Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy

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The Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy is a public policy school composed of the Departments of Public Administration & Policy and Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY, United States. [1] The department provides educational preparation for academic and public service careers, to undertake research on significant public problems and issues, and to assist in the continuing professional development of government executives. Rockefeller College has an enhanced interdisciplinary approach to its public policy mission.[ citation needed ]

The College offers appropriate assistance to the governments of New York State and the United States, and to foreign governments and international organizations in meeting the responsibilities of contemporary citizenship and governance through special courses and conferences; research and consultation; and publications for the dissemination of information.

The college is located on the downtown campus of the University at Albany, SUNY, at 135 Western Avenue, Albany, New York.

In 2020, it was nationally ranked as the 19th Public Affairs graduate program (out of 276) in U.S. News & World Report magazine. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy". Academia.edu . Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  2. "Best Graduate Public Affairs Programs". U.S. News & World Report. 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. "UAlbany's Rockefeller College ranks first in public affairs". NEWS10 ABC. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

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