Academics - Enrollment and Classroom Accomplishments
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

• Enrollment in the Andrew Young School jumped 11 percent, to 945 students from fall 2002 to fall 2003. When the students enrolled in the B.B.A. of Economics program (offered in the Robinson School) are included, 2003 enrollment was 979 students.
  
• Degrees conferred grew 42 percent from 2002 to 2003, to a total of 263.
  
• Overall credit hours in AYSPS classes on the whole continued to increase more than any other college at GSU. During the 2003 semesters, credit hours increased 10 percent in the spring, two percent in the summer and four percent in the fall. The M.P.A. and B.S. in H.R.P. programs drew record hours the Fall Semester.
  
• AYSPS experienced a 15 percent increase in fall applications to its graduate programs. Applications for the M.P.A. program rose 27 percent.
  
• The School awarded its first Andrew Young and Dean’s Scholar fellowships.
  
• Students from more than 50 countries are enrolled in AYSPS graduate programs in the fall 2003 Semester.
  
• The Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Policy and Development, initiated in fall 2001, continued its second year as the fastest growing undergraduate degree at GSU.
  
• The Summer Policy Internship program for rising seniors was sponsored a second year for 11 students from Swarthmore, Colorado, Kentucky, GSU, McGill, Tulane, Berry College, Bethel College, New College of Florida and Agnes Scott.
  
• Successful completion of the USAID-sponsored Master of Arts program in Economics, with 20 Indonesian bureaucrats and academic professionals selected to train in public policy issues important to the government and economy of Indonesia.
  
• AYSPS, chosen as a host institution by the U.S. Department of State (Muskie/FSA Program), Harvard University (LASPAU), the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and the Institute of International Education (Fulbright Student Program), enrolled 12 sponsored scholars in its graduate programs this year.
  
• Hosting of the Seventh Annual Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Honors Day Ceremony to recognize scholarship and other contributions to GSU.