Reuters Foundation and Carnegie Endowment Announce New Global Public...

PR Newswire;  September 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ......A new series of global public policy debates designed to foster...contribution in the area of public policy development. It will expand...broader constituencies for sound public policy initiatives while encouraging...of the Reuters/Carnegie public policy series ...

BYU to offer a joint public policy degree

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 11, 2008 ;     187 words ......will offer a joint Juris Doctor and Master of Public Policy degree. "There is a pronounced connection between law and public policy," said Sven Wilson, director of BYU's Master of Public Policy program. "Organizations in both government and...

Making public policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies.(Book review)

Australian Journal of Social Issues;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Making public policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies...0745627544. $52.95 On its cover, Making public policy is promoted as 'a comprehensive...issues and contemporary debates in public policy'. We read further that it is essential...

Designing a Course for Educating Baccalaureate Nursing Students as Public...

Annual Review of Nursing Education;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Until I had the course on public policy, I had no idea of the impact that nurses had on public policy and even less idea of the impact that public policy has on health care. The course has allowed me to develop a voice in my community and my...

Stanford public policy program now on par with nation

University Wire;  November 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......University lacks a graduate degree-granting public policy program. A proposal to add one is in...graduate degrees -- a two-year Master in Public Policy (MPP) and a one-year Master of Arts in Public Policy (MAPP). "It's an opportunity for the...

From Healthcare to Obesity: Finding AAFCS's Voice in Public Policy

Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Engaging in public work, and especially public policy, is part of the heritage of family...Plan calls for a continued focus on public policy. Two challenges face the organization...resources-to find their niche in the public policy arena. A second challenge is to become...

Sizing Up America: Strategy for Public Policy Engagement

Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Engaging in public policy work is an element of the legacy...recent years, as AAFCS Chalkley-Fenn Public Policy Scholars, we have called for a...Williams, 2002). The Association's Public Policy Committee members' capacity to...

Shaping public policy

Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of us. The work of public policy advocates in family...Why get involved in public policy? Advocating for sound public policies provides...policies. An effective public policy program is based...analyze proposed public policies and to ensure...are advocates for ...

WRITING CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST IN PUBLIC...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 18, 2007 ;     429 words ......Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Public Policy Learning Community Essay Contest. "Contested Ideas and Methods: Debating Public Policy" is the topic of the essay contest, sponsored by the Public Policy Learning Community at CSB/SJU. The...

Public Policy: AMS Steps Forward

Montessori Life;  April 1, 2008 ;     471 words ...The AMS Public Policy Committee recently organized the Public Policy Network as part of a long-term effort to inform our members about emerging public policy issues. The Public Policy Network is comprised of a group of individuals who have expressed...

REGENTS APPROVE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......approved the establishment of a School of Public Policy. The graduate school will admit its...Timothy P. White said the School of Public Policy will produce graduates trained in policy...regional levels," White said. "Because the public-policy problems facing our region are so ...

Public policy: assessing the state of the contemporary literature. (four...

Policy Studies Journal;  September 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ...The study and teaching of public policy is still perceived by many scholars...of the death of the field of public policy have been highly exaggerated...a basic motivation of early public policy study was not to carve out a...

United Way board approves first-ever public policy agenda

Call & Post;  July 13, 2006 ;     470 words ......the organization's first-ever public policy agenda. The agenda serves as a...identifies United Way's focus for its public policy work. "We are pleased by the board's decision to adopt the public policy agenda," said Janet Jackson, UWCO...

Public Policy Division Added to Memphis, Tenn.-Based Law Firm.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 12, 2004 ;     571 words ......Nashville-based division will handle state-level public policy issues in Tennessee and other states...new area of practice, along with the public policy work at Baker Donelson's Washington...are please to re-establish a state public policy group within the firm, said senior...

Pepperdine School of Public Policy Establishes Theodore J. Forstmann...

PR Newswire;  April 18, 2005 ;     555 words ......PRNewswire/ -- The Pepperdine School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the establishment...to the completion of the master of public policy degree. The Forstmann Scholarships...policy issues -- the foundation of our public policy program, said Dr. James R. Wilburn...