University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
public policy school of the University of Chicago in Illinois, United States
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy (formally the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies) is the public policy graduate school of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located on the University of Chicago's main campus in Hyde Park.
The school is named after Irving B. Harris, who made a US$10 million donation that established the Harris School of Public Policy in 1988. In addition to policy studies and policy analysis, the school requires students to pursue training in economics and statistics as part of its rigorous Core Curriculum.
Harris offers joint degrees with the university's Business School, Law School, Social Work School, and the Division of the Social Sciences.
Harris is ranked third among policy analysis schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, and listed as the fourth best public policy institution globally in the field of economics research by RePEc.
History
The Harris School of Public Policy was predated by the Committee on Public Policy and the University of Chicago Center for Policy Study. The Center on Public Policy, established in 1966, was a research center and so did not offer degrees. The Center hosted fellows and conferences and published research in the field of public policy, primarily urban studies and urban journalism.
The Committee on Public Policy was formed to offer master's degrees to students interested in policy studies.
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