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Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

JACQUES S. GANSLER, Chair, is the Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Affairs. He teaches graduate school courses and leads the School’s new Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, which fosters collaboration among the public, private and nonprofit sectors in order to promote mutually beneficial public and private interests. Previously, Dr. Gansler served as the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics from November 1997 until January 2001. In this position, he was responsible for all matters relating to Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition, research and development (R&D), logistics, acquisition reform, advanced technology, international programs, environmental security, nuclear, chemical, and biological programs, and the defense technology and industrial base. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Gansler was executive vice president and corporate director for TASC, Inc., an applied information technology company Virginia (from 1977 to 1997) during which time he played a major role in building the company from a small operation into a large, widely recognized and greatly respected corporation, serving both the government and the private sector. From 1972 to 1977, he served in the government as deputy assistant secretary of defense (materiel acquisition), responsible for all defense procurements and the defense industry, and as assistant director of defense research and engineering (electronics) responsible for all defense electronics R&D. Dr. Gansler has served on numerous corporation boards of directors, and governmental special committees and advisory boards, including as vice chairman, Defense Science Board; chairman, board of visitors, Defense Acquisition University; director, Procurement Round Table; chairman, Industry Advisory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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Board, University of Virginia, School of Engineering; chairman, board of visitors, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs; member of the FAA Blue Ribbon Panel on Acquisition Reform; and senior consultant to the “Packard Commission” on Defense Acquisition Reform. Dr. Gansler is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from American University, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Yale University, and an M.E. in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.

THOMAS J. BURNS, Vice Chair, joined ENSCO, Inc., as president and CEO in June 2014. Dr. Burns recently served as senior vice president and manager for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Sensors and Phenomenology Operation where he was responsible for more than 900 employees and more than $300 million in R&D, system solutions, and products business. Prior to joining SAIC, Dr. Burns co-founded and served as CEO and chairman of SET Corporation, a small high-tech business specializing in the creation and commercialization of smart sensing technologies. Acquired in 2010, SET operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC. Prior to founding SET, Dr. Burns co-founded and served as chief operating officer of ObjectVideo, Inc., a leader in smart video solutions for commercial and military security applications. He joined ObjectVideo from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency where he pioneered the development of model-based signal and image exploitation technologies, building on his experiences directing computer vision research as a U.S. Air Force officer at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). While assigned to AFRL, he led AFRL’s premiere Automatic Target Recognition program, receiving AFRL’s prestigious Peter R. Murray Program Manager of the Year award. Dr. Burns is co-inventor of patents on video and radar technology and has published numerous refereed papers in areas as diverse as electro-optics and wavelet mathematics. He is currently a member the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Air Force Studies Board and the United States Air Force Museum board of managers. Dr. Burns also serves as a board director of Yakabod, Inc., an innovative knowledge-management product company. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT).

ROBERT A. CALICO, JR., is an independent consultant. He retired as the director of academic affairs for AFIT at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio, in 2006. The school’s mission is to provide master of science and doctor of philosophy degree programs for Air Force officers in the areas of engineering, science, and management that are critical to maintaining the Air Force’s technological superiority. Dr. Calico attended the University of Cincinnati where he earned bachelor of science, master of science, and doctor of philosophy degrees in aerospace engineering. He authored numerous publications in the areas of flexible space-

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craft dynamics and control, aircraft spin prediction, and control of time periodic systems. Dr. Calico joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management in 1972, where he held the positions of assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of aerospace engineering. He was appointed interim dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management in October of 1989 and dean in July 1990. Upon his retirement, Dr. Calico was appointed dean emeritus and has served as an independent consultant. In April 2007, he became a member of the board of trustees for Riverside Research where he continues to serve.

RITA COLWELL is a Distinguished University Professor both at the University of Maryland, College Park, and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, chairman emeritus and senior advisor of Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., and president, CosmosID, Inc. Her interests are focused on global infectious diseases, water, and health, and she has developed an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing world. Dr. Colwell has held many advisory positions in the U.S. government, nonprofit science policy organizations, and private foundations, as well as in the international scientific research community. Dr. Colwell is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Irish Academy of Science, and the American Philosophical Society. She is the recipient of the national Medal of Science awarded by the President of the United States, the Order of the Rising Sun awarded by the Emperor of Japan, and the Stockholm Water Prize, awarded by the King of Sweden. Dr. Colwell holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Washington.

EARL H. DOWELL is the William Holland Hall Professor and Chair for Mechanical Engineering and Material Sciences at Duke University. Dr. Dowell is a fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has also served as vice president for publications and member of the executive committee of the board of directors of AIAA, as a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the NRC’s Air Force Studies Board, the AGARD (NATO) advisory panel for aerospace engineering, as president of the American Academy of Mechanics, chair of the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and as chairman of the National Council of Deans of Engineering. Currently he serves on the boards of visitors of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Princeton University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Rochester. He is an occasional consultant to government, industry and universities in science and technology policy and engineering education as well as on topics of his research. Before coming to Duke as dean of the School of Engineering serving

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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from 1983-1999, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton. He has also worked with the Boeing Company. Dr. Dowell received his Sc.D. from MIT.

