Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) has been around for a number of years for cities, counties and states. Now it is becoming available for colleges and universities. See Emergency ...

Community and technical colleges serve as an extension of the community and play a pivotal role in defining their community’s culture of preparedness, as well as planning for disasters and emergencies ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The best master’s in emergency management online programs can ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Hazard mitigation has often been one of the more neglected components of emergency management in the higher education setting. Colleges and universities spend a lot of their time, and rightfully so, ...

SEATTLE -- The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as earthquakes and World Trade Organization protests, have led colleges to take a serious look at emergency management as an academic discipline.

Colleges in Maricopa County are among nearly 100 schools nationwide offering new courses in homeland security and emergency management, something critics say is adding to the explosion of so-called ...