Sec. 557. Establishment of consortium for curricula in military education
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall establish a consortium of the institutions of military education and covered entities. The duties of the consortium shall be to conduct research and develop common, research-based curricula for the institutions of military education in order to improve military education for students of the consortium members.
Curricula developed by the consortium shall— be more responsive to new opportunities and challenges in an era of great power competition, and in which security requires knowledge of economics, new technologies (including artificial intelligence), supply chains, and adversarial governments; creatively apply military power to inform national strategy, conduct globally integrated operations, and fight under conditions of disruptive change; and include non-military topics, such as diplomacy, economics, information, intelligence, and culture.
The Secretary may make permanent the curriculum of the Applied Design for Innovation of the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and use such curriculum as a model to be replicated at other institutions of military education. The Director of the consortium shall be the President of National Defense University. The consortium shall meet at the call of the Director, in accordance with the following: The consortium and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces shall meet not less than once annually to establish or revise curricula.
The consortium shall meet not less than twice annually to establish a plan of action and milestones to prepare curricula. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representative an interim report on the organization, activities, funding, actions and milestones of the consortium. Not later than September 30 of each year, beginning in 2024 and ending in 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representative a report describing the activities, funding, curricula created, and research conducted by the consortium during the preceding year.
The consortium shall terminate on September 30, 2028. In this section: The term institutions of military education means— the professional military education schools; the senior level service schools; the intermediate level service schools; the joint intermediate level service school; the Naval Postgraduate School; and the military service academies. The term covered entity means— an institution of higher education that the Secretary determines has an established program of education regarding national security or technology relevant to the Department of Defense; or an entity that the Secretary determines conducts research in policy relevant to the Department of Defense.
The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( Public Law 89–329 ; 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The terms intermediate level service school , joint intermediate level service school , and senior level service school have the meaning given such terms in section 2151 of title 10, United States Code. The term military service academy means the following: The United States Military Academy. The United States Naval Academy.
The United States Air Force Academy. The term professional military education schools means the schools specified in section 2162 of title 10, United States Code.
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Establishment of consortium for curricula in military education
Pub. L.Pub. L. 89-329
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