School of Public Affairs ranked 25th overall in nation
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The U.S. News and World Report ranking of schools of public affairs was just released and ranks the ASU School of Public Affairs 25th overall in the nation for 2009. In addition, our program in urban management was ranked 6th, our program in public administration was ranked 8th, and our work in budgeting and financial management was ranked 18th. The ASU School of Public Affairs was in the top fifteen overall among public universities and one of only five schools in the west ranked in the top twenty-five (the others being UC-Berkeley, USC, UCLA, and Washington). Read more ...
New Morrison Institute Study Looks at Arizona's "Megapolitan" Future
Morrison Institute’s new report Megapolitan: Arizona’s Sun Corridor, one of the first reports in the U.S. on a single megapolitan area, recognizes a more sophisticated technique for analyzing urban growth—that shared economic and quality of life interests are more important than physically growing together. Read more ...
Robert Denhardt selected Regents' Professor Regents' Professors stand out for their accomplishments in many areas, including excellence in teaching, exceptional achievements in research or other creative activities, and national and international distinction in their fields.
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March 3 - August 22, 2008
Fall 2008 Registration
Enrollment appointments for Fall 2008 start March 3rd - check your individual enrollment appointment through ASU Interactive. See the full Fall 2008 Registrar Calendar for important dates and deadlines. Open enrollment starts April 15th. See the SPA Fall 2008 Schedule.
May 8 , 2008
College of Public Programs Convocation
Got MPA? At today's commencement several of our students now do have their MPAs. In addition to MPA and PhD graduates, graduates from SPA include for the first time our Master of Public Policy and Bachelor of Urban & Metropolitan Studies programs - congratulations to all our graduates!
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Phoenix Convention Center
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May 9 , 2008
SPA Research Colloquium
Larry Terry, ASU School of Public Affairs: “Administrative Reform and European Union Integration: Examining the Role of New Public Management in the Republic of Montenegro”
Time: 4:00 - 5:00PM
Location: UCENT 822A
Downtown Phoenix campus
June 2, 2008
Summer Session begins
Classes for the first 5-week and 8-week summer session start. for more information, see the SPA Summer 2008 Schedule.
SPA Graduate Student Blogs
Find out more about our graduate students, their thoughts, ideas, and daily lives. Two MPA students and two PhD students write about what life as a graduate student at the School of Public Affairs is really like. Read more...
Student Spotlight: Ed Jensen
Ed Jensen is a a sophomore in the Urban & Metropolitan Studies program and his primary interest is transportation studies and policy. Read Ed's blog ...
Meet Professor Yushim Kim
Yushim Kim is an assistant professor at the School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kim is also a core faculty of the Center for Policy Informatics, an affiliated faculty at the Decision Theater, and the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity at ASU. Dr. Kim's research interests are public policy analysis and policy informatics. Read more ...
Faculty Spotlight: Robert Denhardt
Are leaders born, or can they be taught? Robert Denhardt, director of the ASU School of Public Affairs, says it can be both. Read more ...
Student Spotlight: Nicole Dailey
MPA student and Marvin Andrews Fellow Nicole Dailey describes her experience during her internship with the City of Maricopa, AZ and why she decided to get her MPA. Read more ...
Student Spotlight: Elenia Sotelo
Urban & Metropolitan Studies student Elenia Sotelo walks us through her first day at the Downtown Phoenix campus. View more ...