EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indianapolis

Ms. Carolyn Coleman, Director of Federal Relations for the National League of Cities addresses the Mayors Institute on President Obama's stimulus program.

Mayor Ted Ellis of Bluffton listens intently during the Mayors Institute session.

Indiana Mayors participating in the second IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Mayor Sharon McShurley of Muncie Indiana participates in the second IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Mayors from around Indiana participating in the second IACT-IU SPEA Executive Education Mayors Institute.

Mayors from around Indiana engrossed in the second 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.