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MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy

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Today's world of public service is flexible and fluid, with change as the only constant. To succeed, professionals need a broad and transferable education. The Master of Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy at NYU Wagner crosses traditional boundaries. Our students learn a set of frameworks and analytics that will serve them in the many roles, organizations and sectors their careers will span.

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Faculty Project Spotlight

Founded by Professor Paul Light, the Center for Global Public Service and Social Impact's aims to advance international understanding and effective practice for strengthening global public service as a driver of social impact in a constantly changing international environment.

Careers

Wagner PNP students play significant roles in redeveloping neighborhoods, advocating for social justice and providing vital human and social services at nonprofits, consulting firms, private organizations and government agencies.

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“We have explicitly embraced the blurring of roles and sectors in the professional world in our approach to professional education for service. We focus on a set of frames and analytics that students can use in the multitude of roles, organizations and sectors that their careers will entail”

–Professor Kathy O'Regan, director of the PNP program.

Global Perspective

Wagner's international policy and management curriculum prepares students to confront the challenges of implementing complex public service policies and programs in varying contexts.
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The international coursework focuses on how institutional structures and managerial processes vary across the globe, as well as the institutional and political context within which policy is made and implemented. The curriculum includes a contemporary analysis of policy interventions, such as those that work to improve education, confront rapid population growth, reduce poverty and the burden of disease, and tackle corruption.

 

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Alumni Profile

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