Public Administration and Urban Studies¹
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

The Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies offers a variety of degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. These include the Bachelor and Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies (BSUPS and MSUPS), the Master of Public Administration (MPA), the Master of Science and Ph. D. in Human Resource Development, and the Ph. D. in Public Policy (offered jointly with the Georgia Institute of Technology). Academic programs are listed in the Academic Assistance section. PAUS faculty are very active in the Centers and Programs of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to work found in those sections, and to publications listed in "Papers, Books and Chapters: Published or Forthcoming," various other projects are listed below. John Thomas is the Chair of Public Administration and Urban Studies.

Academic Developments in 2000 included:

• Joint Ph. D. in Public Policy.
• Delta Airlines Center: This new center recognizes the new BSUPS programming, with a specialization in Aviation and Transportation, for Delta employees.
• Nonprofit Advisory Committee: This committee met a number of times during 1999 and 2000 with the twin goals of obtaining community input on the department's nonprofit curriculum (a specialization in both the MPA and the MSUPS) and building community support to create a center of excellence in nonprofit education and research at GSU.

Projects

Reporting and Using Performance Measures in State and Local Governments. Julia Melkers and Katherine Willoughby. This study, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, supports research conducted in conjunction with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), regarding performance measurement reporting and use by state and local governments through an extensive selection of case studies and a mail survey, thereby extending case inclusion, data gathering and analyses, and report writing. The final goal of the GASB project is to create standards of performance measurement and reporting to which state and local governments can ascribe that better inform users of this information about government performance. By 2002, GASB intends to determine whether it can require performance measurement reporting in the external general purpose financial reports of state and local governments. Research results from this survey will appear in a forthcoming book chapter published in 2001 by The Brookings Institute. ($30,000)

Application of Local Economic Development Incentives in Georgia. Julia Melkers, Bill Rushing and Jeanie Thomas.Using a series of site interviews and a mail survey, this study funded by the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) addresses issues surrounding the use and application of economic development incentives by local governments in Georgia.

Develop Evaluation Template/ MAPH evaluation RFP. Judith Ottoson. CDC Foundation. ($24,965)

Development of WebCT course for Pers2001Y: Wrapped in Red Tape? The Relationship between Citizens and Government in Developed and Emerging Governments. Katherine Willoughby. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies WebCT Incentive Program. ($2,500)

Development of WebCT course for PAUS8251: Evaluation Research. Judith Ottoson. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies WebCT Incentive Program. ($2,500)

Development of WebCT course for PAUS8091: Communication in the Public Service. Julia Melkers. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies WebCT Incentive Program. ($2,500)

Development of WebCT course for PAUS8111: Public Administration and Organizations. David Van Slyke. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies WebCT Incentive Program. ($2,500)

Enhancing Transportation Education. Atef Ghobrial. Sponsored by the Southeastern Transportation Center. ($26,500)

Evaluation of the National School Health Coordinator Leadership Institute. Judith Ottoson. American Cancer Society. ($48,335 in 2000 / $77,094 in 2001)

Intergovernmental Personnel Act: Global AIDS Program. Judith Ottoson. Centers for Disease Control. ($39,475)

Mentorship for development of WebCT course for PAUS8091, PAUS8111, PAUS8251 and Pers2001Y. Gregory Streib and Ross Rubenstein. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies WebCT Incentive Program. ($4,000)

National Analysis of School Finance Equity. Ross Rubenstein (with Michele Moser). American Education Research Association. ($15,000)

Policy Change and the State Courts: the Case of Education Finance Reform. Christine H. Roch (with Bob Howard). Georgia State University Research Initiation Grant. ($4500)

Public Perceptions of Private Corrections: Exploring the Link Between Public Opinion and Public Policy. David Van Slyke. GSU Research Initiation Grant. ($5,150)

Under Review

Public Management Implications of Contracting out with Nonprofit Organizations:Increasing Citizen Satisfaction? Christine Roch and David M. Van Slyke. PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for The Business of Government, under review.