1. Update on CAPPA, NASPAA, and APPAM 1 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)280 U.S. and 15 international APPAM: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (~90 institutions)90 institutions CAPPA: Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (~22 programs)22 programs Ian D. Clark, January 29, 2015 Note: Images, underlines = hyperlinks

2. History 1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020 Schools & Programs Associations Ford Found- ation MPPs: Berkeley, Carnegie- Mellon, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, RAND, Stanford, Texas Early Schools and MPAs: including Harvard, NYU, Princeton, Syracuse Propagation of MPP/MPA-like Programs (US News & World Report rankings of public affairs graduate programs begin in 1990s)rankings of public affairs American Society for Public Administration American Society for Public Administration (1939) American Political Science Association American Political Science Association (1903) Institute of Public Administration of Canada Institute of Public Administration of Canada (1947) CAPPA CAPPA (1987) Annual CAPPA Research Conferences Annual CAPPA Research Conferences (2012) APPAM APPAM (1979) NASPAA NASPAA (1970) 2 1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020 1-7 programs created every decade in Canada since the 1950s, on average every 3 years Canadian Political Science Association Canadian Political Science Association (1912) Carleton Dalhousie Queen’s ENAP Victoria Laval Manitoba-Winnipeg Concordia Simon Fraser Guelph-McMaster Ryerson Saskatchewan-Regina York-Glendon York Ottawa Waterloo Toronto Western Calgary MethodologyMethodology: peer assessment survey of directors and heads

3. Recent Developments NASPAA – recruiting members outside U.S. (15 since 2013) – January 2014 MOU with CAPPA, including collaboration on AtlasMOU with CAPPA – November 2014 conference co-located with APPAM research conferenceconferenceAPPAM 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)20142015 – annual Directors’ meetings in February 2014 (Toronto), 2015 (Dalhousie) – review of accreditation (no volunteers after Ryerson, Western, Carleton and Johnston-Shoyama)accreditation – December 2014 request for analysis from Clark and Pal on: 1.extent of international consensus on core content 2.categorization of core into subjects and/or courses 3.mission-based differences (and Canadian specificity) 4.extent to which Canadian programs meet mission- based competencies and universal (consensus core) competencies and thoughts on appropriate balance 3

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