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100			_aFrederickson, H. George
245			_aRanking public policy and administration graduate program, 1995-2016: an analysis and discussion
260			_c2016
300			_ap.507-525.
362			_aSep
520			_aIn 1995, U.S. News and World Report (U.S. News) released its first ranking of public affairs master's degree programs. The rankings have been conducted every 3 years since and have grown in importance to public policy and public administration programs. This study considers the history and background of ranking public policy and administration graduate programs, the rationale used by U.S. News, and the methodology used by U.S. News. This is followed by a longitudinal analysis of these rankings from 1995 to 2016. Findings are presented in a conceptual framework of academic rankings using concepts of equilibrium, specialization, diffusion of innovations, and institutional isomorphism. The implications of this framework and the findings of our analysis are spelled out for public affairs deans, directors, and faculty seeking to improve their ranking as well as those seeking to hold on to their present rankings. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aPublic policy
700			_aStazyk, Edmund C.
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a112884
999			_c112879 _d112879