International Association of Emergency Management

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• International Association of Emergency Management
  
• Region 12 Survey Report
• Present Status and Future Trends
• By
• IAEM Region 12 President
• Micheal Kemp Micheal.Kemp_at_ndsu.edu

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Who Responded Students actively enrolled in
Emergency Management or closely related degrees.

N 180 5 Graduate (Doctorate) 46
Graduate (Masters) 37 Undergraduate 12
Associate Certificate
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• Who are emergency management students
• First generation college students entering
  academia after spending some time in the work
  force.
• GENDER
• Male 65
• Female 35
• Marriage Status
• Yes 55
• No 45
• AGE
• 34 56 31-33 8
• 26-30 15 25 21

Have Dependent Children
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• What students think about their program
• 68 Have a positive view of their program.
• I really enjoy having opportunities to apply
  what I am learning.
• We need more faculty and they need to be
  qualified to teach emergency management.
• I enjoy the program however, it could be so much
  better if the Professors had more support from
  administration.
• Classroom standards need to be raised so that it
  produces higher quality students.

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• What students think about their Professors
• 76 Have a positive view of their Professors.
• I enjoy the Professors who have the education to
  teach and real world work experience.
• There is a huge difference between teachers that
  are true Professors and those that are former
  emergency services personnel. While the former
  emergency services personnel brings a wealth of
  practical knowledge, they are often not qualified
  to teach.
• We need more Professors who have actually worked
  in the practical field.

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• What are students saying about
• Courses
• 62 Have a positive view of course content and
  selection.
• I believe the content is excellent, but I would
  like more autonomy in deciding which classes to
  take.
• I wish there was more flexibility to take
  additional classes.
• Very restrictive, in terms of what courses can
  be taken.
• Little wiggle room for advanced students to
  pursue areas of concentration.

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• What are students saying about
• Textbooks
• 70 Have a positive view of the textbooks
  utilized in their program.
• The textbooks we have are good, but very few
  courses actually have them.
• Textbooks seem outdated.
• Our teachers are limited to which textbook they
  use because often it is the only one in the
  field.

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• What are students saying about
• Practical Experience
• The academic program/school is ill-prepared to
  make placements.
• We wish we had more hands on,
• practical activities and learning
• experiences.
• We need more practical learning
• opportunities.

Have Held An Internship
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• Students research, publication and conference
  activity
• Have received research funding.
• Yes 12 No88
• Have published one or more research papers.
• Yes 17 No 83
• Have attended a professional
• conference.
• Yes 78 No 22
• NOTE 19 of those attending
• a conference presented!

Participated in or Conducted Research (Graduate
Students)
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• Issues keeping students from participating
• Research
• Lack of funding opportunities.
• Lack of support from academic faculty.
• It is not stressed as part of their curriculum.
• They have not had the opportunity.

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• Issues keeping students from participating
• Publications
• Libraries are insufficient for emergency
  management related research.
• There is limited opportunity due to few emergency
  management related journals.
• They have not been solicited to participate.

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• Issues keeping students from participating
• Conferences
• University related conflicts (test, assignments,
  projects).
• Private life will not allow it (spouses,
  children, employment).
• Limited funding.
• They are invited strictly to observe, not
  participate.
• They do not have the level of confidence to
  present in an open forum.

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• What would you change in your program
• Hire Professors that have "real life" emergency
  management experience.
• Add additional Professors (the Professors in the
  program are stretched too thin).
• Provide more opportunities to practically apply
  knowledge.
• Have fewer required courses and more course
  flexibility.
• Better prepare students for the academic process
  in the front-end of the program. e.g. research
  methods, library access, APA expectations etc.

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• What would you change in your program
• A greater degree of support from administration.
• A united faculty that understood the program and
  what makes a good disaster manager.
• Incorporate more areas of emergency management
  (Public sector, non-profit, private, etc).
• Instill a higher level of difficulty in EM
  specific subject material.
• A greater demand for academic excellence.

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• What would you keep the same
• Instructors with extensive field experience.
• Peer learning process.
• Instructors utilizing their practical experiences
  to reinforce course/lecture materials.
• Knowledgeable and interesting guest lecturers.
• The amount of responsibility given to students.

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• If you had the chance to address emergency
  management faculty concerning emergency
  management higher education, What would you tell
  them
• We want to learn, get us the support we need!
• Create more masters and doctorate level
  programs!
• Hire additional qualified faculty!
• We need accreditation and standardization!

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• Micheal Kemp Micheal.Kemp_at_ndsu.edu
• International Association Emergency Managers
• Region 12 President
• http//www.iaem.com/
• North Dakota State University
• Emergency Management Program
• Fargo, North Dakota
• http//emgt.ndsu.nodak.edu/EMP/EMP.htm