Workforce Development Initiatives fact sheet
About Workforce Development Initiatives
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About Workforce Development Initiatives
About the Office of University Programs (OUP) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program
Secretary Mayorkas delivered remarks on September 6, 2023, to open the inaugural meeting of the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council.
On July 6, I was honored to deliver the keynote address to the inaugural class of graduates of the MBA in Security Technology Transition (STT) program, a DHSCOE led by the George Washington University (GWU).
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Led by Northeastern University, SENTRY develops strategies and innovative solutions to secure soft targets and crowded places from targeted attacks that inflict grave injury to human life and property.
NCITE provides access to innovation, technology, and education for counterterrorism professionals in the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) and intelligence community.
The Maritime Security Center (MSC) enhances Maritime Domain Awareness through the development of sensing technologies that can detect, track and classify threats on or below the water’s surface. MSC contributes to homeland security operational capabilities by conducting technology development, modeling and simulation for marine transportation resilience, and innovative workforce development programs.
The Masters of Business Administration - Security Technology Transition (MBA STT) program is building a cross-DHS collaborative workforce with the skillsets needed to develop, acquire, and implement operationally relevant technologies, understand and manage the process of transition, and reduce the barriers to technology transition that research has revealed impede critical technological or operational improvements.
The Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) conducts research and education to enhance the resilience of the nation’s people, infrastructure, economies, and the natural environment, to the impacts of coastal hazards such as floods and hurricanes.