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Mission	To understand and influence public policies by conducting policy-relevant research and preparing talented individuals to become leaders and agents of social change.
Established	1975
Official name	The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
University	The University of Chicago
School type	Private
Dean	Susan E. Mayer
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Enrollment	200 graduate

The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies is one of the nation's leading graduate schools devoted to public policy research, analysis, and training. Part of The University of Chicago, the Harris School is located on the University's main campus in Hyde Park. In addition to policy analysis, the school requires its students to pursue a thorough training in economics and statistics through preliminary examinations and intensive course requirements. Further, the Harris School is known for its curricular interactions with the University-at-large, with students drawing upon the offerings of the Graduate School of Business, Law School, School of Social Service Administration, and the Graduate Division of the Social Sciences. As a result of this rigorous and diverse preparation, the Harris School's graduates enjoy leading positions in prominent private firms, public agencies, non-profit organizations, and NGOs. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... IL may stand for: Israel (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) Illinois (U.S. state) an abbreviation for the Russian Ilyushin design bureau an abbreviation for Common Intermediate Language French for He This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Image File history File links Chicagoemblem2. ... Irving B. Harris (1910?-2004) was a businessman and philanthropist. ... Public policy is a policy or set of policies which forms the foundation of public law. ... The University of Chicago is a private university principally located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890 and opened in 1892. ... The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies is one of the nations leading graduate schools devoted to public policy research, analysis, and training. ... Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, located seven miles south of the Loop; it is home to the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Chicago. ... Policy analysis is the systematic evaluation of alternative means of achieving social goals. ... Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. ... A graph of a bell curve in a normal distribution showing statistics used in educational assessment, comparing various grading methods. ... Windowed ceiling of the Graduate School of Business Hyde Park Center The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) is one of the worlds leading business schools. ... The Laird Bell Law Quadrangle at the University of Chicago Law School A few of the University of Chicagos law and economics scholars conversing in DAngelo Law Library. ... The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) is one of the worlds leading school’s for the training of social worker’s, ranking 3rd (US News) and 1st according to the (Gourman Report). ... NGO is an abbreviation or code for: Non-governmental organization Nagoya Airport (IATA code) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Curriculum

The Harris School offers three full-time professional masters degree programs: a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.), an S.M. in Environmental Science and Policy, and a one-year A.M. in Public Policy Studies. Further, a Ph.D. degree program is offered to students looking to pursure a career designing and conducting policy-relevant research. Last, accelerated joint degree offerings internal to the University exist to Harris School students, in particular, the M.P.P./J.D., M.P.P./M.B.A., and M.P.P./A.M. programs.

Prominent faculty and administrators

• Norman M. Bradburn - Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
• Don L. Coursey - Ameritech Professor of Public Policy
• Charles L. Glaser - Deputy Dean and Professor
• Jeffrey Grogger - Irving Harris Professor in Urban Policy
• Lloyd G. Gruber - Associate Professor
• Ariel Kalil - Associate Professor
• Robert J. LaLonde - Professor
• Willard G. Manning - Professor
• Howard Margolis - Professor
• Susan E. Mayer - Dean and Professor
• David O. Meltzer - Associate Professor
• Bruce D. Meyer - McCormick Tribune Professor
• Robert T. Michael - former Dean, Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor
• Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh - Professor
• Tomas J. Philipson - Professor
• C. Cybele Raver - Associate Professor; Director, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP) at the Harris School
• Raaj Sah - Professor
• Duncan J. Snidal - Associate Professor

External links

• Harris School Website