The Heller School for Social Policy and Management is one of the four graduate schools of

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. It is consistently ranked as one of the top ten schools of social policy and one of the top 50 graduate schools of public affairs in America since 2013 by the '' U.S. News & World Report''. It is an

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and APSIA certified school. The school provides seven academic programs conferring both masters and doctoral degrees. It is also a leading research institution and is the home to 10 institutes and centers focused on both global and domestic social policy issues. Founded in 1959 as the university's first professional school, Heller is located on the Brandeis University main campus along with the

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, Brandeis International Business School, and the

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. Prominent current faculty members at the Heller School include

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, Peter Conrad,

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, and Thomas Shapiro. Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

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previously taught at the Heller School.

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lists the Heller School as one of eight training institutions in the United States approved to host World Bank scholars pursuing graduate degrees. Heller School has strong links with

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and

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. The school has a cross-registration consortium with

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and

. The school currently houses

Our Generation Speaks Our Generation Speaks (OGS) is a fellowship program and startup incubator whose mission is to bring together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship. OGS works in partnership with the Heller School for Social Policy and Mana ...

, a fellowship program and startup incubator whose mission is to bring together young

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and

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leaders through entrepreneurship.

History

Founded in 1959 as Florence G. Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, it became Brandeis first professional graduate school. The building was designed in 1966 by

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, built into a hillside on a fieldstone base. The school is named after Florence G. Heller the first female president of the

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. Charles I. Schottland, a former Federal Commissioner on Social Security, was appointed as the first dean of the school. In 1988, Heller faculty members conducted a research study titled, "Support Services in Senior Housing," that led federal policy makers to enact the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990. In 1998, the

14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

visited Heller and accepted an honorary degree from Brandeis. In 2007,

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gave an inaugural lecture at Heller's new building.

Academics

Heller has 4,800 alumni, with 80% living in the United States and 20% living abroad. As of Fall 2020, it has 471 students, with a fifth of them coming from 53 countries. Of the domestic students, 41% are students of color. It has 145 faculty and research staff, including 39 scientists and fellows. In 2019, it had $19 million of sponsored research from corporations, foundations, and agencies including from

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, the

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and the

. Heller School is one of three

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schools, along with

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and

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, to be listed on '' U.S. News & World Report''s top 50 graduate schools for public affairs, according to the magazine's 2016 rankings. The Heller School ranks in the top 10 schools for social policy in the United States and in the top 20 in health policy and management. Heller is one of only two New England graduate schools of public affairs to be ranked in either specialty area. * PhD in

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* MBA in

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* MA in Sustainable

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(MA-SID) * MS in Global

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and

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* MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence * MPP in

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Joint degree programs: * Heller MBA with

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* Heller MBA with

Master of

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Faculty

Heller has 68 faculty members. The key members include, PhD program director Dr. Diana Bowser (PhD,

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), M.A SID director Dr. Joan Dassin (PhD,

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), MBA program director Carole Carlson (MBA, Harvard University, Business School), MPP program director Michael Doonan (PhD,

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), Conflict Resolution Director Alain Lempereur (PhD,

), Director Executive Education Dr. Jon A. Chilingerian (PhD,

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) and undergraduate program director Darren Zinner (PhD,

). Its current dean is Dr. David Weil (PhD,

) while its dean from 2008 to 2014, Dr. Lisa M. Lynch (PhD,

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), now serves as provost and executive vice president of academic affairs of Brandeis University. Dean David Weil previously served as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the United States Department of Labor under President Obama.

Campus

The Heller School is located on the campus of

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

. The building occupied by the school is the Schneider building which was designed by

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in 2007. It spread at 30,000 Sf, the building includes a library, media center lecture, and breakout spaces, lounges and study areas, faculty and administrative offices, and an open multi-story public "forum" space.

Research Centers

Heller School is home to 11 research institutes. * Schneider Institutes for Health Policy * Institute on Healthcare Systems * Institute for Behavioral Health * Institute for Global Health and Development * Institute on Assets and Social Policy * Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy * Center for Youth and Communities * Lurie Institute for Disability Policy * Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy * Center for Global Development and Sustainability *Relational Coordination Research Collaborative

References

External links

Official Web Site
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