University of Southern Indiana

USI Alumni Association

Issue 2: June 2002
USI alumni and friends will receive this newsletter quarterly. You may subscribe to or unsubscribe from Connect Online at anytime by sending an email message to alumni@usi.edu.

Board approves new master's degree

The USI Board of Trustees approved a graduate degree in public administration at its regular meeting May 4 on campus.

The Master of Public Administration will develop skills in policy development, personnel management, and public finance and budgeting. Its target audience includes professionals currently working or wanting to work in local and state government, regional agencies, or nonprofit organizations.

Dr. Paul Raymond, chair of the Department of Philosophy and Political Science and director of the MPA program, said the Indiana State University faculty, who have for years offered MPA courses in an off-campus program at USI, asked USI political science faculty to consider assuming responsibility for the MPA program in Evansville.

Discussions and surveys with area corporations and organizations confirmed demand for the program.

The MPA program will primarily be an evening program to accommodate the work schedules of students. Some classes will be scheduled during the midday hours in downtown Evansville, and some will be offered through distance education.

The program is waiting for approval by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

<--Back to Connect Online

8600 University Boulevard - Evansville, IN 47712-3596 - 812/464-8600