EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indianapolis

Former Indiana Governor and Mayor of South Bend Joseph Kernan speaks to the inaugural class of the IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Former Mayor of Indianapolis and current director of the Innovations in American Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy School Stephen Goldsmith makes a point to the inaugural class of the IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Stephen Goldsmith speaks on best practices in performance management.

Former two term Mayor of Ft. Wayne Indiana Graham Richard addresses the inaugural class of the IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Graham Richard makes a point about working for results with a city's leadership team.

Professor Kurt Zorn of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University confers with former Mayor Graham Richard during a break at the Mayors Institute.

Class Photo of the Indiana Mayors attending the Inaugural IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.




Founded in 1972, Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IU SPEA) is currently the largest school of public affairs in the country. Its master's degree in public affairs ranks second among 250 public affairs programs nationally (tied with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). It is the highest ranked public affairs degree at a public university by US News and World Report. IU SPEA is ranked number one in the nation in environmental policy and management, and nonprofit management, and third in the nation in public finance and budgeting specialties.