NASPAA - National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

Southern hospitality was on display at NASPAA’s 2008 Conference hosted by The College of Charleston, Clemson University and The University of South Carolina. The conference had an excellent turnout with close to 350 deans, directors, program chairs and faculty participating in more than 50 panels, presentations and speeches. NYU’s Wagner School assisted with the conference program, speakers and a special reception for school communication staff.
Some of the key conference highlights include: Speeches by Brookings President Strobe Talbott and national political analyst and NYU lecturer Bob Shrum. Discussion and presentations of new draft standards for accredited programs New marketing toolkit (www.naspaatoolkit.org) that member schools can use and ‘Go Public’ theme for prospective students (www.GoPublicService.org). Decision by the Executive Council to advance a ‘Human Capital Agenda’ in public service Affirmation of NASPAA permitting international schools to apply as Institutional Members To view papers, articles and materials related to panel discussions at the conference you can review the NASPAA Conference Wiki. Simply click day/date of interest to see the panel topics and related documents which are attached for your viewing: http://naspaa2008.wikispaces.com/ To read, review and comment on the new draft Accreditation Standards click here: http://standards2009.wikispaces.com/ The 2009 NASPAA Conference is in Washington DC/VA Metro Area on Oct 15-17.


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	Questions regarding conference information, please contact Jackie Lewis at 202-628-8965 x 104 or send email to Jackie.