Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment


Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment is a graduate school at The New School within The Schools of Public Engagement that offers degrees in environmental policy and sustainability studies, nonprofit management, organizational change management, public policy and urban policy, as well as a PhD. program in public and urban policy and three graduate certificates.

History

In 1964, the J. M. Kaplan Center for New York City Affairs was founded as the first teaching and research center in the United States devoted to the study of a single metropolitan area. In 1975, under the leadership of Dean Henry Cohen, the Kaplan Center evolved into the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, which was named in honor of the former New School trustee Robert J. Milano, who had also been a member of the advisory board of the J.M. Kaplan Center. Curriculum is structured to encourage creative thinking in aid of progressive social, economic, and political change in the public, private, and nonprofit arenas.

Academics

Milano offers the following Master's Degrees:
Milano offers Graduate Certificates in Organizational Development, Sustainability Strategies, and Leadership and Change.
Students in any master's program at the Milano School can pursue one of the following specializations or work with a faculty advisor to develop their own. The subject areas are sets of related courses that can help students tailor their graduate programs to their personal goals.
Milano also offers a PhD Program in Public and Urban Policy, and a joint BA/MS program with Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and with the Bachelor's degree in The Schools of Public Engagement.

Centers and Institutes

The Center for New York City Affairs is a nonpartisan institute seeking to advance innovative public policies.

Accreditation

The Public and Urban Policy program is accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration.