OVERVIEW
Welcome to the College of Distance Education (CDE). CDE represents the Naval War
College’s outreach program. We exist to provide executive-level education to officers
of the various military services and to senior Department of Defense and other Federal
employees. We offer two delivery methods: faculty-led evening seminars and a web-enabled
correspondence program. These courses mirror to a large degree the program of study
offered to resident students at the College’s Newport campus. The quality of our
CDE programs has been called "the best of any Service College." You may find that
they are more rigorous and academically demanding than many off-duty educational
experiences elsewhere. So if you want to work hard, learn a lot, and earn graduate
credit, a diploma, and Joint Professional Military Education (Phase 1) credit, and
possibly even a master's degree . . . this may be the program for you! I invite
you to think about what we offer and contact us if you need more information.
We are proud of our programs and truly believe that they can make a difference in
your success in future assignments! If you’re looking for a challenge, with clear
rewards at the end of the line... we may be what you are looking for!
Timothy H. Jackson
Director, College of Distance Education
MISSION
The mission of the College of Distance Education is to develop and administer an
extension of the education program of the College of Naval Command and Staff to
nonresident military officers and selected government employees. We are committed
to:
* Providing an opportunity for students to obtain a Naval War College diploma by
completion of a Fleet Seminar or web-enabled Correspondence Course program paralleling
the educational quality of the resident program.
* Providing the student a graduate-level faculty of the highest caliber.
* Supporting the educational needs of all of our students.
* Meeting the objectives of the Military Education Policy Document.
* Achieving quality and continuous improvement.
PROGRAM for JOINT EDUCATION CERTIFICATION
Military students are selected to attend the College of Naval Command and Staff
by their respective services. In general, all officers who attend the College of
Naval Command and Staff will have bachelor's degrees--historically, on average,
almost half will already have been awarded master's degrees, will have compiled
outstanding performance records during their 12 to 15-year service careers to date,
and will be considered to possess the potential for future achievement and promotion
within their respective services and in the joint arena. While each service has
its own selection process, in the case of the U.S. Navy, each annual board convened
to select officers for promotion to lieutenant commander then proceeds to choose
candidates for the College of Naval Command and Staff from among those lieutenant
commander selectees. Attendance by civilian officials is by invitation to their
Federal agencies, who in turn nominate their respective candidates using similar
selection criteria.
CLASS PROFILE
BACKGROUND: Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) is that portion of Professional
Military Education concentrating on the instruction of joint matters in order to
develop officers skilled in attaining unity of efforts across Services, interagency,
non-governmental and multinational lines among other things. The Goldwater Nichols
Act, which became law in 1986, requires the completion of a joint duty assignment
for promotion to 0-7. JPME is that portion of Professional Military Education (PME)
that supports fulfillment of the educational requirements for joint officer management.
Educational requirements for Joint Staff Officer (JSO) qualification can be met
through the completion of either an accredited resident or nonresident JPME Phase
I curriculum followed by the applicable Joint Forces Staff College JPME Phase II
curriculum or through one of the National Defense University Senior-Level JPME curricula.
The Naval War College nonresident programs have been accredited as intermediate
level JPME Phase I programs.
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, has certified each Naval War College nonresident
program for JPME Phase I credit. In addition, Phase I certification awarded to the
NWC nonresident program graduate meets a prerequisite for acceptance into the Joint
Forces Staff College, Phase II course. Appendix A reiterates JPME goals and objectives
for intermediate level schools.
cde@nwc.navy.mil
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