Military Review English Edition July-August 2015 | Page 29

ARMY UNIVERSITY

Army University will pursue congressional authority
with the leadership of the California, Virginia, and Texas
for the university president to accept grants—similar
university systems, with the goal of employing common
to the current authority of the commandant of the
language to enable collaboration with other universities. A
Army War College.17
discussion of the major new leadership positions follows.
The Army University
Board of directors.
will also empower students
An Army-level board of
to write, debate, and imdirectors led by the Army
prove the Army profession
secretariat and chief of
by actively working to
staff provides the strategic
publish their professional
vision, strategic ends, and
research in the broader
strategic priorities.
national security dialogue.
Chancellor. The
To better facilitate this
TRADOC commanding
effort, we are combining
general acts as university
Military Review and the
chancellor and provides
Combat Studies Institute
the strategic direction and
to form the Army Press.
institutional policy; in
This publishing venue
execution, the chancellor
will generate high-quality,
reports directly to the chief
peer-reviewed literature
of staff of the Army and
from Army scholars.
board of directors.
(Photo by Master Sgt. Seth Laughter, XVIII Airborne Corps PAO)
Increasing the rate
Executive vice
Command Sgt. Maj. Isaia Vimoto, XVIII Airborne Corps senior
enlisted adviser, speaks to a group of students and senior enof learning innovation.
chancellor for training
listed leaders 31 October 2014 at the Fort Bragg NoncommisModern science has
and education. The
sioned Officer Academy during a noncommissioned officer
learned more about the
professional development seminar.
commanding general
brain in the last fifteen
of the Combined Arms
years than in all of human history.18 Educational science
Center at Fort Leavenworth acts as executive vice
is rapidly evolving with the potential to transform the
chancellor for training and education, providing
way we teach. The Army cannot afford to miss out on
oversight of academic quality and support prothis innovation. With this in mind, The Army University
grams, university finances, future development of
will become the Army’s center of innovation in the
the university system, and public representation for
learning sciences and will empower and unleash creative
the university.
educational approaches. It will do this by applying the
Vice chancellor for strategic education. The
philosophy of mission command across the educational
commandant of the Army War College acts as the
enterprise to promote decentralized initiative—based on
vice chancellor for strategic education and is reclear intent and trust among teams. To enable this internal sponsible for the integration of strategic education
networking, The Army University maintains an educathroughout The Army University. The vice chanceltional common operating picture to provide comprehenlor for strategic education retains academic goversive awareness of every major initiative in Army educanance over the War College and reports directly to
tion. These include best practices, pilot programs, civilian
the chief of staff of the Army.
university broadening programs, and faculty exchanges.
Provost. The deputy commanding general for the
Combined Arms Center-Education acts as university
Governing Structure
provost and is responsible for long-term continuity,
Existing models in the Air, Marine Corps, and
excellence, and vitality of the university’s academic proNational Defense universities influenced development
grams. The provost also manages the Army Learning
of The Army University governing-structure concept. In
Coordination Council to synchronize education activiaddition, we developed the structure after collaboration
ties across the Army.
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