Page 4 The Behrend Beacon More schools incorporate training for jobs in homeland security by Chris Walsh The Gazette Three years ago, area colleges and universi ies hustled to create courses that would pre- Dare students for jobs in the booming high-tech ndustry. Now, with the tech economy in shambles, ligher education has shifted its focus to one }f today’s hottest sectors: homeland security. Trade schools, colleges and universities are Dffering new programs in everything from :omputer security - key for preventing cyber lttacks - to crime scene investigation valuable or tracking down terrorists. The classes will arget those in security-type jobs, as well as hose interested in learning the skills. Some colleges are incorporating terrorism Uudy into regular coursework; others have cre ited programs specifically for military offic- Take Colorado Technical University, which ecently unveiled certification programs, de grees and courses in fields such as computer security and criminal justice. The university, which has 1,800 students en olled at its Colorado Springs campus, tailored he new programs around the needs of law en forcement, the military, local governments and he private sector. "After 9-11, we reinvestigated what we leeded to do to meet the demands of employ es," said David Leasure, vice president of aca- Berkeley professor who shares name with criminal detained in Turkey by T.T. Nhu , Knight Ridder Newspapers A University of Califomia-Berkeley math profes sor who visited his home in Turkey during the win ter break. tss been unable to feiunya die United iwtea, as a criminal. - , Mehmet Burak Erdogan, who teadlubs harmonic analysis, traveled with his wife to Turkey on Dec. 23 and was scheduled to return to Berkeley before class resumed Jan. 21. ”1 came home for vacation for less than three weeks,” Erdogan said Wednesday by phone from Izmir, Turkey. "It has been more than a month, and I'm still stuck here." As soon as he landed in Turkey, he applied for a re-entry visa, which hesaid would have been issued within hours before the Sept, ll terrorist attacks. The problem, he said, is that in l\trkey, Mehmet Erdogan is as common as John Jones, and he was informed that his visa was being held up because someone with the same name has a criminal record. In the meantime, substitutes have been teaching his classes. Greg Sullivan, a spokesman for the State Depart ment, said because theacademic visas areissuedby the INS, he could not comment. Sharon Rummery, an INS spokeswoman in San Francisco, also had no comment about Erdogan's situation. In an effort to prove his identity, Erdogan said he sent his fingerprints to the FBI more than a month ago but has heard nothing. He has called the U.S. Embassy in Ankara three times a week and has heard from two consular officials that it will take two to six weeks for a decision. '"They cannot issue me a visa before they confirm that the other Erdogan and 1 are not the same per son," he said. Erdogan holds a Jl visa, which enables visiting scholars to live and work in the United States for up to three years, according to Ted Goode; the director of University of Califomia-Berkeley's Services for International Students and Scholars. At least a dozen students and visiting scholars at the university have been affected by the same new regulation delaying Erdogan. The Enhanced Bor der Security and Reform Act, which was signed in May 2002, requires the State Department to review each application from the more than 30 countries deemed terrorist threats. In the past nine months; two Chinese graduate students and a Swiss scholar have been unable to come to the university because the visa was not granted in time, Goode said. He also said that UC- Berkeley students and professors from foreign coun tries have been cautioned about traveling abroad. "We tell people that must travel that (hey roust have valid visas or risk being denied re-entry to this country," he said. Meanwhile, if Erdogan is not granted a visa be fore Feb. 5, there could be another delay because the American Embassy mil close in observance of a Turkish national holiday. "There’s nothing l ean do about this but wait," Erdogan said. "Ttirkey is a Muslim country, and the embassy is being cautious. It's a common delay now; it takes time but you get your visa at the end," demic affairs at Colorado Tech. "We asked em ployers what kind of people will they be look ing for, what skill sets are they going to need, where will the jobs be." The school found law enforcement agencies, firefighters and medical teams - called the "first-responders" to terrorism attacks - need their workers to have advanced technical skills to handle new demands. In the event of a terrorist attack, for example, local agencies need to be able to communicate with each other and pass information to other federal and state law enforcement agencies. "Information flow between police and firefighters and other first-responders is a criti cal element in homeland security," said Eric Goodman, dean of management at Colorado Tech. The university also found a need for com puter security workers because companies, the military and local agencies fear cyber-attacks and other computer break-ins. 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