The UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, commonly known as the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs,
is the public affairs/public service graduate school at the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...
. The school consists of three graduate departments—Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning—and an undergraduate program in Public Affairs that began accepting students in 2018. In all, the school offers three undergraduate minors, the undergraduate major, three master's degrees, and two doctoral degrees.
It was formerly known as the School of Public Policy and Social Research until March 18, 2011, when it was renamed after UCLA alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin.
Departments and degrees
The Luskin School of Public Affairs offers degrees in the following concentrations:
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Public policy
Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...
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MPP
MPP or M.P.P. may refer to:
* Marginal physical product
* Master of Public Policy, an academic degree
* Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Canada
* Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape), South Africa
* ''Merriweather Post Pavilio ...
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Social welfare
Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...
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MSW,
PhD
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Urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
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MURP, PhD
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Public affairs —
BA
Joint degree programs (J.D., MBA., Latin American Studies, Architecture and Urban Design, and Asian American Studies) are offered. Consult individual departments for more information.
The Luskin School of Public Affairs offers an undergraduate degree in Public Affairs
The following minors are offered for undergraduate UCLA students:
*Public affairs
*Urban and Regional Studies
*Gerontology
Publications
* Luskin Forum
* Access Magazine
* Blueprint
* Critical Planning Journal
Research centers
The Luskin School of Public Affairs houses the following research centers:
*Luskin Center for Innovation
*The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
*Institute of Transportation Studies
*Center for Policy Research on Aging
*Institute on Inequality and Democracy
*The Latino Policy & Politics Initiative
*The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
*Latin American Cities Initiative
*UCLA Voting Rights Project
Unique programs include a Social Justice Initiative, Senior Fellows program, and Global Public Affairs.
The UCLA Voting Rights Project
The University of California, Los Angeles Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP) was founded in August 2019.
The UCLA VRP is affiliated with the UCLA Latino Politics & Policy Initiative and is housed within the Luskin School of Public Affairs.
The UCLA VRP's Faculty Director is Dr. Matt Barreto, Ph.D., and the project's Director of Litigation is Chad W. Dunn.
The purpose of the UCLA VRP is to bring and support voting rights litigation and appeals, provide the Western United States with access to voting rights protections and resources, publish public policy research reports, and teach voting rights centered courses at UCLA for undergraduate, graduate, and law students.
Notable work
The UCLA VRP is currently involved with the following: ''Higginson v. Poway'', N''ew York v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce'', ''Texas L.U.L.A.C. v. Whitley'', ''Harding v. Dallas County'', ''Texas, and Veasey v. Perry (Abbott)''.
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Educational institutions established in 1994
Luskin School of Public Affairs
Public administration schools in the United States
Public policy schools
1994 establishments in California