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The Maxwell School of Syracuse University has
been awarded a second five-year, $8.7 million Department of Defense contract
to continue its National Security Studies executive training program for
senior military and civilian executives. Maxwell and Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS) have conducted the program jointly
since 1996 and won the renewal over strong competition from Harvard’s
Kennedy School of Government and the RAND Graduate School.
This is the second largest training contract ever awarded to Syracuse
University.
Since 1996, nearly 800
senior military officers and civilian executives from the Department of
Defense and other government agencies, defense-related industries, the
media, and congressional staff have participated in a range of 2-1/2-day,
2-week, or 8-week National Security Studies offerings -- integrated courses
of academic and practical instruction providing sophisticated leadership
training and development.
Using simulations, complex case studies, and small-group decisionmaking exercises, participants confront the same challenges with which they must
wrestle in real life as national security managers and leaders.
Each brings his or her own unique experiences to the program, which
further enriches the classes for everyone.
Within the Defense Department, attendance at these programs is
considered an enhancement for promotion potential.
National Security Studies offers access to experts who deeply
understand the political, social, economic, historic, and organizational
forces that affect leadership style and change within the Department of
Defense. Past presenters include Vice President-elect Dick Cheney,
Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, and
Ambassador Richard Armitage. Maxwell School and SAIS faculty from a range of
disciplines provide the core of the program’s instruction, which is
directed by Maxwell’s Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy
and former Secretary of the Navy Sean O’Keefe.
“National Security Studies challenged me in virtually every
dimension,” says U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Newton.
“It raised my ability to think critically, as well as to ask the
right questions at the right time. The
faculty opened up entire new worlds for me across the national security
spectrum – from current social, political, legal and defense issues and
where they intersect to rediscovering our nation’s foundations and rich
historical past. I am a better
USAF officer and better wing commander because of the time well spent with
my fellow students and the NSS faculty and staff,” he concludes.
“This is the best course I have attended since the Army War College,”
according to U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Lloyd D. Burtch.
“It is every bit at the same level and provides an excellent
opportunity to exchange ideas and think with senior military and civilian
leaders in defense, state, and economic arenas.
It was an outstanding opportunity.”
Robert J. Krutchen,
technical director with the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, agrees. “The single most striking aspect of the course is the
quality; quantity; and close, informal contact between the speakers and the
students. I personally have
never been involved in a course where so many one-on-one informal extended
discussions took place between students and world-class leaders who have
'been there, done that.' I’ve
been given a first-hand view of how the national security leaders can, do,
and should act at the highest levels.”
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The Maxwell
School of Syracuse University, founded in 1924, is the premier academic
institution in the United States committed to scholarship, civic leadership,
and education in public affairs and international relations.
It has been ranked consistently the number one graduate school of
public affairs in the nation. The
Maxwell School is home to Syracuse University’s social science departments
and to numerous nationally recognized multidisciplinary graduate programs in
public policy and finance, international relations, public administration, and
conflict resolution.
The Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University in
Washington, D.C., is one of the nation's leading graduate schools devoted to
the study of international relations. At SAIS, the wisdom of universities,
business, and labor merge with the knowledge and expertise of those
currently engaged in government, foreign affairs, and international economic
practice.
For more
information about the National Security Studies program, log on to www.nss.edu.
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