Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1967 (1999) |
| Director | Susan Webb Yackee |
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Academic staff
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| Students | 110 |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Campus | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Website | www.lafollette.wisc.edu |
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The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, commonly known as the La Follette School, is a public graduate public policy school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It offers master's degrees in public affairs and international public affairs, and joint degrees with other departments. The La Follette School is housed in the Observatory Hill Office Building.
The school was founded in 1967 as the Center for the Study of Public Policy and Administration by Clara Penniman, the first woman to chair the university's political science department, making it one of the longest established institutions by type for the specific study of public policy. In 1983 it was separated from the department by an act of the Wisconsin Legislature, which established an Institute of Public Affairs named for Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. The Institute was upgraded to a School in 1999, and offers a relatively small class size from a competitive international admissions process.
Two graduate degrees are offered by the La Follette School:
The MPA is based around a core curriculum of policy analysis and development, public management, microeconomics, and statistics. The MIPA has a greater focus on macroeconomics and international trade. Both are designed as two-year professional programs, with a capstone research project for real-world clients during the final semester. Students select one or more focus fields, such as public finance, health policy, public management, social and poverty policy, or international development.
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