{"519861":{"#nid":"519861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Rises to 45th Overall Best Graduate School in Latest U.S. News \u0026 World Report Rankings, and #2 and #22 in Specific Disciplines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech has achieved significant movement upward in rankings announced in the latest \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, \u003C\/em\u003Emoving up eight spots in rankings of Best Graduate Schools in Public Affairs to #45 overall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe rise in rankings is notable since the school is small and focuses on a subset of the substantive policy areas of larger peer and competitor programs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublic Policy also moved up three spots to rank as the #2 program nationwide in IT Management, a key focus area for the School. It was also ranked for the first time in the specialty of Public Policy Analysis\u0026nbsp;at #22.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis new recognition likely reflects the rigorous policy analysis that is a hallmark of the school\u2019s curriculum as well as publications by\u0026nbsp;faculty that have received widespread recognition,\u201d said School Chair Kaye Husbands Fealing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech has achieved significant movement upward in rankings announced in the latest \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, \u003C\/em\u003Emoving up eight spots in rankings of Best Graduate Schools in Public Affairs to #45 overall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Public Policy rose in rankings in three areas in the latest U.S. News and World Report."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2016-03-31 11:57:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:14","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"520741":{"id":"520741","type":"image","title":"School of Public Policy Rankings","body":null,"created":"1459789200","gmt_created":"2016-04-04 17:00:00","changed":"1475895289","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:49","alt":"School of Public Policy Rankings","file":{"fid":"205308","name":"public_policy_rises_to_45th_overall_best_graduate_school-01.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/public_policy_rises_to_45th_overall_best_graduate_school-01_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/public_policy_rises_to_45th_overall_best_graduate_school-01_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":251536,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/public_policy_rises_to_45th_overall_best_graduate_school-01_0.png?itok=yoaMdBVE"}}},"media_ids":["520741"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/node","title":"School of Public Policy website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"171873","name":"Public Policy rankings"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"2315","name":"US News and World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}