plenary panel on new emergency management related books as well as the results of this year's survey of EM Professionals on their top picks of books EM students ought to read.

(4) PORT RISK MANAGEMENT GAO REPORT:

Government Accountability Office. Port Risk Management: Additional Federal Guidance Would Aid Ports in Disaster Planning and Recovery (GAO-07-412). Washington, DC: GAO Report to Congressional Committees, March 2007, 57 pages.

(5) RESEARCH TOPIC SUGGESTIONS FOR EM COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM EMER.MGMT.PROFESSIONALS:

Received today several topic suggestions from Glenn Wisbey, Training Coordinator, North Carolina Division of Emergency Management:

- Effective Training in Emergency Management: Best Delivery Method for the Professional

- Public Policy in Emergency Management: Liability and Litigation

- Debris Management: Cubic Yards vs Cubic Tons, Which Is Better?

- Emergency Management Planning and Outsourcing: Are We Defeating the Purpose?

- Effects on the Emergency Management Phases Due to Lack of Mitigation Funding

Will forward these and other suggestions we will be receiving to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the EM HiEd Project Website -- "EM Practitioner's Corner" section, "Research Topic Suggestions for Emergency Management College Students from Professional Emergency Managers" subsection.

(6) SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS:

Columbus Dispatch. "Disabled Urged to Form Disaster Plans: Don't Assume Rescue By Government, Says Emergency Expert." March 12, 2007. Accessed

at:

[Excerpt: "A recent review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found that just 5 percent of states and 4 percent of cities have adequately addressed emergency planning for the elderly and the physically and mentally disabled. That's a significant population: About54 million Americans are disabled to some extent -- and that doesn't include those in nursing homes and other care facilities."]

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

NationalEmergencyTrainingCenter

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, K-011

Emmitsburg, MD21727

(301) 447-1262, voice

(301) 447-1598, fax

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