Defense Security Cooperation University Expert Course of Instruction: Content, Design, Implementation
Abstract
In its 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the U.S. Congress called for the professionalization of the security cooperation (SC)workforce as part of a range of reforms designed to confront perceived deficiencies in Department of Defense (DoD) SC planning, management, execution, and assessment and placed the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in charge of this effort. Accordingly,DSCA established a Security Cooperation Workforce Certification Program (SCWCP) in January 2020, which codified SC competenciesand areas of concentration (AOC) for the approximately 20,000 civilian and military officials in SC workforce positions and establishedfour proficiency levels that reflect increasing responsibility and greater knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA). DSCA asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to help develop training course requirements for expert professionals that would capture what they need to know regarding the integration of SC into the national security framework.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1116796
Entities
People
- Jefferson P. Marquis
- Jennifer D.P. Moroney
- Jonathan Welch
- Pauline Moore
- Rebecca Herman
- Reid Dickerson
Organizations
- RAND Corporation