JOHN V. FARR is a professor of engineering management and director of the Center for Nation Reconstruction and Capacity Development at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Prior to returning to West Point in 2010, he was a professor of systems engineering and engineering management in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. He was the founding director of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at Stevens, which he led from 2000 to 2007. He served as associate dean for academics from 2007 to 2010. He taught at West Point from 1992 to 2000, and achieved the rank of professor of engineering management. Dr. Farr was also the first permanent civilian professor in engineering at the Academy. He is a past president and fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management, a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, former member of the Army Science Board and the Air Force Studies Board of the NRC, a Fulbright Scholar, and currently serves as a commissioner for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. He is a former editor of the Journal of Management in Engineering and the founder of the Engineering Management Practice Periodical. He has authored more than 150 technical publications, including three textbooks. He is a registered civil engineer in New York and Mississippi and holds an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University, a master’s from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Michigan.

BRENDAN GODFREY is a visiting senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, where he conducts studies on numerical simulation of plasmas, participates in committees of the NRC, and served as advisor to the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research. Previously, he was director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), responsible for its nearly half-billion-dollar basic research program. He was an Air Force officer at Kirtland AFB from 1970 to 1972, performing plasma research. He began his civilian career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, establishing its intense particle beam research program. He then managed and conducted intense microwave and particle beam research at Mission Research Corp., becoming vice president and regional manager. In 1989, he returned to the Air Force as civilian chief scientist of the Weapons Laboratory. Later responsibilities included director of Phillips Laboratory high power microwave research; director of the 1,500-person Armstrong Laboratory; director of plans at AFRL, and deputy director of Brooks City-Base. Known for his contributions to computational plasma theory and applications, he is author of more than 200 publications and reports. He also has served on numerous professional and civic

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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committees. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and of the American Physical Society. Dr. Godfrey received his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

WESLEY L. HARRIS is the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and director of the Lean Sustainment Initiative at MIT. He was elected to the NAE for contributions to understanding of helicopter rotor noise, for encouragement of minorities in engineering, and for service to the aeronautical industry. He has performed research and published in refereed journals in the following areas: fluid mechanics; aerodynamics; unsteady, non-linear aerodynamics; acoustics; lean manufacturing processes; military logistics and sustainment; and chaos in sickle cell blood flow. Dr. Harris has substantial experience as a leader in higher education administration and management. He also has demonstrated outstanding leadership in managing major national and international aeronautical and aviation programs and personnel in the executive branch of the federal government. He is an elected fellow of the AIAA, AHS, and of the NTA for personal engineering achievements, engineering education, management, and advancing cultural diversity. Dr. Harris graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in aerospace and mechanical sciences.

MICHAEL L. HEIL is president and CEO of the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI). Previous to OAI, Dr. Heil had a long and distinguished military career and previously served as director, Center for Space Studies and Research at AFIT. His experiences include serving as director of AFRL’s Propulsion Directorate with responsibilities for propulsion and power research facilities both at Wright-Patterson and Edwards AFBs. He oversaw facilities valued at more than $2.1 billion, while leading the efforts of more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, and staff. His responsibilities included ensuring the directorate’s $300 million annual budget produced cutting-edge technology results for the Air Force and the nation. A distinguished engineering graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy, class of 1975, Dr. Heil was commissioned and immediately pursued his master’s degree in flight structures at Columbia University on a Guggenheim fellowship. He received a doctorate in aerospace engineering from AFIT in 1986. His service to the nation includes engineering duties on the F-15 and program management on the C-17 and Advanced Cruise Missile. He held the positions of deputy director of the Astronautics Laboratory, commander of the Phillips Laboratory and Arnold Engineering Development Center, commandant of AFIT, and special assistant to the commander of AFRL. He has served in two Air Force acquisition centers, four defense laboratories, a test center, a major command staff, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the faculties of the Air Force Academy and AFIT.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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ROBERT J. HERMANN is a private consultant. Previously he served as a senior partner at Global Technology Partners, LLC. He retired as senior vice president for science and technology of the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in 1998. He is a former director of DoD’s National Reconnaissance Office and a former senior official at the National Security Agency (NSA). Dr. Hermann served as a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board during the Clinton Administration (1993-2001). As senior vice president of science and technology at UTC, Dr. Hermann was responsible for assuring the development of technical resources and the full exploitation of science and technology by the corporation. He was also responsible for the United Technologies Research Center. Dr. Hermann joined UTC in 1982 as vice president of systems technology in the electronics sector and later served in a series of assignments in the defense and space systems groups. Dr. Hermann concluded his tenure as immediate past chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) board of directors at the end of 2002 following a 2-year term; he had served as chairman of the ANSI board of directors during 1999 and 2000 and as a member of the ANSI board since 1993. Prior to joining UTC, Dr. Hermann served 20 years with the NSA with assignments in research and development, operations, and NATO. In 1977, he was appointed principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for communications, command, control and intelligence. In 1979, he was named assistant secretary of the Air Force for research, development, and logistics and in parallel was director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. Dr. Hermann’s expertise is in defense technology and system R&D, defense systems acquisition and management, and defense strategic planning.

