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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.
The federal government has made it clear
homeland security is a top priority, earmark
ing $3B billion this year to prepare for and pro
tect the nation from terrorism. That's nearly
double the homeland security budget in 2002.
Roughly $3.5 billion will go to state and lo
cal police, firefighters and emergency medi
cal groups. The rest will be spent on securing
the nation's borders and sharing intelligence
among local, state and federal government
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