Public Policy & Administration



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		Message from the DPPA Chair Greetings to all our students, alumni, prospective students and others interested in the Department of Public Policy and Administration! This is a very exciting year for us and I am very honored to have been hired to be the new chair of the Department. I arrived in Camden last summer and spent the Fall semester learning the Rutgers system, teaching classes, and immersing myself in the local community. My specialty area is urban revitalization and policy, so Camden is where I want to be. We are busy preparing for the launch of the new Ph.D. program in Public Affairs which, if all approvals go as planned, will begin in Fall 2010. The focus of this program will be in Community Development with an urban and regional focus as well as international development component. To get a head start, we will begin the Community Development track in the MPA in fall 2009. Watch for more news on that as we finalize the curriculum. Our MPA program continues to thrive. We have over 100 students taking classes including 16 from the Camden City School District who are in our Education Leadership track. Our IPSD students this year are serving internships in North Camden to assist various nonprofits with implementation of the community plan. We continue to see more students enrolling in the BA/MPA programs with Political Science, Urban Studies, and Economics as well as our joint degree programs with the MA in Criminal Justice and the JD in Law. We are currently updating the look of our website, and you should expect to see changes underway soon. We will have specialized links to NASPAA (our professional association), the Peace Corps, and partner programs such as JumpStart. With so many ways to use an MPA degree, it’s a great time to take classes at Rutgers, Camden and join the Department of Public Policy and Administration. Please come by the office at 401 Cooper Street (side entrance), visit the faculty, our student group PASA, and our fabulous staff – Sandra Cheesman and Karen McGrath (816-225-6860). Best regards, Robyne Turner, Ph.D. Chair, DPPA
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