UMBC School of Public Policy

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School of Public Policy
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Type Public
Established1974
DirectorSusan M. Sterett [1]
Location, ,
United States
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The Public Policy graduate program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County was created in 1974 under Chancellor Calvin B. T. Lee. Now known as the School of Public Policy, the program offers the master of public policy and PhD. degrees, and has an enrollment of over 130 students. [2]

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History

Six years after the university's establishment, the Policy Sciences Graduate Program was organized as part of the graduate school and began enrollment two years later. The program became the Department of Public Policy in 2003. The following year, the department moved into the newly constructed Public Policy building. In 2014, the department became the School of Public Policy.

Programs

Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Specializations

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References

  1. "Our Faculty". Archived from the original on 2018-09-05.
  2. "Home". publicpolicy.umbc.edu.

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