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Homeland security 101.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)

The New American

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"Homeland security will be the biggest government employer in the next decade or so," predicts Steven David, chair of a graduate certificate program in homeland security at Johns Hopkins University. Noted the August 25 issue of USA Today: "Hundreds of community colleges, four-year-universities and postgraduate programs have begun offering degrees and certificates in emergency preparedness, counterterrorism and security."

To some extent, this proliferation in security-related courses reflects the fact that "many companies have added homeland security sectors, and those educated in the field are in demand," continues the paper. But the most important factor, of course, is creation of a centralized "homeland security" ...

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