About CINSER
Current Work
CINSER Goals 2020 - 2025
- Goal One: Develop academic coursework and program offerings at the undergraduate and graduate
levels in critical technologies and other emerging fields
- Goal Two: Prepare individuals, especially from underrepresented minority groups, for careers
in critical and emerging technology fields
- Goal Three: Provide co-curricular, community development and professional development activities
to foster educator development, student enrichment, and community advancement
- Goal Four: Conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research related to emerging and critical
technologies
History
In 2014, Chicago State University (CSU) was awarded a grant to establish an Intelligence
Community Centers for Academic Excellence ( IC-CAE). CSU’s IC CAE is housed in the
Center for Information & Security Education and Research (CINSER). CINSER is the only
IC-CAE in Illinois and Great Lakes Region and it is established to offer educational
programs and to perform research activities in the area of security and intelligence.
In September 2019, the CINSER became a legacy IC CAE program.
CINSER Goals 2014-2019
- Goal One: Establish Chicago State University’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
(IC CAE) in Intelligence and Security Education and Research
- Goal Two: Develop undergraduate and graduate programs (minor, certificate, bachelor's and masters)
in Security and Intelligence Studies
- Goal Three: Graduate students with proficiency in a strategic language such as Arabic, Hausa
or Kiswahili
- Goal Four: Conduct annual series of conferences, colloquia, seminars and workshops with higher
education, government, and industry partners in the region to foster IC-CAE faculty
development, student enrichment, and a security culture among the public
- Goal Five: Conduct multidisciplinary research to investigate threats, risks, safety, security,
and individual privacy among diverse communities in the Chicago region.