The key roles that the University of Southern Californias professional schools have played in promoting public affairs are brought into sharp focus in this detailed history, edited by a group of academic experts intimately involved in the development of the school.
Through its School of Policy, Planning, and Development, USC has taken a distinctive approach in pushing forward community enterprise on a local and global basis. The school was forged through a merger of its School of Public Administration and School of Urban Planning and Development, both of which were pioneers in their fields.
This compilation was created as part of the 2009 celebration of SPPDs eighty years of widely shared academic inquiry, facilitation of learning, and advancement of civic and professional public practice. New generations seeking to sustain the schools tradition of leadership now have a detailed history that tells how amazing developments in technologies and systems enabled the university to successfully promote its ideals.
USC Emeritus Dean of Gerontology, James Birren, sums it up well when he states, You cant know where you are going until you know where you have been. Recall the universitys history of core values, vital practices, and great contributions in Futures of the Past.
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Ross Clayton is an emeritus professor and former dean of the School of Public Administration at USC.
Elmer Kim Nelson was also dean of the School of Public Administration at USC. He has a degree in law and a doctoral degree in public administration.
Chester Newland is a long-term USC faculty member as well as a National Academy Fellow.
Cristy Jensen earned a doctorate in public administration and is a retired professor of the California State University in Sacramento.
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