Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Dean | Mary Beth Walker |
| Students | 4,500 enrolled |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is located within Georgia State University. The school houses the Criminal Justice & Criminology, Economics, Social Work and Public Management and Policy divisions of the second largest school in the state of Georgia.
In 2008, U.S. News and World Reports placed the Andrew Young School 27th among the top 269 schools in public affairs: 5th in public finance and budgeting, 12th in city management/urban policy, 12th in information and technology management, 13th in nonprofit management, 18th in public policy analysis, and 33rd in public management administration.
The school is named after Andrew Young, a civil rights leader from Atlanta that served as mayor of Atlanta, United Nations Ambassador, and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to the city in 1996.
The Georgia State University Policy School was founded in July, 1996 as an expansion of the small policy research center that had been growing since its establishment in 1988. In 1999, The Policy School was renamed the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies to honor former Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Young's contributions to the city of Atlanta.
Domestic Programs
The Andrew Young School offers various undergraduate programs, a master's program, and a doctoral degree track.
Graduate Certificate programs include:
The Andrew Young School boasts some of the top faculty from their respective disciplines.
1904 Atlanta Constitution article about the building's construction
1905 newspaper ad celebrating the grand opening of the bank's new headquarters building
Interior of Fourth National Bank building, c.1906
Fourth National Bank building, about 1908
1915 advertisement for the Fourth National Bank and tenants in its headquarters building
The current home of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies has a varied past, as the building dates to 1905. The Fourth National Bank opened the building on the southwest corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets in 1905 - the site of the Norcross Building which had burned in a 1902 fire – and was for one year the tallest building in the city until the Candler Building was built. Morgan & Dillon designed the building.
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