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The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (commonly known as the Maxwell School) is the public policy school of Syracuse University. The school conducts research and offers graduate degrees in the social sciences, public administration, and international affairs. Maxwell is ranked as the top graduate program for public affairs in the country.〔http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/syracuse-university-196413〕 The Maxwell School is the oldest public affairs school in the United States.〔(Maxwell School of Syracuse University )〕 ==History== The school is named for George Holmes Maxwell, a Syracuse alumnus and Boston patent attorney who in 1924 donated $500,000 to the university to establish a school which would aim "to cull from every source those principles, facts, and elements which, combined, make up our rights and duties and our value and distinctiveness as United States citizens".〔(Maxwell School of Syracuse University )〕 The Maxwell School was dedicated on October 3, 1924, and was the first program to offer a graduate professional degree in public administration. Its Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is the oldest continuously operating University-based program in the United States. In 1937, the school took its full name and moved into Maxwell Hall, a purpose-built building on the west end of Syracuse University's main campus. In 1968, Maxwell professor Dwight Waldo presided over the Minnowbrook I conference, which established the foundations for New Public Administration.〔(Democracy and public administration By Richard C. Box )〕 Subsequent Minnowbrook II and III conferences were held in 1988 and 2008 at the eponymous Blue Mountain Lake retreat.〔(Minnowbrook III: What Was Missing? )〕 The school's rapid growth necessitated the 1990 "Campaign for Maxwell", which raised capital to fund a new building to accommodate the expansion. The result of the campaign was the Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-designed Eggers Hall, which opened in 1994.〔(Eggers Hall / Maxwell Expansion )〕 Eggers Hall adjoins Maxwell Hall at the corner, together forming an "L" shaped complex that houses the present-day Maxwell School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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