Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

According to a PM Magazine article, A Push for Civic Education, ten percent of college graduates think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court, only a third of respondents to a 2014 Annenberg national survey could name all three branches of the federal government, while just eighteen percent of eighth graders scored proficiently in American history.

Truman Youth Leadership Academy Coordinator, Harrison McLean, discussed this year’s upcoming camp in a radio interview, which aired on June 6, 2016 on KWIX Information Radio. The Truman Youth Leadership Academy is a summer day camp geared towards civic involvement, community engagement and leadership activities for incoming 6th-8th graders. This year’s camp runs from July 18th through July 22nd and costs $60. Applications are available at Trumanleadership.org.

In March 2014, as I was deciding between different graduate schools, I decided to visit Columbia for a campus tour at the Truman School of Public Affairs. As I was led through the hallway in the Middlebush building, I paused for a while at the glass doors of the Institute of Public Policy (IPP). Venus Reyes, a student ambassador accompanying me on the tour and a public policy enthusiast herself, briefly described the institute and her work at IPP. I remember thinking: how awesome it would be to work here!

Today, Office of Missouri State Auditor, Nicole Galloway, CPA, released report No. 2016-029, Missouri Statewide Performance Indicators: A National Comparison. The purpose of the report is to provide stand-alone comparative data to the public and elected officials in critical areas of economy, education, health, civic involvement, crime and transportation.  The data collection for the report was performed by the Institute of Public Policy, Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, at the University of Missouri.

The Institute of Public Policy recently hosted the Second Annual Partners in Governance conference, held April 21, 2016 at the University Club, Reynolds Alumni Center at the University of Missouri.

The Institute of Public Policy, housed within the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, partnered with the Missouri Municipal League and the Center for Ethics in Public Life to sponsor this year’s conference. “In Government We Trust?” explored the complex themes of trust versus vigilance in the management of a democratic society.

Recent research by Cory Koedel, Associate Professor of the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, found little evidence of employer preference for applicants’ race or gender in the early stages of the hiring process.

The Institute of Public Policy and the Women’s Foundation are pleased to announce the release of the Pay Equity Best Practices Guidelines. The guidelines seek to help close the gender pay gap through advancing standards for pay equity in Missouri.

The St. Louis airwaves were abuzz with discussion of current issues Missouri women are facing when IPP Senior Analyst, Sonja Erickson, joined Women’s Foundation CEO, Wendy Doyle, on the St. Louis on the Air radio program Thursday, March 31, 2016.

The dialogue centered on the issues identified in The Status of Women in Missouri, a report commissioned by the Women’s Foundation with the Institute of Public Policy.

Most people who have attended the University of Missouri are familiar with the Gaines Oldham Black Culture Center or have heard of Lloyd Gaines, the first African-American to apply to the MU law school, which denied his application. Until now, however, few have been aware of the legal battles Gaines and the NAACP waged to guarantee equal rights decades before the civil rights movement gained steam.