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Governing U is an index of public sector management and policy degrees from universities across the country.  It provides a single source for browsing offerings from Master of Public Administration (MPA) , the Master of Public Policy (MPP) and the Executive MPA and certificate and other professional programs designed specifically for the education needs of working professionals in public service. Each entry includes a description of program offerings in the schools' own words. Governing U’s unique map interface also allows you to see the national landscape for public service grad programs and select schools for a closer look by geography


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  • Virginia Tech
  • www.cpap.vt.edu
  • 2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300

  • Description

    The Center for Public Administration and Policy's (CPAP's) distinguished place among programs in public administration and policy has been developed and nurtured by a remarkable faculty known across the profession and the globe for their commitment to making democracy work in a constitutional republic. Though retirements and new hires during the past four years have resulted in more than a fifty percent turnover in the CPAP faculty, our dedication to excellence, to our mission, and to our vision of the prominence and importance of CPAP in the world of scholarship and practice is stronger than ever before. We have been vigorously engaged in the strategic planning of our future, and conceptualizing the resources and faculty necessary to maintain our core commitments and achieve new ambitions across our Blacksburg, Alexandria, and Richmond programs.

     
    CPAP is deeply devoted to and engaged in scholarship: the individual scholarship of faculty, the developing scholarship of our students, and the enriched scholarship of our field. We are a distinctive combination of scholars who care deeply about governance and the capacities of government to address public problems effectively.
     
    CPAP is deeply committed to the everyday conduct of governance. Programs and formal ties connecting CPAP to local, state, and Federal officials and leaders in the nonprofit world through educational programs, round tables, conferences, and consulting opportunities enrich our scholarship and teaching by explicitly linking theory and practice.
     
    CPAP is committed to understanding and educating the next generation of leaders in the constitution and administration of democratic governance. To lead is to govern, but how governance is accomplished-the values and practices that support and guide it-is of crucial importance.
     
    CPAP is known nationally and internationally for its broad vision of governance as a moral, constitutional, and integrative endeavor. We are committed to playing a role in enriching and strengthening the related fields of public administration, public policy, public management, and political science by reconnecting them.
    CPAP in the 21st Century
     
    CPAP is one program in three locations (Blacksburg, Alexandria, and Richmond), each with a unique student population and unique governing realities. As the thirtieth anniversary of CPAP's founding approaches we have been working with renewed energy to strengthen established commitments, enhance relatively young program efforts, and develop and implement new initiatives, all while concentrating on related capacity and quality issues.




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