1. Update on CAPPA, NASPAA, and APPAM
Ian D. Clark, January 29, 2015
NASPAA: Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (before 2013, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; ~280 U.S. and 15 international members; no Canadian members)
APPAM: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
(~90 institutions)
CAPPA: Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration
(~22 programs)
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2. History Schools & Programs Associations 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950
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Schools & Programs
Associations
Early Schools and MPAs:
including Harvard, NYU, Princeton, Syracuse
Ford Found- ation MPPs: Berkeley, Carnegie-Mellon, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, RAND, Stanford, Texas
Propagation of MPP/MPA-like Programs (US News & World Report rankings of public affairs graduate programs begin in 1990s)
Calgary
Waterloo
York-Glendon
Ottawa
Toronto
York
Saskatchewan-Regina
Ryerson
Simon Fraser
Western
Guelph-McMaster
Concordia
Manitoba-Winnipeg
1-7 programs created every decade in Canada since the 1950s, on average every 3 years
Laval
Victoria
ENAP
Queen’s
Methodology: peer assessment survey of directors and heads
Dalhousie
Carleton
Canadian Political Science Association (1912)
Institute of Public Administration of Canada (1947)
CAPPA (1987)
Annual CAPPA Research Conferences (2012)
American Political Science Association (1903)
American Society for Public Administration (1939)
NASPAA (1970)
APPAM (1979)
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3. Recent Developments NASPAA
recruiting members outside U.S. (15 since 2013)
January 2014 MOU with CAPPA, including collaboration on Atlas
November 2014 conference co-located with APPAM research conference
concern over accreditation burden associated with demonstrating universal required competencies with learning outcomes
concern over graduate placement, particularly in government
CAPPA
annual research conferences in May 2012 (Carleton), 2013 (Ryerson), 2014 (Queen’s) and 2015 (Glendon)
annual Directors’ meetings in February 2014 (Toronto), 2015 (Dalhousie)
review of accreditation (no volunteers after Ryerson, Western, Carleton and Johnston-Shoyama)
December 2014 request for analysis from Clark and Pal on:
extent of international consensus on core content
categorization of core into subjects and/or courses
mission-based differences (and Canadian specificity)
extent to which Canadian programs meet mission- based competencies and universal (consensus core) competencies and thoughts on appropriate balance

4. Completing the Atlas Working Paper Series
Abstracts submitted for the May CAPPA conference
PDFs on Atlas