Cincinnati State to offer courses to TSA personnel in Kentucky
October 5 , 2011
Cincinnati State has received permission to begin offering security management training courses at the federal Transportation Security Administration’s offices in Erlanger.
In a letter to Cincinnati State President O’dell M. Owens, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education said the college could begin teaching courses as an out-of-state institution at the TSA offices. These courses will be made available to all TSA agents in the region served by the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky International Airport, as part of their ongoing continuing education program.
Through its Health and Public Safety Division and its Workforce Development Center, Cincinnati State has contracted with the TSA to teach three courses:
• Introduction to Homeland Security Management
• Principles of Intelligence Analysis and Security Management
• Transportation and Border Security
Each of these courses is currently offered within Cincinnati State’s Public Safety program. Mr. Robert Baylor, chair of the Public Safety program at Cincinnati State, is the lead faculty coordinator with the TSA on this project.
Transportation Security Administration agents who wish to continue into an associate's degree program at Cincinnati State will be able to incorporate these three courses into a degree program with the College at its main campus in Clifton.
Cincinnati State regularly enrolls students from Kentucky in its degree programs on main campus, however this is the college's first formal offering of academic credit-bearing instruction at a location in Kentucky. Approximately 7 percent of the students currently enrolled at Cincinnati State are Kentucky residents. Most pay in-state (Ohio) tuition rates because of reciprocity agreements.
“This is a small step for us in terms of the numbers, but it’s a big step in terms of the service we’re able to provide,” said Cincinnati State President O’dell M. Owens. “We have the expertise to help train those who are keeping our airport and our region safe. We’re just glad that we’re able to share it.’’
