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MCIIS (Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies) is a center of excellence which promotes the study of Intelligence in higher academic settings, while seeking to identify, promote, and employ best practices in the study and application of intelligence studies throughout its various disciplines (national security, law enforcement, business and academia). The institute was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) in February 2004. Visit the institute at www.mciis.org.
Along with its primary mission of delivering an education in intelligence analysis at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, MCIIS strives for the following:
- Promote the development of academic programs designed to generate qualified intelligence analysts.
- Provide a series of conventional and distance-learning intelligence-related courses to meet identified educational/training needs.
- Offer a post-graduate certificate program for current analysts, employing distance learning where appropriate.
- Identify and train adjunct faculty/trainers to provide a high standard of both classroom and distance learning.
- Develop a series of model intelligence products, tactical through strategic.
- Research and evaluate new and innovative techniques and tools applicable to the various stages of the intelligence process.
- Develop liaison with intelligence-related educational entities and centers of excellence in national security, law enforcement and the private sector to identify “best practices” and establish common ground for partnerships and exchange of information and personnel.
- Identify the short-term and long-term training/education and product needs of intelligence analysts and their managers.
Our building is located at 3928 Wayne Street, Erie, PA 16504.
