Georgetown Public Policy Institute
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Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) is a leading public policy program affiliated with Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. GPPI offers master's degrees in public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...

 and policy management as well as administers several professional certificate programs and boasts five affiliated research institutes.

GPPI is based in the Old North, the oldest academic building on the main Georgetown University campus.

The institute is currently led by Edward B. Montgomery
Edward B. Montgomery
Edward B. Montgomery is an American economist, academic, and politician. As of April 2009, he is a member of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers in the Barack Obama administration.On June 10, 2010, Georgetown University...

, who became Dean of GPPI, effective Aug. 15, 2010. Montgomery was preceded by interim Dean William T. Gormley
William T. Gormley
William T. Gormley is a University Professor at Georgetown University and the interim dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Gormley, a scholar of child care and education, is also the co-director of the Center for Research on Children...

.

History

GPPI began as an idea in the Departments of Government and Economics in the late 1970s. The Government Department instituted a certificate program in 1980–1981 and in 1982 hired 2 junior faculty members to teach courses in public policy. For the next 5 years, the program remained small, granting an MA in government with a concentration in public policy to about 15 students. The Government Department in 1985 hired the first part-time director for the program. During the ensuing years, the framework for the Public Policy Program was formulated. By the late 1980s, enrollment in the program had grown to about 75 students.
In 1990, the new president of Georgetown University, Father Leo O'Donovan, mandated the expansion of the Public Policy Program under the direction of the program's first full-time director, Colin Campbell, a Georgetown professor of philosophy and politics. Dr. Campbell was charged with the task of significantly expanding the program's faculty, students, and facilities. In 1996, in recognition of the program's status as one of the premier professional programs at Georgetown University, the Public Policy Program was renamed the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI). Over the years, GPPI has grown significantly in size and stature. GPPI now accounts for over half of the total sponsored research funds awarded to the Georgetown University Main Campus.

Master of Public Policy Degree

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) is a 48 credit hour, multidisciplinary program offered as both a two year full-time and three year evening program. The program's focus is designed to meet the needs of individuals desiring a strong analytical background, particularly those planning careers in public or private sector policy analysis and management.

Master of Public Policy students can focus in any one of the following policy tracks or propose their own track.
  • Education, Social, and Family Policy
  • Environmental and Regulatory Policy
  • Health Policy
  • Homeland Security
  • International Policy and Development
  • Nonprofit Policy and Leadership
  • Political Strategy
  • Public Management

Joint Degrees

For the MPP degree, GPPI offers joint degree programs with Georgetown Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...

, McDonough School of Business
McDonough School of Business
The McDonough School of Business is one of the four undergraduate and one of the five graduate schools of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C...

, Walsh School of Foreign Service
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is a school within Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. Jesuit priest Edmund A...

, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is the oldest graduate school in the United States, and is one of four graduate schools at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. The graduate program first was founded in 1820, when Georgetown College graduates expressed the desire for...

, as well as with the University of Geneva
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...

:
  • Master of Public Policy/Juris Doctor (MPP/JD)
  • Master of Public Policy/Master of Business Administration (MPP/MBA)
  • Master of Public Policy/ Master of Science in Foreign Service (MPP/MS)
  • Master of Public Policy/Master of Arts in Economics (MPP/MA)
  • Master of Public Policy/Ph.D. in Government (MPP/Ph.D.)
  • Master of Public Policy/Ph.D. in Psychology (MPP/Ph.D.)
  • Master of Public Policy/International Organizations MBA Dual Degree Program (University of Geneva
    University of Geneva
    The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...

    )

Master of Policy Management Degree

The Master of Policy Management (MPM) is a 36 credit hour executive degree program for professionals with significant practical experience that seeks to balance skills between analytics, executive training and a substantive focus within specific policy areas.

Certificates and Special Programs

  • Inspectors General
    Office of the Inspector General
    Office of the Inspector General is an office that is part of Cabinet departments and independent agencies of the United States federal government as well as some state and local governments. Each office includes an Inspector General and employees charged with identifying, auditing, and...

     Program
  • Certificate in Homeland Security Studies
  • Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate
  • Certificate Program in Legislative Studies
  • Bio-Defense and Public Policy Certificate

Faculty

GPPI consists of 17 full time faculty, 30 research faculty, and 50 adjunct faculty. A 2010 report by the Women in Public Policy group at the Goldman School of Public Policy
Goldman School of Public Policy
The Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy is a public policy school and one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally named the Graduate School of Public Policy, it was founded in 1969 as one of the first public policy institutions in the United...

 found that of 10 leading public policy schools, that GPPI ranked #1 in the overall percent of tenured and tenure track faculty that are women (about 40 percent).

Journal

The Georgetown Public Policy Review
Georgetown Public Policy Review
The Georgetown Public Policy Review is a nonpartisan, student-run, publication of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. GPPReview’s mission is to provide an outlet for innovative new thinkers and established policymakers to offer perspectives on the politics and policies...

 is a nonpartisan journal published annually by the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University that investigates public policy issues and promotes discourse among members of the policymaking community.

Research Centers, Projects and Organizations

  • Public and Nonprofit Leadership - provides advanced education and training for emerging and current leaders alike to address public issues and community needs.
  • Center for Children and Families - an independent, nonpartisan policy and research center whose mission is to expand and improve health coverage for America's children and families.
  • Health Policy Institute - a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research.
  • Center for Juvenile Justice Reform - designed to support public agency leaders in the juvenile justice and related systems of care
  • Government Affairs Institute (GAI) - has been conducting courses on Capitol Hill since 1965, providing education and training about congressional processes, organization, and practices, and about selected legislative policy issues.
  • Retirement Security Project - dedicated to promoting common sense solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers and is supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts in partnership with the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and the Brookings Institution
    Brookings Institution
    The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...

  • School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) - an educational research project made up of a national team of researchers and institutional research partners devoted to the rigorous and unbiased evaluation of school choice programs and other school improvement efforts across the country
  • Georgetown Public Policy Institute Annual Conference - Since 1994, the graduate students of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute have organized an annual conference that brings distinguished academics and policymakers to DC for a day of conversation on prominent policy issues. These conversations have tackled the entire range of public policy debates, both domestic and international, including topics such as: Breaking Barriers: Women Leaders in the 21st Century (1999); The Free Trade Balance: Weighing Economic and Social Impacts (2001); School Vouchers: Examining the DC Experiment (2004); Securing our Nation's Future (2007); and "The Changing Face of the American Election" (2008). This event has always been offered free to the public to attend and typically draws students and academics as well as policy professionals from both private and public organizations.

Rankings

According to the latest (2008) U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...

 graduate rankings, the GPPI currently ranks #14 among all schools and programs in graduate public affairs
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

. Prior to the 2008 rankings, GPPI was ranked at #17, while a few years before that it was ranked #29.

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