Institute

Is there a profession today consistently described as a key to our national security and defense?

Is there a profession today lacking qualified candidates to fill the demands of government and private sector employers?

Is there a profession today in which persons with inquiring minds, love of history, geography, political science, current events and other liberal arts can be on the cutting edge of world events shortly after graduating from college?

Is there a profession offering excellent career-long salaries and personal satisfaction?

The answer to all of the above is “yes.” The profession is intelligence analysis.

MCIIS is a center of excellence promoting the study of intelligence in higher academic settings, while seeking to identify, promote, and employ best practices in the study and application of intelligence studies throughout its various disciplines (national security, law enforcement, business and academia). A U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) grant in February 2004 funded the start of the institute.

Along with its primary mission of delivering an education in intelligence analysis at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, MCIIS strives for the following:

• Promote the development of academic programs designed to generate qualified intelligence analysts.
• Provide a series of conventional and distance-learning intelligence-related courses to meet identified educational/training needs.
• Offer a post-graduate certificate program for current analysts, employing distance learning where appropriate.
• Identify and train adjunct faculty/trainers to provide a high standard of both classroom and distance learning.
• Develop a series of model intelligence products, tactical through strategic.
• Research and evaluate new and innovative techniques and tools applicable to the various stages of the intelligence process.
• Develop liaison with intelligence-related educational entities and centers of excellence in national security, law enforcement and the private sector to identify “best practices” and establish common ground for partnerships and exchange of information and personnel.
• Identify the short-term and long-term training/education and product needs of intelligence analysts and their managers.