WALTER F. JONES is the executive director of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) where he is the senior civilian manager and provides executive, technical, and scientific direction in the performance of ONR’s mission of planning and managing science and technology research for the Department of the Navy. He works closely with ONR’s directorate leads in the identification, prioritization, and support of specific areas of science and technology development. Dr. Jones most recently was director, Plans and Programs, AFRL, Wright-Patterson AFB. He was responsible for developing and managing the processes that defined AFRL’s $3 billion annual investment in technologies for future Air Force systems. These systems include space, weapons, aeronautics, and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Dr. Jones has held a wide variety of positions in government and academia. He has served as director, Aerospace and Materials Sciences, AFOSR. In this capacity, he planned, coordinated, and executed a $55 million basic research program, including solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, materials science, and propulsion. He has also served as a senior program analyst with the Office of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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Management. He has held several positions with the Air Force, including deputy for research sciences with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), and deputy for science and technology with the Office of the National Security Space Architect. In addition, Dr. Jones has held faculty positions at the University of Florida, University of Tennessee, and Clemson University. Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. and M.S. in engineering mechanics and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Clemson University.

KATHRYN NEWCOMER is the director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University. She teaches public and nonprofit, program evaluation, research design, and applied statistics. She routinely conducts program evaluations and training for federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Newcomer has published five books: Improving Government Performance (1989), The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (1994, 2004, 2010), Meeting the Challenges of Performance-Oriented Government (2002), Getting Results: A Guide for Federal Leaders and Managers (2005), and Transforming Public and Nonprofit Organizations: Stewardship for Leading Change (2008), and a volume of New Directions for Public Program Evaluation, Using Performance Measurement to Improve Public and Nonprofit Programs (1997), and numerous articles in journals including the American Journal of Evaluation and Public Administration Review. She received the Elmer B. Staats Award for her work on accountability in government, presented by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration in 2008. She is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and currently serves on the Comptroller General’s Educators’ Advisory Panel. Currently she is an elected member of the board of the American Evaluation Association (2012-2015). She served as president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration for 2006-2007. She has received two Fulbright awards, one for Taiwan (1993) and one for Egypt (2001-2004). She has lectured on performance measurement and public program evaluation in Ukraine, Israel, the UAE, Nicaragua, Brazil, Egypt, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. She received her B.S. and M.A. at the University of Kansas and her Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa.

LEIF E. PETERSON is managing partner for Advanced Human Resource Concepts and Solutions. Before retiring in 2007, Mr. Peterson was a member of the Senior Executive Service and the director of Manpower, Personnel and Services for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB. He provided executive management of the command’s nearly 80,000 military and civilian professionals throughout the United States and overseas in research facilities, test sites, universities, and at product development, logistics and specialized centers. The function of the directorate was to shape the AFMC workforce to deliver war-

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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winning expeditionary capabilities and provide oversight, direction, and control for all personnel activities within AFMC. Mr. Peterson entered federal service in 1971 as a labor relations specialist at the U.S. Air Force Headquarters. He held numerous positions as a civilian personnel officer, serving two tours at Eglin AFB, Florida, and 6 years overseas. In 1983, Mr. Peterson became deputy director of civilian personnel for Air Force Systems Command at Andrews AFB, Maryland. He later returned to U.S. Air Force Headquarters as chief of staffing of development and equal employment opportunity. For 8 years he was director of civilian personnel at Tactical Air Command and Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Virginia. He was then assigned as director of civilian personnel and programs at AFMC. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in May 2004 assuming his previous position as deputy director of personnel.

