NPS DHS Homeland Security Master’s Degree

Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2009 cohorts.
Deadline: May 1, 2009

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Homeland Security Digital Library
Journal

Homeland Security Affairs
Vol IV No 3
October 2008

Viewpoints Podcast

New on Video:

How the Public and Private Sectors Can Work Together in Disaster Preparedness and Response

Bryan Koon,
Wal-Mart, Inc.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s use of Organizational Performance Consultants to Facilitate Process Improvement and Innovation

LCDR Chris Kluckhuhn,
U.S. Coast Guard
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The Center for Homeland Defense and Security

The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense & Security (CHDS) has been the nation’s premier provider of homeland security graduate and executive level education since 2002. NPS and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are partnering to pioneer the development and delivery of homeland security education programs for governors, mayors and senior homeland security leaders from across a wide spectrum of disciplines in local, tribal, state and federal government, and the military.

On Video: An Overview of CHDS

New Book Announcement

Network Science: Theory and Applications. By Ted Lewis.
The first comprehensive book on the emerging field of network science. [Read More]

CHDS Programs Reach Out to the Nation

CHDS Masters Alum Publishes Book

Stephanie Blum, a recent graduate of the CHDS MA program and attorney for the Transportation Security Administration, recently published her thesis as a book entitled, The Necessary Evil of Preventive Detention in the War on Terror: A Plan for a More Moderate and Sustainable Solution. Blum is the first student in the CHDS program to develop her thesis into a book.... Read more of this story.

CHDS Graduates Tenth Homeland Security Class

Twenty five of the nation’s top homeland security leaders received their master’s degree at the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) on December 19, 2008. This marks the tenth commencement ceremony of the program that to date has produced over 250 alumni from around the country....
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Inaugural Class Graduates from U. of Denver’s Certificate Program

In a partnership effort between the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) and the University of Denver (DU), 12 students recently completed the Graduate Certificate Program in Homeland Defense and Security at the Josef Corbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. This innovative program was developed to expand curriculum and support programmatic development.... Read more of this story.

CHDS Announces Second Annual Essay Competition

What advice concerning Homeland Security would you give the next presidential administration and why? This is the question many will attempt to answer in the second annual essay competition sponsored by the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The competition strives to stimulate original thought on issues in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense.... Competition details.

CHDS Celebrates
Five Years of Meeting the Homeland Security Challenge

In Memoriam
The Lacy E. Suiter Policy Forum

The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA.