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The '''National Security Higher Education Advisory Board''' (NSHEAB) was created by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]] [[Robert Mueller|Robert S. Mueller III]] on December 15, 2005.<ref>National Press Release, "FBI Director Appoints National Security Higher Education Advisory Board," December 15, 2005: [https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-appoints-national-security-higher-education-advisory-board].</ref> Operated by the FBI and paneled by approximately 20 American [[university president]]s and [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]]s, the expressed purpose of the board is "to foster outreach and to promote understanding between [[higher education]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]." The board also facilitates communication between universities and federal authorities on "national priorities pertaining to terrorism, counterintelligence, and homeland security."
==Aims==
Since its creation NSHEAB has brought university and FBI officials together to discuss [[weapon of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]], [[bioterrorism]], threats to university research facilities, and "the promotion of strategic national security partnerships with academia [in] the United States."<ref>National Press Release, "FBI Director Appoints National Security Higher Education Advisory Board," October 2, 2008: [https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/national-security-higher-education-advisory-board-holds-october-meeting].</ref> NSHEAB has also been a forum within which [[Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity]] (IARPA) has encouraged universities to engage in "high-risk/high-payoff" research intended to "provide the United States with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries."<ref>National Press Release, "FBI Director Appoints National Security Higher Education Advisory Board," November 3, 2009: [https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/national-security-higher-education-advisory-board-meets-at-fbi-headquarters].</ref>
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A stated goal of NSHEAB is to prevent the theft of sensitive research conducted at American universities.<ref>Geron, Tomio, "Board works to guard research," ''[[The Oakland Tribune]]'', February 21, 2006.</ref>  Some other topics discussed at NSHEAB meetings have included cyber security, campus shootings, and export regulations,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/04/fbi |title=Update on FBI-College Relations |author=Elizabeth Redden |date=October 4, 2007 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref> as well as domestic terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.policeone.com/police-products/press-releases/1782680-National-Security-Higher-Education-Advisory-Board-Holds-February-Meeting/ |title=National Security Higher Education Advisory Board Holds February Meeting |date=February 4, 2009 |publisher=PoliceOne.com}}</ref>
NSHEAB meets approximately three times yearly.  Some meetings have included briefings by invited speakers from other federal agencies, such as the [[Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/national-security-higher-education-advisory-board-holds-october-meeting |title=National Security Higher Education Advisory Board Holds October Meeting |date=October 2, 2008 |publisher=FBI}}</ref> [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/blog/2012/02/29/dhs-day-vii-national-security-higher-education-advisory-board |title=DHS for a Day VII: National Security Higher Education Advisory Board |date=February 29, 2012 |publisher=DHS}}</ref> the [[United States Coast Guard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/blog/2012/02/29/dhs-day-vii-national-security-higher-education-advisory-board |title=DHS for a Day VII: National Security Higher Education Advisory Board |date=February 29, 2012 |publisher=DHS}}</ref> the [[Central Intelligence Agency]],<ref>"AAAS S&T Policy Forum Takes a Closer Look at Cyber-Warfare," ''[[Targeted News Service]]'', May 28, 2010.</ref> the [[Department of Commerce]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://securitytoday.com/articles/2011/02/23/universities-play-a-major-role-in-national-security.aspx |title=Universities Play Major Role in National Security |date=February 23, 2011 |publisher=Security Today}}</ref> and the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://securitytoday.com/articles/2011/02/23/universities-play-a-major-role-in-national-security.aspx |title=Universities Play Major Role in National Security |date=February 23, 2011 |publisher=Security Today}}</ref>
NSHEAB is currently chaired by [[Lou Anna K. Simon]], president of [[Michigan State University]]. Notable members of NSHEAB include or have included former [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert Gates]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] president [[Susan Hockfield]],<ref>National Press Release, "FBI Director Appoints National Security Higher Education Advisory Board," December 15, 2005: [https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-appoints-national-security-higher-education-advisory-board].</ref> [[Vanderbilt University]] chancellor [[Nicholas S. Zeppos]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas S. Zeppos|url=http://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/nicholas-zeppos|website=Vanderbilt Law School|accessdate=December 9, 2015}}</ref> and [[University of California, Davis|U.C. Davis]] chancellor [[Linda P.B. Katehi]].<ref>Hood, Jack, "UC Davis Chancellor Katehi's past: Police repression in Greece, FBI spying in the US." ''[[World Socialist Web Site]]'', November 28, 2011:[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/nov2011/kate-n28.shtml].</ref>
==Criticism==
Some academics have expressed concern over the collaboration between FBI and university officials due to the agency's past investigations of individuals in the academic community in the 1960s.<!-- This previously said "espionage," which in both legal and everyday parlance is a crime requiring actions to benefit a foreign power, so this word is not factually supported by the cited source. --><ref>Timmer, John, "FBI-.edu security partnership trying to overcome decades of mistrust," ''[[Ars Technica]]'', November 2007: [https://arstechnica.com/security/news/2007/11/fbi-edu-security-partnership-trying-to-overcome-decades-of-mistrust.ars].</ref> NSHEAB's work and the increased cooperation between federal authorities and academia is facilitated by the political framework brought about by the [[war on terror]].<ref>Temple-Raston, Dina, "FBI and Universities Unite to Fight Terror," NPR, November 7, 2007: [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16067492].</ref>
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