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Illinois IDEA HS Awarded Year Funding
At the June 3, 2008 meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education funding for the third year of the Illinois Innovative Delivery of Education Alliance: Homeland Security (Illinois IDEA HS) was approved. The funding was 86% of the amount requested in the proposal submitted earlier this spring.
Spreading the
We think the Illinois IDEA HS is a very innovative partnership. That's why we are pleased to have an opportunity to share our experiences as part of a late September conference on innovative partnerships.
Northern Illinois University
College of Education's Pender wins national counseling award.
Deb Pender is member of the Illinois IDEA faculty team. She is preparing a course on crisis intervention.
Gov. Blagojevich announces launch of courses developed by state universities to promote careers in Homeland Security. NIU receives $75,000 in state funding to develop core courses.
Western Illinois University
The Illinois Board of Higher Education approves two new homeland security degrees at Western Illinois University. WIU now offers an emergency management degree and a degree in telecommunications management. Graduates of these programs will be prepared to coordinate disaster response and crisis management activities, as well as provide disaster preparedness training.