{"59284":{"#nid":"59284","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen College Announces PhD for Returning GIs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and the Ivan Allen College are leading the way in integrating members of US Iraq military into the civilian workforce through the development of a new interdisciplinary PhD.  The new graduate program will help returning GIs capitalize on the skills and military experience they\u0027ve received while overseas. The new PhD will be an interdisciplinary effort between the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and its Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program anticipates President Obama\u0027s  timetable for withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq scheduled to be complete in August of next year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This new PhD will prepare our military men and women to re-enter the civilian workforce as leaders in rebuilding America\u0027s roads, schools, health, governance, energy and utility systems,\u0022 said Sue V. Rosser, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As the country\u0027s top producer of engineers and the home of active ROTC programs training future members of the US Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, Georgia Tech is a natural place for members of the armed forces to continue their education,\u0022 said Don P. Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn just a few weeks, Tech will begin conducting an extensive survey of the needs and interests of GIs so that the new degree best capitalizes on their expertise. In addition, Georgia Tech plans on making this survey data available to all institutions so that they can use it in planning their own programs for returning GIs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is a strong synergy between the engineering skills and experience of our Post 9\/11 GIs and the nation\u0027s need for such skills under President Obama\u0027s initiative to rebuild America\u0027s infrastructure,\u0022 said Rosser. \u0022This survey will enable us to develop an interdisciplinary PhD that precisely targets the intersection of the two, and can become a model for graduate engineering programs for returning GIs at institutions around the country.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the specifics of this new degree largely depend on what the survey data uncovers, Tech anticipates it will include courses in systems engineering, public policy, economics, project management and organizational behavior. The College of Engineering will work closely with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and its Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in developing the degree.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech anticipates recruiting students for the new degree program at the end of 2009 and beginning the new PhD in the fall of 2010, in time for veterans to take advantage of the educational benefits afforded by the new GI Bill. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech demonstrates its leadership by winning National Science Foundation support for  \u0022 Bridge to the Future for GIs.\u0027  The project will both serve our returning veterans and will contribute to revitalizing our engineering and infrastructure,\u0022 said Susan Kemnitzer, deputy director for the Engineering Education and Centers Division of the National Science Foundation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and the Ivan Allen College are leading the way in integrating members of US Iraq military into the civilian workforce through the development of a new interdisciplinary PhD.  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