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“Public policy as a discipline pertains to almost everything we do on this campus, which is why this is such an exciting program for so many people at UCR.” Anil Deolalikar, an economics professor and the school’s founding dean will be designed to produce just such problemsolvers for jobs in local, state and federal governments and in nonprofit organizations. Depending on pending curricular approvals, the school will begin accepting students in early 2014 and eventually will have 30 doctoral and 120 master’s degree candidates. “The professionals that we are going to be producing here will be trained to take positions across the United States as soon as they leave school and contribute at a very high level,” said Joseph Childers, English professor and dean of the Graduate Division. “It also creates another 26 | UCR Spring 2013 way for us to underscore the importance of what we do on campus to the community that has been so supportive of us.” Graduate students will be able to pursue a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) and an M.D./M.P.P. in conjunction with the UCR School of Medicine. A Ph.D. and a Ph.D. minor in public policy are planned. A 15-month Executive M.P.P. program will be available for experienced professionals already working in related fields. Nondegree certificate programs will enable existing public employment professionals to pursue career enhancement. Four areas of specialization are planned: environmental and sustainable development policy, population and health policy, higher education policy, and immigration policy. In the same way the new School of Medicine aims to improve health outcomes in the Inland area, the School of Public Policy is being designed to play an active role in the region. “The public policy school will serve as a bridge between the university and the public,” said Ken Baerenklau, an associate professor of environmental science and an associate environmental economist. “They will have a better understanding of what we do, and we will have a better understanding of what they want.” Students who pursue an advanced degree in public policy will carry on the UCR tradition of treating the surrounding area as a “living laboratory” that generates research-based solutions to problems here and abroad. “It’s not just learning from the rest of the world, but also teaching the rest of the world,” said Deolalikar, who is known internationally for his work on poverty, malnutrition and illiteracy. “Public policy as a discipline pertains to almost everything we do on this campus, which is why this is such an exciting program for so many people.” The school is expected to strengthen the overall mission of UCR by bringing together academics from many disciplines across campus, including some that rarely interact with one another. “Right now, there is kind of a disconnect between the science side of campus and the social sciences and the humanities,” said Kevin M. Esterling, an associate professor of political science and associate dean of the Graduate Division. “Science has a lot of practical applications, but it takes an interdisciplinary approach to determine what those applications might be. This school will bring people together and foster interaction between the colleges.” Ron Loveridge, an associate professor of political science who recently completed a 33-year career as Riverside mayor and councilman, said the Inland counties will need sound policy planning more than ever since they are expected to be two of the largest counties in the state by 2060, trailing only Los Angeles County. “So much of what [our] faculty does is research for each other,” Loveridge said. “It’s important to get that research into the policy arena, and a School of Public Policy will do that.” “Science has a lot of practical applications, but it takes an interdisciplinary approach to determine what those applications might be. This school will bring people together and foster interaction between the colleges.” Kevin M. Esterling, an associate professor of political science and associate dean of the Graduate Division
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