Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
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{{Infobox_University
|name = The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
|image_name = Maxwell.jpg
|image_size = 280px
|motto = Advancing Citizenship, Scholarship, and Leadership around the world.
|established = October 3, [[1924]]
|type = [[Private school|Private]]
|dean = [[Mitchel B. Wallerstein]]
|city = [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]
|state = [[New York|NY]]
|country = [[United States|USA]]
|postgrad = 800
|logo =<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BWSEAL.png|105px|Syracuse University Seal]] -->
|website= [http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ www.maxwell.syr.edu]
|}}
The '''Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs''', as a [[graduate school]] at [[Syracuse University]], offers degrees in the [[social science]]s and [[Public administration|public]] and [[International relations|international affairs]] (at the master and Ph.D. levels). According to [[U.S. News & World Report]], the Maxwell School is the leading [[public policy school]] offering [[master degree]]s in [[Public administration|Public Affairs]] in the United States. The Maxwell School has been consistently ranked as the top graduate program for public affairs in the country by U.S. News and World Report<ref>[http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/releases/030430_palmer_univprof.htm Maxwell School of Syracuse University : Headlines and Media]</ref>, including the most recent rankings in 2008<ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search]</ref>. It is also listed as one of the top ten [[professional school]]s for [[international relation]]s by [[Foreign Policy]] magazine<ref>[http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/IR/ir-rankings.asp International Relations Program Ranking]</ref>.
The School also offers dual professional degrees between its public administration and international relations programs, the [[Syracuse University College of Law]], the [[Newhouse School of Public Communications]], the [[Martin J. Whitman School of Management]], and the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] (SAIS) at [[Johns Hopkins University]].
The school was mentioned several times on the popular and critically acclaimed television show, ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]''.
==Overview==
[[Image:Maxwell1.jpg|thumb|Maxwell School (North Face).]]
The Maxwell School is best known for its [[Public Administration]] and [[International Relations]] programs, and is a member of [[the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs]] (APSIA). It is named for George Holmes Maxwell, a [[Boston]] [[patent]] attorney who donated $500,000 to the university in 1924.
Dedicated on [[October 3]], [[1924]], the Maxwell School was the first school to offer a graduate professional degree in public administration and the first to bring together the social sciences for public administration education. Its [[Master of Public Administration]] (MPA) program is the oldest continuously operating University-based program in the country <ref>[http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/deans/default2.asp Maxwell School of Syracuse University]</ref>.
The school boasts a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research, and offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, political science, public administration, social science, and sociology. Maxwell is the only school among the 50 in the U.S. News and World Report survey that ranks in the top ten of all nine specialty areas: City Management, Environmental Policy & Management, Health Policy & Management, Information & Technology Management, Nonprofit Management, Public Finance & Budgeting, Public Management/Administration, Public Policy Analysis, and Social Policy.
Since 1995, when U.S. News began ranking schools of public affairs, the Maxwell School has been first among its peers. <ref>[http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search]</ref>
== Alumni ==
[[U.S. government]]
* former [[Secretary of the Navy]], former [[NASA]] Administrator and current Louisiana State University Chancellor [[Sean O'Keefe]]
* former [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[Richard Danzig]]
[[Business]]
* [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]] member of the [[House of Saud|Saudi Royal Family]], an entrepreneur and international investor ranked by [[Forbes]] as the [[List of billionaires|19th richest person in the world]]
[[Academia]]
* [[University of Miami]] President [[Donna Shalala]]
* [[University of Washington]] President [[Mark Emmert]]
* [[Arizona State University]] President [[Michael Crow]]
* [[West Valley-Mission Community College District]] President, Board of Trustees [[The Honorable Chris Constantin]]
== Maxwell School institutes and centers ==
* [[Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute]]
* [[Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs]]
* [[Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism]] (INSCT)
* [[Center for Environmental Policy & Administration]] (CEPA)
* [[Center for Policy Research]] (CPR)
* [[Center for Technology & Information Policy]] (CTIP)
* [[Program on the Analysis & Resolution of Conflicts]] (PARC)
== External links ==
* http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ -- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
* http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/ -- Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
* http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/campbell/index.htm -- Campbell Public Affairs Institute
* http://cepa.maxwell.syr.edu/ -- Center for Environmental Policy & Administration
* http://www.apsia.org/apsia/index.php -- Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell](Japanese version)
== References ==
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[[Category:Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs]]
[[Category:Public administration schools]]
[[Category:Public policy schools]]
[[Category:Syracuse University]]
[[Category:Schools of international relations]]
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