Strategic Intelligence
Strategic intelligence (STRATINT) pertains both to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level and to qualities that equip leaders to be effective strategists. Much of the information needed for strategic reflections comes from Open Source Intelligence. Other sources include traditional HUMINT (especially in recent years), Signals intelligence including ELINT, MASINT which overlaps with SIGINT/ELINT to some degree, and 'National technical means of verification' (e.g. spysats).
Strategic intelligence pertains to the following system of abilities that, according to Michael Maccoby, characterize some of the most successful leaders in business, government and military.:
In "Transforming Health Care Leadership, A Systems Guide to Improve Patient Care, Decrease Costs, and Improve Population Health," Jossey Bass, 2013, Maccoby and his co-authors Clifford L. Norman, C. Jane Norman, and Richard Margolies apply strategic intelligence to health care leadership and add to strategic intelligence leadership philosophy and W. Edwards Deming's four elements of "profound Knowledge": understanding variation, systems thinking, understanding personality, and understanding knowledge creation. The concept is further developed and applied in Michael Maccoby, "Strategic Intelligence, Conceptual Tools for Leading Change," Oxford University Press, 2015.
Recent thought leadership on strategic intelligence focuses on the consequences of the modern information age, which has led to the availability of substantial volumes of information than previously encountered. Alfred Rolington, the former CEO of Jane’s Information Group and Oxford Analytica, recommends that intelligence organizations approach the challenges of the modern information age by breaking from their traditional models to become more deeply and continuously inter-linked. Specifically, Mr. Rolington advocates more fluid, networked operating methods that incorporates greater open-sourced information and data in analysis.
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Matching Strategic Intelligence Colleges
Missouri State University-Springfield
Four or more years; Public; $13,740 average out-state tuition; $6,300 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for Strategic Intelligence Majors
CIA Undergraduate Scholarship ProgramCentral Intelligence Agency |
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award Up to $25,000 |
deadline June 30, 2023 |
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UCF Astronaut ScholarshipUniversity of Central Florida (UCF) |
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award Up to $15,000 |
deadline October 31, 2023 |
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Alice P. Gast STEM ScholarshipLehigh University |
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award $12,500 |
deadline January 15, 2024 |
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Joseph P. and Helen T. Cribbins ScholarshipAssociation of the United States Army |
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award $10,000 |
deadline June 16, 2023 |
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Nicholas D. Chabraja ScholarshipAssociation of the United States Army |
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award $5,000 |
deadline June 16, 2023 |
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Excelerate in STEM Scholarship - MGCCCMississippi Gulf Coast Community College |
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award $4,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Washington Opportunity Scholarship-PLUPacific Lutheran University |
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award Up to $7,500 |
deadline Varies |
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SBB Research STEM ScholarshipSBB Research Group |
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award $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association ScholarshipU.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association |
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award Up to $3,000 |
deadline June 30, 2023 |
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Isbel Trejo Women in STEM Memorial ScholarshipBates Technical College |
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award $500 |
deadline Varies |
Strategic Intelligence Related Majors
- Military Technology
- Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare
- Information/Psychological Warfare and Military Media Relations
- Combat Systems Engineering
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations
- Signal/Geospatial Intelligence
- Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology
- Military Applied Sciences
- Air and Space Operations Technology
- Military Information Systems Technology
- Engineering Acoustics
- Space Systems Operations
- Operational Oceanography
- Aircraft Armament Systems Technology
- Military Systems and Maintenance Technology
- Information Operations/Joint Information Operations
- Directed Energy Systems
- Explosive Ordinance/Bomb Disposal
- Missile and Space Systems Technology
- Undersea Warfare