Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management (2014) / Chapter Skim
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2 Overview of Current Department of Defense STEM and Management Graduate Education
2 Overview of Current Department of Defense STEM and Management Graduate Education
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.1 Therefore, although clearly critical to the Department of Defense (DoD) , as outlined in Chapter 1 and presented in various reports, many important postgraduate, nondegree educational and training programs taken every year by DoD military and civilian personnel are outside the scope of this study.
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Because AFIT and NPS, which do not offer life and social science programs, were the only DoD institutions capable of provid ing quantitative education data, the committee was unable to substantively address life and social science education issues in this report. In accordance with the terms of reference, postgraduate programs in manage ment are addressed only to the extent that they relate directly and explicitly to the effective and efficient operation of STEM-driven enterprises, such as laboratories, technical systems, life-cycle planning and operation, complex systems acquisition, strategic and tactical activities and logistics, and contract management.
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and Ph.D. Degree Designations Aeronautical engineering Industrial engineering Aerospace engineering Industrial hygiene Air logistics Information sciences Applied mathematics Information technology management Applied physics Information/electronic warfare systems engineering Applied science Logistics and supply chain management Astronautical engineering Materials science Bio engineering Materials engineering Bio sciences Mathematics Chemical engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemistry Meteorology Civil engineering Network operations Combating weapons of mass destruction Nuclear engineering Computer engineering Oceanography Computer science Operations analysis Cost analysis Operations research Cyber operations Optical science and engineering Cyber warfare Physics Earth sciences Project/program management Electrical engineering Remote sensing intelligence Engineering management Software engineering Engineering science (mechanical engineering)
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or continuing professional development (to demonstrate con tinually enhanced competency) ."5 STEM+M GRADUATE EDUCATION DELIVERY MODELS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps share many common characteristics in the way they provide STEM+M graduate education to their military and civil ian personnel.
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Nearly all students who fall into these categories are educated at civilian institutions. Unlike the data available from the centralized military officer graduate education management of fices, the committee was unable to find anyone in DoD responsible for aggregating and analyzing data associated with graduate education and needs for all employees in these categories, which constitute the vast majority of military and civilian em ployees pursuing and holding graduate STEM+M degrees.12 This may not be true for the Marines, where unlike the Air Force and the Navy, more military members hold graduate STEM+M degrees than their civilian counterparts.13 It was therefore 11 The Marines require that officers who obtain STEM+M graduate degrees serve a "payback" as signment immediately following their degree program that requires their technical skill.
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However, given the relative size of the Army, the committee was left with the impression that a much larger percentage of the Army officer population attends civilian institutions than the other Services. Later in the report, the committee recommends that the DoD conduct a subsequent study of the Army graduate education deliver model(s)
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For example, of the past 15 current and recent chiefs of staff of the Air Force, Navy, and Army, 11 have earned master's degrees, but only one was granted by a DoD graduate institution. STEM+M GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL DoD currently depends on two educational institutions to provide the bulk of DoD "in-house" postgraduate STEM education for active duty military personnel: AFIT and NPS.
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A number of interesting observations can be made from the preceding tables, as well as other information provided by AFIT and NPS. • There are no STEM-specific graduate degrees offered in NPS's National Security Affairs department or its Department of Defense Analysis.
