Gourt Home::Gourt :: Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University is named after former Duke president and Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford, who established the university's Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs in 1971 as an interdisciplinary program geared toward training future leaders. When the Institute's current building on Duke's West Campus opened in 1994, the structure was named - and the Institute renamed - in honor of Sanford. For now, the Sanford Institute only grants bachelor's and master's degrees in Public Policy, but the Institute has recently received permission to add a joint Ph.D. program starting in 2007. *.
A second Institute building, named for principal benefactor David Rubenstein, opened in August 2005. Rubenstein Hall had its formal dedication, which included a speech by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, on November 4, 2005. *
The Institute is currently contemplating whether or not it should become a full-fledged school of public policy. If recommended to do so by Duke's Board of Trustees, the transformation could happen in two to three years.
Academic Programs
Undergraduate
Sanford offers an undergraduate major in Public Policy Studies. The undergraduate program was slightly altered starting with the class of 2009. The department also recently instituted several "pathways", or groups of classes focused on one aspect of public policy. One aspect of the program that is unique among Duke's undergraduate majors is the requirement of a public policy-related summer internship.The Institute also offers two undergraduate certificates: the Health Policy Certificate and the Policy Journalism and Media Studies Certificate.
Sanford also runs a study-abroad program at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. One notable aspect of the fall semester program is a four-day tour of London and its important cultural and political institutions and meetings with members of Parliament.
Graduate
At the graduate level, the Institute currently offers Master of Public Policy and Master of Arts in International Development Policy degrees.A certificate in Health Policy is also available at the graduate level.
The Ph.D program starts in the fall of 2007.
Centers and Programs*
The following centers and programs are run through the Institute by the Institute's faculty and staff.
- The Center for Child and Family Policy
- The Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
- The Duke Center for International Development
- The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
- The Program on Population, Policy and Aging
- The Hart Leadership Program
- The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics
- The Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
- The United States – Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values
- The Program on Civil Society (Fleishman Civil Society Fellows)
External links
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs | Duke University
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy | Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
"Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy"