A Time of Transformation

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A Time of Transformation

• Mr. Toads Wild Ride

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A Time of Transformation

• SPAs Wild Ride

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Our Tradition

• A mainstream public administration program,
  offering the MPA and the Ph.D.
• Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• Advanced Public Executive Program

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advancing urban governance in a global context

• Move to Downtown Phoenix campus
• Develop programs in public administration, in
  public policy, in urban and metropolitan studies,
  and in leadership and ethics
• Expand existing and develop new centers and
  institutes
• Achieve excellence in teaching, research, and
  community and professional engagement
• Become a top twenty program in five years, a top
  fifteen program in ten years

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Traditional Programs

• BIS in Public Administration
• Masters in Public Administration
• Ph.D. in Public Administration

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New Programs

• Urban and Metropolitan Studies
• Masters in Public Policy
• Leadership and Ethics
• MPA Concentration in Urban Management (The Marvin
  Andrews Program)

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New Centers and Institutes

• An Even Stronger Morrison Institute
• A Revitalized Executive Education Program
• Center for Urban Innovation
• The Alliance for Innovation in Local
  Government-- International City/County
  Management Association
• -- Innovation Group

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Guiding Themes

• Leadership especially public leadership
• Governance especially urban governance
• Public Service especially the ethics of public
  service

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The Main Thing

• How can we build an intellectually vibrant
  community of faculty, staff, and students that
  broadly engages the most complex problems
  facing urban areas in this country and around
  the world?

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Points of PrideThe Right People on the Bus

• Recruit an intellectually and culturally diverse
  faculty, staff and student body - selectively and
  strategically
• Recruit a balance of established and emerging
  scholars
• Encourage a more entrepreneurial spirit
• Develop adaptive capacities, remain comfortable
  in spite of change and ambiguity

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Points of Pride Research

• Books Ethics Primer for Public Administrators,
  Fabricating the People, The Dance of Leadership,
  Facilitative Leadership, The New Public Service,
  Emergency Planning Communicating Environmental
  Risk in Multiethnic Communities
• Leading texts in introductory public
  administration, human resources management,
  organizational behavior, public policy, public
  administration theory
• Higher levels of grant and contract funding
• Articles and reports by the dozens!!!

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Points of Pride Research

• Regents Professorship
• Dwight Waldo Award for Lifetime Achievement in
  Research
• Paul Van Riper Award for Research and Teaching
• Charles Levine Award for Teaching, Research, and
  Service
• Donald Stone Award for Intergovernmental
  Relations

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Points of Pride Teaching

• Leslie Whittingham Award for Teaching Excellence
• ASU Alumni Association Founders Day Teaching
  Award
• Centennial Professorship Teaching Award

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Points of Pride External Support

• Frank and June Sackton Professor of Public
  Administration
• Greg and Emma Melikian Distinguished Visiting
  Scholar in Urban Management
• Robert Ramsey Fund to support executive
  education
• Fulton Challenge funds to support development of
  the doctoral program
• New Scholarships and Assistantships

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Points of Pride ASU Interaction

• American Indian Policy and Leadership Development
  Center
• Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
• Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
• Center for Community Development and Civil Rights
• Department of Psychology
• Global Institute of Sustainability
• Decision Theater
• School of Social Work
• Institute for Nonprofit Leadership and Management

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Points of Pride Community and Professional

• Valley Citizens League
• Local Chapter of the American Society for Public
  Administration
• Local Chapter of the National Forum of Black
  Public Administrators
• Maricopa County Center for Collaborative
  Solutions
• ASPA National Conference

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Points of Pride Alliance for Innovation

• Board Meetings in Yuma and Phoenix
• Change in Leadership
• New Office Space
• Transforming Local Government Conference

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Points of Pride Cross-Cutting

• National Academy of Public Administration
• Michael Crow, ASU President
• Robert Denhardt, Lincoln Professor of Leadership
  Ethics
• James Svara, Professor of Public Administration
• John Nalbandian, Melikian Visiting Scholar
• Frank Fairbanks, Faculty Associate
• Sheryl Sculley, Visiting Professor of Practice

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Points of Pride Cross-Cutting

• More members of the National Academy than 20 of
  the top 25 schools
• More presentations at the ASPA National
  Conference last year than any other top 25 school
• More articles in Administration and Society in
  the last five years than any other top 25 school
• Ranked fourteenth nationally in research (Watson
  article)

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Points of Pride International

• Armenia
• Brazil
• China
• Denmark
• Italy
• Japan

• Korea
• Kosovo
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Russia
• Sweden

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What do we do next?
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Get some rest?
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Possible New Programs?

• Public Administration
• -- MPA Concentration in Tribal Management
• Public Policy
• -- Policy Informatics
• -- Graduate Certificate in Health Policy
• Urban Studies
• -- MA in Urban and Metropolitan Studies
• -- PhD in Urbanism
• Leadership Studies
• -- Minor in Leadership
• -- Graduate Certificate in Leadership

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Possible New Centers?

• Institute for University Design
• Center for Policy Informatics
• Center for Leadership and Public Trust
• Center for Global Democracy

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How Are We Doing?

• Are we going too fast? Can we handle the
  changes?
• Are we getting sufficient support from the
  university? Faculty? Staff? Space?
• How can we increase support internally?
• Are enrollments going to be okay? Marketing new
  programs?
• What should we be doing in terms of international
  programs?
• Where can we improve? Research in top public
  administration, public policy, and urban
  journals? PAR, NASPAA Conference.

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How Are We Doing?

• A school that is recognized at ASU, locally,
  nationally, and internationally - as full of
  energy and momentum
• A school that has developed incredible capacity
  for dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, and
  meetings.

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The Main Thing

• A school that is clearly building an
  intellectually vibrant
• community of faculty, staff, and students that
  broadly
• engages the most complex problems facing urban
  areas in
• this country and around the world.

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To become a broad-based school of public affairs
with programs in public administration, public
policy, urban affairs, and leadership studies to
provide top quality educational programs to
contribute actively to scholarship addressing the
most significant issues in urban governance and
to fully engage the local, national, and global
urban community
Vision
Design Imperatives
Leveraging Place
Offer programs that reflect our location at the
heart of a rapidly growing desert city
Transforming Society
Make a difference in terms of leadership,
governance, and public service
Academic Enterprise
Prepare a new generation of urban leaders and
provide the intellectual support they will need
Build knowledge appropriate to urban governance,
community-building, civic engagement, and public
leadership
Use-Inspired Research
Focus on the Individual
Demonstrate a strong commitment to intellectual
and cultural diversity
Intellectual Fusion
Engage in disciplinary / interdisciplinary /
transdisciplinary / post disciplinary research
Social Embeddedness
Engage the local, national, global community in
which we live and work
Develop transnational partnerships with academics
and practitioners in Latin America, Russia and
Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and Scandinavia,
China and Korea
Global Engagement