A Bottom-Up Assessment of Navy Flagship Schools: The NPS Faculty Critique of CNA's Report

Abstract

This report is a critique of the report from the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) titled A Bottom-Up Assessment of Navy Flagship Schools. This critique identifies benefits of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) programs that were overlooked in the CNA report including availability of government housing, year-round operation, rapid refresher, ability to efficiently transition officers to fields of study different than their undergraduate major, and higher course-loads. Cost analyses incorporating these benefits indicate that NPS is highly efficient at providing graduate education to naval officers at a low cost per student. Other ancillary advantages are identified including the military relevance of course materials and laboratory facilities, the professional military environment of NPS (including the presence of officers from all services and international officers), and the production of research products that are useful to the Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358184

Entities

People

  • Alfred W. Cooper
  • John P. Powers
  • Richard E. Rosenthal
  • William R. Gates
  • Xavier K. Maruyama

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distance Learning
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Schools
  • Students
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • STEM Education