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Understanding the Role of Public Policy Centers and Institutes in Fostering University-Government Partnerships (Issue 112 New Directions for Higher Ed
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More About This Title Understanding the Role of Public Policy Centers and Institutes in Fostering University-Government Partnerships (Issue 112 New Directions for Higher Ed

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For more than a century, public policy institutes at universities have followed a tradition of public and civil engagement through scholarship and training programs that address a wide variety of policy needs in public and private sectors. With current trends in government budget reductions and the expansion of government bureaucracies at state and local levels, public policy institutes must play increasingly significant roles in developing effective partnerships between universities and government agencies. This issue provides an overview of the modern public policy institute, beginning with its inception at the University of Wisconsin, and its historic role in American public life. Using different models, the authors examine innovative approaches to developing the structure of programs in both traditional academic environments and in applied research and training; attracting and rewarding faculty engaged in public service; and determining which policy issues to approach at institutional levels. They also discuss current trends in this field, including a growing commitment to national and international issues, and policymaking as institutional design. This is the 112th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Higher Education.
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LYNN H. LEVERTY is associate director of the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Institute at the University of Florida and a member of te university's political science faculty.

DAVID R. COLBURN is director of the Reubin O'Donovan Askew Institute at the University of Florida. He is also provost of the university.

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1. Wisconsin Ideas: The Continuing Role of the University in the State and Beyond (John F. White).

2. The Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Michael R. Smith).

3. The Los Angeles Project at Claremont Graduate University: Analyzing Public Policy in an Era of Partnerships (Thomas R. Rochon).

4. Building Partnerships with Governments: The Experience of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (Max Sherman, Marilyn P. Duncan).

5. Linking Research and Policy Concerns: Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research (Fay Lomax Cook, Audrey Chambers).

6. The McCormack Institute (Robert L. Woodbury).

7. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government: From State to National Focus on Political and Policy Studies (Thomas Gais, Catherine Lawrence).

8. The Reubin O'Donovan Askew Institute: Building Community in Florida (David R. Colburn, Lynn H. Leverty).

9. The Humphrey Institute: Designing Institutions of Governance (John E. Brandl, G. Edward Schuh).

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