Baker School, ORNL announce strategic partnership in the nuclear area
Both parties will collaborate to enhance ORNL’s workforce development and prepare UTK students with updated course offerings in public policy and public affairs.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has announced a strategic partnership between its Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The collaboration aims to enrich UTK’s curricular offerings in nuclear policy and national security while enhancing the capabilities of ORNL’s technical staff.
Under the agreement, both parties will collaborate to enhance ORNL’s workforce development and prepare UTK students with updated course offerings in public policy and public affairs through ORNL’s new National Security Science Academy initiative. The Baker School will concentrate on increasing public policy knowledge and providing workforce development for ORNL technical staff, while ORNL will contribute subject-matter expertise and insights on workforce needs in nuclear policy and national security.
The benefits of the agreement are already evident with the development of the Baker School’s new Nuclear Security Certificate Program, which is pending Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges approval. Three members from ORNL’s National Security Sciences Department have begun coursework in the area, and ORNL leadership has assisted in the design and content of the curriculum.
The certificate will equip students with the knowledge necessary to address the unique challenges associated with the security and management of nuclear weapons, materials, and facilities. Students will be engaged in topics such as U.S. nuclear security policies, deterrent strategy, nuclear weapons, nuclear proliferation, arms control, export control, safeguards, and potential threats.
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