The author traces the history of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the U. of Delaware between 1961 and 2021, focusing on the school's accomplishments, how they were achieved, and their significance, as well as challenges and opportunities that shaped its development and its emergence as one of the leading public affairs schools in the US. He describes the school's early history from the founding of the Division of Urban Affairs in 1961 through the two decades when it was the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, including the development of key programs of applied research and public service and the creation of the Delaware Model of public affairs graduate education; the period of transformation between 1997 and 2014, when the school was designated as the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and how it became a comprehensive school of public affairs; and the period between 2015 and 2021 and the new vision of the school's development as a pillar of the university, including the naming of the school after Joseph Biden. Distributed by Rutgers University Press. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This book reviews the history of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration from 1961 to 2021. The focus is on the schools accomplishments over its first sixty years, how they were achieved, and why they are significant. The analysis describes the challenges and opportunities that shaped the schools development and its emergence as one of the nations leading public affairs schools. What began in 1961 as an experimental program supported by a single external grant emerged six decades later as one of the nations leading comprehensive schools of public affairs. That transformation unfolded during one of the most dynamic periods in the history of higher education when the public purpose of universities was expanded. The history of the Biden School is a story of institutional innovation, perseverance, adaptation, and resilience.
This book reviews the history of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration from 1961 to 2021. The focus is the schools accomplishments and its journey as a case study of organizational leadership in higher education. The school has been an innovator in its organization and exemplifies the expansion of the higher education responsibilities to the larger society.
