The Higher Education Committee is a standing committee with the goal of encouraging and enabling the development of flood risk management degree programs at institutions of higher learning to include 2-year associates degrees, minors, 4-year bachelor’s degrees, and graduate degrees, including doctoral programs. The committee will work with partner agencies to actively promote the increase of existing flood risk management curriculum within institutions of higher learning already engaged in teaching flood risk management courses, as well as seek out opportunities within other disciplines, such as planning and emergency management, to promote flood risk management courses within their current curriculum structure.