STEPHEN M. POLLOCK is a Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan. He has been involved in applying operations research and decision analysis methods to understand and influence a variety of operational phenomena. Dr. Pollock was a member of the technical staff at Arthur D. Little, Inc., before joining the faculty at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1965. In 1969 he became a faculty member at the University of Michigan, where he was chair of the IOE Department from 1981 through 1990. He also chaired the university’s Research Policies Committee and served on the College of Engineering’s Executive Committee. In 1992 he received the Stephen S. Attwood Award, the highest honor given to a faculty member by the College of Engineering. He has authored more than 60 technical papers, co-edited two books, and has served as a consultant to more than 30 industrial, governmental, and service organizations. Dr. Pollock was associate editor and area editor of Operations Research, senior editor of IIE Transactions, associate editor of Management Science, on the editorial boards of other journals as well as on various advisory boards for the National Science Foundation. He was on the NRC’s Army Science Board from 1994 through 1999. He was elected president of the Operations Research Society of America in 1986 and awarded the 2001 INFORMS Kimball Medal for contributions to operations research and the management sciences. He a fellow of INFORMS and of the AAAS and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Pollock received a bachelor of science in engineering physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in physics and operations research from MIT.

STEVEN E. RAMBERG is a distinguished research fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University (NDU) on assignment from the Applied Research Laboratory of Pennsylvania State University. At NDU he occupies the Chief of Naval Research Chair where he provides analysis and advice on science and technology topics and policies, primarily in areas of

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 2014. Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18752.
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naval relevance. He also regularly participates in studies, panels, and lectures for NDU, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Ocean Council via the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel, and others. During his career, he served as a fellow and as vice president for Arete Associates during 2007 to 2010; as the director of the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in LaSpezia, Italy, from 2003 to 2007; and as director and chief scientist for ONR from 2001 to 2003 after joining ONR in 1988. His career at ONR also involved oversight of ocean, atmosphere, and space programs in basic research through applied programs, including the Navy-owned research vessels in the academic fleet, as well as inaugurating the National Ocean Partnership Program across 12 federal agencies. At the NURC, he focused on maritime, mostly undersea, research programs while advising NATO in a number of informal and formal settings including research and technology strategies, coordination of programs among the 26 NATO nations, and transformation of NATO capabilities. In this capacity he was frequently called upon to give keynote addresses at international gatherings on topics ranging from status and trends in undersea research to issues of marine mammal risk reduction together with opportunities for port and harbor security research and maritime archaeology. Earlier, he worked at the Naval Research Laboratory where he published more than 60 unclassified papers in the archival literature on fluid dynamics of bluff bodies, nonlinear ocean waves, stratified wakes, turbulence near a free surface, and related remote-sensing topics.

CHUCK THORPE is senior vice president and provost at Clarkson University, since July 2012. Dr. Thorpe received his B.A. in natural science from North Park University in 1979. He was with CMU from 1979 to 2012 as a Ph.D. student (computer science, 1984); post-doctoral researcher (1984-1985); and faculty in the Robotics Institute (1985 to present). From 2000 to 2004 he was head of the Robotics Institute, supervising 40 faculty with a combined research budget of $40 million per year. His research group builds robot cars, capable of either driving themselves or watching a human driver and warning in case of impending collisions. From 2004 to 2010, Dr. Thorpe was founding dean and CEO of Carnegie Mellon Qatar, a branch campus of the university offering degrees in computer science, business, and information systems in Doha, Qatar. Dr. Thorpe and his team set up operations, recruited faculty and students, outfitted a temporary building and helped design their permanent home, and created the full CMU experience, 7,000 miles away from the main campus. In the 2011-2012 academic year, Dr. Thorpe was on assignment to the White House, serving as assistant director for advanced manufacturing and robotics in the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the Executive Office of the President. He was partially supported by an ASME Swanson Foundation fellowship. In that role he helped shape the President’s National Robotics Initiative and Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. As senior vice president and provost

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at Clarkson, Dr. Thorpe oversees the four colleges (School of Business, Coulter School of Engineering, School of Arts and Sciences, and Institute for a Sustainable Environment), the research centers, IT, Government Affairs, Library, and the division of University Outreach and Student Affairs. Dr. Thorpe has produced more than 120 refereed publications and graduated 20 Ph.D. students. He is a fellow of IEEE and AAAI.

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The United States military is arguably the most intensely technological, complex enterprise in existence. When compared to the gross domestic products of other countries, the Department of Defense (DoD) budget ranks above all but about 20 nations. If viewed as a company, it would be the largest globally with the most employees. Major investments in weapons systems using advanced technologies provide an advantage over competing systems. Each weapon, platform, vehicle, and person in an operating force is a node in one or more advanced networks that provide the ability to rapidly form a coherent force from a large number of broadly distributed elements. DoD's ability to create and operate forces of this nature demands a competent understanding by its workforce of the composition, acquisition, and employment of its technology-enabled forces.

Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management focuses on the graduate science, technology, engineering, mathematics and management (STEM+M) education issues of the Air Force, Navy, and Marines. This report assesses the cost, benefits, and organizational placement of DoD institutions that grant degrees in STEM+M and evaluates alternative ways - for example, civilian institutions and distance learning - to ensure adequate numbers and high-quality education outcomes for DoD personnel.

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