Sec. 245. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL GRADUATE EDUCATION NEEDS
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## SEC. 245 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL GRADUATE EDUCATION NEEDS ###
(a)Review The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to conduct a review of specialized degree-granting graduate programs of the Department of Defense in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and management. ###
(b)Matters Included At a minimum, the review under subsection
(a)shall address— ####
(1)the need by the Department of Defense and the military departments for military and civilian personnel with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and management, including a list of the numbers of such personnel needed by discipline; ####
(2)an analysis of the sources by which the Department of Defense and the military departments obtain military and civilian personnel with such advanced degrees; ####
(3)the need for educational institutions under the Department of Defense to meet the needs identified in paragraph (1); ####
(4)the costs and benefits of maintaining such educational institutions, including costs relating to in-house research; ####
(5)the ability of private institutions or distance-learning programs to meet the needs identified in paragraph (1); ####
(6)existing organizational structures, including reporting chains, within the military departments to manage the graduate education needs of the Department of Defense and the military departments in the fields described in paragraph (1); and ####
(7)recommendations for improving the ability of the Department of Defense to identify, manage, and source the graduate education needs of the Department in such fields. ###
(c)Report Not later than 30 days after the date on which the review under subsection
(a)is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of such review. ## Subtitle E Other Matters