- Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
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Cornell Institute for Public Affairs 
Established 1986 Type Private Director Norman Uphoff (acting) Location Ithaca, New York, USA Website www.cipa.cornell.edu The Cornell Institute for Public Affairs is a public policy program at Cornell University. It acts as a quasi-department, independent of any college or school at Cornell. It offers a two-year public affairs course of study leading to the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree.
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History
Campus
Caldwell Hall serves as the headquarters for CIPA.
CIPA is headquartered out of Caldwell Hall.
MPA program
CIPA students, or "fellows," have the flexibility to design individualized plans of study using faculty resources from across the university. More than 100 Cornell University faculty members representing 25+ units make up the field of public affairs. CIPA has approximately 200 students enrolled in its M.P.A. program.
Students choose their course of study--domestic or international--from a broad range of options: 1) Environmental Policy; 2) Finance and Fiscal Policy; 3) Government, Politics, and Policy Studies; 4) Human Rights and Social Justice; 5) International Development Studies; 6) Public and Nonprofit Management; 7) Science and Technology Policy; and 8) Social Policy. Within each concentration, the opportunity exists for further specialization based on a student's interests.
Accelerated, joint, and exchange programs
- Accelerated MPA
- Joint program with Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management (MPA/MBA)
- Joint program with Cornell Law School (JD/MPA)
Rankings
For 2011, Cornell's MPA program was ranked #36 overall by U.S. News & World Report. In specific offerings, CIPA ranked #20 in Health Policy & Management and #32 in Public Policy Analysis.[1]
References
Categories:- Colleges and schools of Cornell University
- Public administration schools in the United States
- Public policy schools
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