Sec. 559F. Public-private consortium to improve professional military education
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, may establish and maintain a public-private consortium (referred to in this section as the Consortium ) to improve and broaden professional military education for military officers and civilian employees of the Federal Government. The President of the National Defense University and the head of a civilian institution of higher education appointed in accordance with paragraph
(3)shall serve as co-directors of the Consortium. The co-directors shall be responsible for— the administration and management of the Consortium; and developing a common curriculum for professional military education using input received from members of the Consortium. Not later than June 1, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint an individual who is the President or Chancellor of a civilian institution of higher education to serve as co-director of the Consortium as described in paragraph (1). The co-director appointed under paragraph
(3)shall serve an initial term of five years. The Secretary of Defense may reappoint such co-director for one or more additional terms of not more than five years, as the Secretary determines appropriate. In the event that a conflict arises between co-directors of the Consortium, the conflict shall be resolved by the Director for Joint Force Development of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J–7). The Consortium shall carry out the following activities: Bring the military education system (including military service academies, institutions that provide professional military education, and other institutions the provide military education) together with a broad group of civilian institutions of higher education, policy research institutes, and the commercial sector to develop and continually update a research-based curriculum to prepare early career, mid-career, and senior military officers and civilian employees of the Federal Government to succeed in an era that will be predominantly defined by great power competition and in which security challenges will transcend the traditional areas of defense expertise, becoming more complex and inter-related than before, with disruptions that will manifest rapidly and with little warning. Train military officers and civilian educators serving in the joint professional military education system to implement the curriculum developed under paragraph
(2)at the institutions they serve. On a regular basis, make recommendations to the Secretary about how the joint professional military education system should be modified to meet the challenges of apparent or possible future defense, national security, and international environments. The Consortium shall be composed of representatives selected by the Secretary of Defense from the following organizations: Organizations within the joint professional military education system. Military service academies. Other institutions of the Federal Government that provide military education. Civilian institutions of higher education. Private sector and government policy research institutes. Organizations in the commercial sector, including organizations from the industrial, finance, and technology sectors. Not later than September 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, the co-directors of the Consortium shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the activities carried out by the Consortium during the preceding year. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate. The term civilian institution of higher education means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )) that is not owned or controlled by the Federal Government.
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Sec. 559F
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