Purpose: To facilitate and support the efforts of students, researchers, academicians, administrators and practitioners to develop standards that will strengthen the disaster/emergency management profession.
Vision: Dedicated to excellence in teaching; research and public outreach in disciplines contributing to the disaster phases and the security of the homeland; and will be the premier organization promoting collaborative opportunities between the public, private and academic communities.
Mission: To serve the emergency management educational communities by developing post-secondary coursework and programs, including those for use in Associates, Baccalaureate and Graduate programs.
"Arkansas Tech revolutionized the field of emergency management education in this region when we developed just the third emergency management baccalaureate degree program in the United States in 1997. Arkansas Tech has become known as a leader in emergency management education; a fact that was verified when we became the first institution in the world to have its emergency management degree program accredited by the Foundation for Higher Education Accreditation. We are proud of that distinction, and we are proud to offer programs in disciplines such as emergency management that are critical to the continued properity of our state and our country."
