School of International and Public Affairs
| School of International and Public Affairs | |
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| Established | 1946 |
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| Dean | John Coatsworth |
| Degrees | MPA, MIA, PhD |
| Enrollment | 1,150 students (2005) |
| Website | sipa.columbia.edu |
Also known as SIPA, the School of International and Public Affairs is a graduate public policy school. It is based in the International Affairs Building. It was spawned during an era when funding was poured into area studies programs as a result of the Cold War and the United States's post World War II abandonment of isolationism. The school came to be Columbia's incubator for the rising interdisciplinary trend in regional studies, and many of the university's regional studies institutes retain deep ties with the school.
Rumors persist that there were initial plans to name the school after former University President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
| Columbia University Schools |
| Architecture, Planning and Preservation • Arts • Arts and Sciences (Graduate School) • Business • Columbia College • Dentistry • Continuing Education • Engineering • General Studies • International and Public Affairs • Journalism • Law • Medicine • Nursing • Public Health • Social Work |
| Affiliated Institutions |
| Barnard • Jewish Theological Seminary • Teachers College • Union Theological Seminary |
| Defunct Schools |
| Pharmacy • Library Service |
