Center for Civilian and Military Relations, Forging the Link between Academic Excellence and Program Development and Delivery
Abstract
There is a common perception in mainstream academia that research and teaching on topics of current relevance are often characterized by conceptual poverty and mediocrity. On the other hand, policy makers frequently criticize the research and publications of academics as irrelevant, as all too often captive in the proverbial "ivory tower." The Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) seeks in all of its programs to combine scholarly rigor with real-world relevance in a wide spectrum of programs focused on civilian-military relations and national security and defense. The faculty at NPS consists of approximately 200 tenure track faculty, 30 military faculty, and a varying number of other non-tenure track faculty who support the teaching and research programs. Among the tenure track faculty, virtually all hold doctorates. Most CCMR programs, whether conducted in residence or abroad, are led by faculty members at NPS, and for team members draw upon the tenured and tenure track faculty in the Department of National Security Affairs, Defense Resources Management Institute, and the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. These faculty members, who are recruited from the premier research universities in the United States and abroad, are active in their disciplines, conduct research, and publish books and articles. In the NPS graduate degree courses they are teaching highly motivated young officers from all of the U.S. military services and officers and civilians from more than 50 other countries. The emphasis at NPS is on graduate-level teaching, analytical rigor, and original research in that NPS follows the same "publish or perish" orientation that keeps the United States at the top of the international graduate education hierarchy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA485112
Entities
People
- Thomas Bruneau
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School