The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) offers self-study courses for professionals and students who wish to purse further knowledge in a variety of homeland security topics. A new course, Public-Private Partnerships, is now available to explore at the learner’s own pace.

Within the context of managing United States homeland security and emergency management threats, the four module course on Public-Private Partnerships is designed to enable students to:

• Explain the history of private-public partnerships
• Examine the methods to form and mature partnerships and their benefits
• Analyze the strategies, operations, and tactics used by recent partnerships
• Identify aspects of successful partnerships and activities and resources for sustained success

This course is taught by Mark F. Hubbard, a public safety professional with over 30 years of experience in executive management, homeland security, law, and business administration.

For further materials, visit HSDL’s large variety of In-Focus topics related to homeland security and view the collection of Critical Releases in Homeland Security.