THE CHAIRMAN’S UNIVERSITY NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY Imagine, Create and Secure a Stronger Peace… by Educating, Developing and Inspiring… Leaders of Wisdom, Character and Strength… THE CHAIRMAN’S UNIVERSITY NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY Joint Education Transformation NDU-P Meeting 26 February 2014
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THE CHAIRMAN’S UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
Imagine, Create and Secure a Stronger Peace…
by Educating, Developing and Inspiring…
Leaders of Wisdom, Character and Strength…
THE CHAIRMAN’S UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
Joint Education Transformation
NDU-P Meeting26 February 2014
PRESENTERS NAMEDATE
Strategic GoalsEducation and Leader Development:
Educates, develops and inspires national security leaders
Scholarship: Creates, preserves, and disseminates knowledge
Institutional Enablers: Creates integrated solutions and services
University Improvement: Evolves to foster institutional collaboration and
integration
Strategic IntentEvolve into One University marked by preeminence and
collegiality across the institutionLeverage and integrate best practices to produce
synergy, alignment and excellenceEnable continual institutional renewal and
improvement
ImperativesAdvanced joint education and
supporting programsJoint student body of national
security professionalsStudents meet graduate education
performance standards Joint faculty of scholars Faculty engaged in knowledge ceration and dissemination
ValuesAcademic Excellence Academic Freedom Collaboration Diversity Holistic Development Integrity
VisionNDU will be the premier National Security Institution for advanced joint education, leader development, and scholarship
MissionNDU supports the joint warfighter by providing rigorous Joint Professional Military Education to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and select others in order to develop leaders
who have the ability to operate and creatively think in an unpredictable and complex world.
Strategic Plan Framework
PRESENTERS NAMEDATE
Goal Education and Leader
Development: Educates, develops, and inspires national security
leaders
Academic programs enable graduates to lead effectively in a rapidly changing global security
environment.
Graduates employ innovative, critical, open, and systems thinking.
GoalScholarship:
Creates, preserves, and disseminates knowledge
Values and promotes scholarship to drive leader development for national
and international security.
Fosters a reputation for excellence in scholarship that attracts and retains a
highly effective faculty and staff of national and international
prominence.
Develops and maintains an open, inclusive, and transparent
educational environment of enterprise-wide collaboration,
academic freedom, and diversity that supports the pursuit of excellence in
scholarship.
Promotes awareness of, and access to, NDU scholarship and expertise
across the institution and key stakeholders.
GoalInstitutional Enablers:
Creates integrated solutions and services
Workforce is recognized for excellence in thought leadership and
their profession.
Allocates and manages resources effectively, efficiently, and
transparently to achieve excellence in mission success.
Information and educational technology resources systems are integrated, robust, accessible, and
enterprise-wide.
Library and information resources are integrated, robust, accessible, and
enterprise-wide.
GoalUniversity Improvement: Evolves/ Reforms to foster institutional collaboration
and integration
Leads in the transformation/evolution of joint
professional military education for 2020 and beyond.
Values and promotes an institutional environment and culture of trust and
openness.
Continually pursues institutional and academic excellence via institutional
improvement and renewal.
Strategic Plan Framework
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• Maintain the high standards of education and training – “As we continue to advance “One University”
initiatives at National Defense University, we will update the joint PME curriculum across the force to emphasize key leader attributes. We will also explore how best to adapt our learning institutions to serve a global Joint Force, evaluating degree accreditation and distance-learning delivery methods.”
» 18th Chairman’s 2nd Term Strategic Guidance to the Joint Force. Page 10.
CJCS: Renew Our Commitment to the Profession of Arms
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• For AY 2014/2015 (Guidance from the Chairman to LtGen Waldhauser)– Tighten JMPE programs– Incorporate • Ethics and the Profession of Arms• Desired Leader Attributes for Joint Force 2020• Lessons from Decade of War
CJCS: Renew Our Commitment to the Profession of Arms
• National Defense University evolves and reforms the processes, practices, structures, organization, and culture to foster institutional collaboration and integration.– NDU will henceforth define "One University" as a national
institution of higher learning under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff capable of creating, developing, and disseminating knowledge focused on advanced joint education, leader development, and scholarship. The characteristics and attributes of "One University" will guide our near-term planning and resourcing efforts and provide a foundation for building the NDU of the future.
NDU Strategic Goal Four:University Improvement
• Sub-Goal 4.1: National Defense University leads in the transformation/evolution of joint professional military education for 2020 and beyond.– 4.1.1.1 Develop and promote a vision for the future of joint professional
military education.– 4.1.1.2 Develop and promote a recommended structure for joint
professional military education.– 4.1.1.3 Develop a plan for a terminal degree in joint professional
military education and/or national security education.• Sub-Goal 4.2: National Defense University values and promotes
an institutional environment and culture of trust and openness.• Sub-Goal 4.3: National Defense University continually pursues
institutional and academic excellence via improvement and renewal.
NDU Goal Four:University Improvement
• A sequential three phased academic curriculum:– Integrates critical thinking skills and the Chairman’s Desired Leader
Attributes throughout– Phase I
• Ethics and the Profession of Arms,• Desired Leader Attributes• Lessons from the Decade of War• JPME/National security core curricula common to all components
– Phase II – college core requirements– Phase III – Electives and Capstone
• A common academic calendar which includes a standard daily schedule across the University
• An individualized student learning contract and plan
NDU’s Joint Education Transformation
• Assessment– Chairman’s Guidance• Places NDU at the forefront in the evolution of JPME• Incorporates:
– Ethics and the Profession of Arms– Desired Leader Attributes– Lessons from the Decade of War
• Adapts our learning institution to serve a global Joint Force
– NDU-P and Provost Guidance
Joint Education Transformation
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