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Average) Total Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aeronautical Engineering R Aeronautics and Astronautics 33.7 4.3 38.0 Astronautical Engineering R Aeronautics and Astronautics 14.3 1.0 15.3 Space Systems R Aeronautics and Astronautics 3.7 0.0 3.7 Materials Sciencea R Aeronautics and Astronautics/ 1.3 0.0 1.3 Engineering Physics 53.0 5.3 58.3 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering R Electrical and Computer Engineering 38.0 2.7 40.7 Cyber Operations R Electrical and Computer Engineering 11.3 7.3 18.7 Computer Engineering R Electrical and Computer Engineering 8.0 1.7 9.7 Computer Science R Electrical and Computer Engineering 5.0 1.0 6.0 62.3 12.7 75 Department of Engineering Physics Nuclear Engineering R Engineering Physics 15.3 0.7 16.0 Applied Physics R Engineering Physics 9.7 2.0 11.7 Combating Weapons of Mass R Engineering Physics 1.7 0.3 2.0 Destruction Optical Science and Engineering R Engineering Physics 0.0 1.7 1.7 26.7 4.7 31.4 Department of Mathematics and Statistics Applied Mathematics R Mathematics and Statistics 1.3 0.7 2.0 Department of Operational Sciences Operations Research R Operational Sciences 20.7 3.0 23.7 Air Logistics R Operational Sciences 13.7 0.3 14.0 Logistics and Supply Chain R/DL Operational Sciences 13.3 0.0 13.3 Managementb Logistics R Operational Sciences 7.0 0.7 7.7 Operations Analysis R Operational Sciences 5.0 0.0 5.0 59.7 4.0 63.7
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NOTE: AY, academic year; DL, courses via distance learning; R, courses in residence; STEM+M, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and management. SOURCE: Data from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
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Department 3-Year Average 3-Year Average Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautics and Astronautics 7.0 0.3 Applied Physics Engineering Physics 3.3 0.7 Applied Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics 0.3 1.7 Astronautical Engineering Aeronautics and Astronautics 0.3 0.3 Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer 0.7 0.0 Engineering Computer Science Electrical and Computer 0.3 1.0 Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical and Computer 7.7 2.0 Engineering Electro-Opticsa Electrical and Computer 0.7 0.3 Engineering/Engineering Physics Logisticsb Operational Sciences 0.0 0.3 Materials Science Aeronautics and Astronautics/ 0.0 0.0 Engineering Physics Nuclear Engineering Engineering Physics 0.7 0.0 Operations Research Operational Sciences 2.3 0.7 Optical Science and Engineering Engineering Physics 0.0 0.7 Space Systems Aeronautics and Astronautics 0.0 0.0 Systems Engineering Systems Engineering and 0.3 0.0 Management TOTALS 23.6 8.0 Program closed in 2011. a b Program began in 2012.
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R 7 74.6 Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering (M.S.) R/DL 46 Engineering Science (Electrical Engineering)
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SOURCE: Data from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Degree by Department 3-Year Average Computer Science Computer Science 1.0 Modeling Virtual Environments and Simulation 1.7 Software Engineering 1.7 4.4 Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering 0.3 Information Sciences Information Sciences 0.7 Mathematics Applied Mathematics 0.3 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Astronautical Engineering 1.3 Mechanical Engineering 1.3 2.7 Meteorology Meteorology 2.6 Oceanography Physical Oceanography 1.7 Operations Research Operation Research 0.7 National Security Affairs Security Studiesa 1 Physics Applied Physics 0.7 Physics 0.7 Engineering Acoustics 0.3 1.7 TOTAL 16.0 TOTAL STEM 15.0 a Possibly not STEM-related. NOTE: AY, academic year; DL, all courses via distance learning; R, all courses in residence; STEM+M, sci ence, technology, engineering, mathematics, and management.
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SOURCE: Data from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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SOURCE: Data from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Dissertations 5-Year 5-Year Department 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total Average Mathematics and statistics 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.8 Electrical and computer 2 0 2 2 0 6 1.2 engineering Engineering physics 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.2 Operational sciences 0 2 0 0 2 4 0.8 Systems engineering and 4 0 1 1 0 6 1.2 management Aeronautics and astronautics 0 2 1 4 2 9 1.8 TOTAL 6 4 7 9 4 30 6 SOURCE: Data from the Air Force Institute of Technology. TABLE 2-9 Air Force Institute of Technology CUI M.S.
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The Air Force Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School should proactively seek to expand the December 4, 2002, memorandum of agreement between the Navy and Air Force so as to increase col laboration with each other, as well as to partner with other selected universities to create a critical mass of Ph.D. students.
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In an era of rapidly developing distance learning technology and opportunity, the Department of Defense should seriously explore the pos sibility of combining the networking and bonding benefits of military officers in residence at the Air Force Institute of Technology or the Naval Postgraduate School with the benefits of exposure to other institutions and learning opportunities at civilian universities by using distance learning. Finding 2-3.
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CONCLUDING REMARKS This chapter presented an overview of the existing structure, scope, and avail ability of STEM+M graduate degrees currently available to DoD personnel, with a focus on the two major DoD institutions that provide the educational structure for delivery of these educational experiences. Definitions of basic terms and con cepts were presented, along with a review of AFIT's and NPS' student populations, number of degrees granted, and the diversity of degree programs.
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