Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
AYSPS wordmark.jpg
Type Public
Established1996
Parent institution
 Georgia State University
Dean Thomas Vicino
Students2,000 [1]
Address
55 Park Place NE
,
Atlanta
,
Georgia
,
30303
,
USA
Campus Urban
Website aysps.gsu.edu

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYSPS) is a school of public policy and one of 12 schools and colleges that constitute Georgia State University. Founded in 1996 as the Georgia State University Policy School, the school was named after civil rights leader Andrew Young in 1999.

Contents

AYSPS houses the Departments of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Economics, and Public Management & Policy, the School of Social Work, and the Urban Studies Institute. The school offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees, and graduate certificate programs. It houses six research centers, including the Georgia Health Policy Center, the Georgia Policy Labs, and the Experimental Economics Center, and the Public Finance Research Cluster, which consists of the Center for State and Local Finance, the Fiscal Research Center, and the International Center for Public Policy. [2]

Based in downtown Atlanta, AYSPS enrolls on average 1,490 undergraduate students and 540 graduate students each year. [3] Community internships and job opportunities are a major draw for enrollment, as the school is within walking distance of one of the nation’s largest concentrations of local, state and federal governments and also close to several nonprofit headquarters, such as Care USA and Habitat for Humanity. [4]

History and Culture

The beginnings of the Andrew Young School were in the establishment of a Master of Governmental Administration degree in 1972. This would later evolve into a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) which was offered originally though the Institute of Governmental Administration. After shuffling around throughout the decades, the Georgia State Policy School was established in 1996. [4]

Three years later in 1999, The Policy School was renamed the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The name pays respects to Andrew Young, a civil rights leader from Atlanta who served as United Nations Ambassador from 1977–79, as mayor of Atlanta from 1982–90, and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to the city in 1996.

His leadership and Georgia State University's status as one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation allow Andrew Young School's programs to be inclusive and make a global impact. [5] Roughly one-fifth of graduate students come from developing countries, 59 percent of students are women and nearly one-half are African Americans. [6]

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report 's 2020 Best Graduate Schools Public Affairs list ranks the Andrew Young School No. 21 overall: No. 7 in Local Government Management, No. 8 in Public Finance & Budgeting, No. 8 in Urban Policy, No. 9 in Nonprofit Management, No. 19 in Public Management & Leadership, and No. 22 in Public Policy Analysis. Criminology ranks No. 22, Economics ranks No. 59, and the School of Social Work ranks No. 59. [7]

Departments

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies includes five academic departments:

Degree Programs

A major pillar of the philosophy of the Andrew Young School is the belief that economics, public administration and social policy should not be separated. [6] The result is an approach to policy studies that is multidisciplinary, evident in the numerous interdisciplinary degrees offered and partnerships in research with other departments throughout Georgia State University. [13]

Notably, a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics was established in Fall of 2017, based on a deep historical connection of the disciplines and using analytically rigorous tools to prepare students for careers in law, economics, and business. [14] The Andrew Young School also offers a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics is offered in partnership with the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and various other interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctoral Degree Programs

Graduate Certificate programs

Research Centers and Programs

The Andrew Young School has an international presence in its research efforts with more than 135 faculty having worked in more than 70 countries worldwide. This translates to more than 230 scholarly papers, journal articles, chapters and books published annually and more than $26 million in active sponsored grants in the 2019 fiscal year. [15] The school runs ten research centers and conducts numerous research collaborations within Georgia State University, born of the Andrew Young School's interdisciplinary approach to research and education. [13]

Research Centers

Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

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  2. ↑ "Andrew Young School of Policy Studies". Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  3. ↑ "2022-2023 Fact Book". Office of Institutional Effectiveness. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  4. 1 2 "Spotlight: Georgia State University | APPAM". www.appam.org. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  5. ↑ "Mission Statement". Georgia State University. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  6. 1 2 "Welcome from Andrew Young". Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  7. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Affairs Program Ranking".
  8. ↑ "Department of Criminal Justice — Criminal Justice Home — Policy Studies — Georgia State University". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  9. ↑ "GSU Economics Dept". Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. ↑ "Department of Public Management and Policy — PMAP Home — Public Management and Policy — Georgia State University". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  11. ↑ "School of Social Work — Social Work Home — Policy Studies — Georgia State University". Archived from the original on 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  12. ↑ "Home". Urban Studies Institute. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  13. 1 2 "Welcome from the Dean". Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  14. ↑ "Philosophy, Politics, and Economics". Philosophy. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  15. ↑ "About the Andrew Young School". Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Retrieved 2019-08-01.

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