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School of Public Policy

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Solutions for the region. Solutions for the world.

Clean, breathable air, drinkable water, and safe freeway access are all a result of effective public policy.

At the School of Public Policy, students come to learn how to address today’s biggest societal challenges through policy. They leave equipped with an understanding of how to promote equity, prosperity, and justice throughout our policy systems.

With your support we can continue to find better solutions for our region, and our world.

GIVE TO THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

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School of Public Policy in Numbers

TOP

25%

OF PUBLIC POLICY SCHOOLS

(IDEAS/REPEC - ‘23)

#3

BEST PUBLIC POLICY BACHELOR’S DEGREE SCHOOLS IN THE FAR WESTERN U.S. REGION

(COLLEGE FACTUAL)

#8

MOST POPULAR COLLEGE FOR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY NATIONALLY

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Initiatives You Can Support

The School of Public Policy is likely to double in size over the next seven years.

With your support, we can continue to meet this increasing demand, and improve the lives of residents in Inland Southern California and beyond with greater efficacy.

 

Student Support

Our students graduate into careers in the California State Assembly, Senate, Water Boards, Transportation Authorities, and more.

With your support, we can expand accessibility for our students through:

  • Undergraduate scholarships
  • Graduate fellowships
  • Experiential Learning opportunities like internships
  • UC in Washington, D.C. participation
  • UC Sacramento opportunities

 

 

World-Class Facilities

To accommodate our growing roster of award-winning faculty, students, and staff, we need more space.

Your support can help one of the premier public policy schools in California and beyond, to invest in new buildings to provide:

  • Adequate learning
  • Research and collaboration space for faculty and students
  • Productive and vibrant working environment for staff

 

 

Impact Focused Research

Building a premier research center will provide a hub for our research. It will also serve as a space to communicate impactful research with our community.

In addition to supporting the creation of new facilities, your support will bolster:

  • Faculty research that doubles as an evidence-based training ground for both undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Wider communication of the findings of faculty-led research
  • Opportunities for students to participate in innovative research

In our halls, faculty and students are discussing potential solutions to societal challenges impacting the families in our neighborhoods and across the globe.

Your support expands our capacity to uncover the right solutions for our time. Join us in setting the foundation for policy challenges that will lead to healthier communities, economies, and our planet as a whole.

SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

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UC Riverside public policy scholars are bringing clarity to a fraught debate over how to use Colorado River water as flows decline with climate change. They have created a hydro-economic model that can illuminate the future impacts of major water use changes by answering prompts and clicking a mouse.
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Use of diversity statements in faculty hiring can come into conflict with academic freedom protections, say the authors of a new paper published by the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education.
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Q&A: What does the end of affirmative action mean for UCR?
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April 25, 2023
Forced water-use cuts made California more waterwise
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UCR’s Experiential Scholarship allowed me to extend my UCDC experience an additional month. It multiplied the marketable, on-the-job experience I was gaining while working full-time in one of the most professionally rewarding chapters of my life. If it weren’t for this kind, generous, philanthropic contributions of the UCR SPP’s family, I would not have been able to stay so long, make so many friends, and establish those professional networks.
Aaron Sanchez
BA ‘22
As a 2023 recipient of the Bob Stockton Scholarship Fund in Environmental Policy, I am incredibly grateful for this generous award. As a non-traditional student parent, this scholarship support allows me to provide for my children and me this quarter, which means fewer visits to food pantries, the allowance to pack healthy, well-balanced lunches, and the elimination of an enormous amount of financial stress. Additionally, I can focus on my classwork, capstone research, and other scholastic pre-graduation needs.
Deidre Reyes
MPP ‘23
I am really thankful and appreciative of the Western Municipal Water District’s Scholarship. Not only has the scholarship fund helped me further my education, but it has allowed me to focus on other priorities such as seeking internships and getting involved in other extracurricular activities that can help further my career. This scholarship has also motivated me to continue to stay diligent and be engaged with the work that I am doing.
Kelly Der
BA ‘23