Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment is a graduate school at

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within The Schools of Public Engagement that offers degrees in

environmental policy Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization or government to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues. These issues generally include air and water pollution, waste management, ecosystem mana ...

and

sustainability studies Sustainability studies is an academic discipline that focuses on the interdisciplinary perspective of the concept of sustainability. Programs include instruction in sustainable development, geography, environmental policies, ethics, ecology, land ...

, nonprofit management, organizational change management,

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 ...

and

urban policy 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, ...

, as well as a PhD. program in public and urban policy and three graduate certificates.

History

In 1964, The Center for New York City Affairs, a nonpartisan institute, also known as J. M. Kaplan Center for New York City Affairs was founded as the first teaching and research center in the United States devoted to the study of a single metropolitan area. In 1975, under the leadership of Dean

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, the Kaplan Center evolved into the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy (now the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy), which was named in honor of the former New School trustee Robert J. Milano (1912–2000), who had also been a member of the advisory board of the J.M. Kaplan Center.

Academics

Milano offers the following

Master's Degrees A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

: *MS in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management *MS in Nonprofit Management *MS in Organizational Change Management *MS in Public and Urban Policy Milano offers Graduate Certificates in

Organizational Development Organization development (OD) is the study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect organizational change, the goal of which is to modify an organization's performance and/or culture. The organizational changes are ...

, Sustainability Strategies, and Leadership and Change. Students in any master's program at the Milano School can pursue one of the following specializations or work with a faculty advisor to develop their own. The subject areas are sets of related courses that can help students tailor their graduate programs to their personal goals. * Applied Quantitative Methods and Data Visualization * Community Development Finance * Economic and Workforce Development * Finance * Food and the Environment * Global Management * Global Urban Futures * Housing and Community Development * Leadership and Change * Leading Sustainability * Politics, Media, and Advocacy * Social Entrepreneurship * Social Policy Milano also offers a PhD Program in Public and Urban Policy, and a joint BA/MS program with

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and with the

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in The Schools of Public Engagement.

Accreditation

The Public and Urban Policy program is accredited by the

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