Heinz School
Encyclopedia
The H. John Heinz III College (Heinz College) at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
, United States
is a graduate college that consists of one of the nation's top-ranked public policy school
s and I-school
s. It is named after Pennsylvania U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III
(1938-1991). The college consists of the School of Information Systems & Management and the School of Public Policy & Management.
The Heinz College educational process integrates policy, management, and information technology studies. Coursework emphasizes the applied disciplines of empirical methods and statistics
, economics
, information systems
and technology
, operations research
, and organizational behavior.
In addition to full-time, on campus programs in Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and Adelaide
, Heinz College offers graduate-level programs to non-traditional students through part-time on-campus and distance programs, customized programs, and executive education
programs for senior managers.
Richard King Mellon
and his wife Constance had long been interested in urban and social issues. In 1965, they sponsored a conference on urban problems, in which they began discussions with the University of Pittsburgh
and Carnegie Tech
(as Carnegie Mellon University was then known) to create a school focused on public affairs
. In 1967, Carnegie Mellon President H. Guyford Stever, Richard M. Cyert
, Dean of the then Graduate School of Industrial Administration
, and Professor
s William W. Cooper and Otto Davis met and formed a university-wide committee to discuss creating a school that would train leaders to address complex problems in American
urban communities. Davis was asked to draft a proposal to create such a school.
In 1968, William Cooper and Otto Davis presented the final proposal for the School of Urban and Public Affairs (SUPA) to the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The proposal found favor with R. K. Mellon and he became strongly committed to creating such a school. The R. K. Mellon Foundation sent a proposal to President Stever to finance it with an initial grant of $10 million, and on 1 November 1968, President Stever created the School of Urban and Public Affairs with William Cooper as the first Dean. The school initially drew much of its faculty from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration and was based in the Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. Eventually, the school became independent of other colleges within the university and moved to its current location in Hamburg Hall when the facility was acquired by the university from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Subsequent Deans include Otto Davis, Brian Berry
, Joel Tarr, Alfred Blumstein
, current Carnegie Mellon Provost Mark Kamlet, Linda C. Babcock, Jeffrey Hunker
, Mark Wessel
, and current Dean Ramayya Krishnan.
In 1992, Teresa Heinz donated a large sum of money to the school, which was then renamed as the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management in honor of Mrs. Heinz's late husband, Senator H. John Heinz III. Senator Heinz, heir to the H. J. Heinz Company
fortune, had been killed when his small private plane crashed one year before.
In 2007, the Heinz School received a grant from the Heinz Foundations
that transformed the Heinz School into a college and formalized the School of Information Systems & Management alongside the School of Public Policy & Management under the college's administration. The official launch of the H. John Heinz III College was held on October 24, 2008 during Carnegie Mellon's Homecoming
weekend and was led by Dean Krishnan, Teresa Heinz, and former United States Secretary of the Treasury
Paul O'Neill.
Heinz College is headquartered in Hamburg Hall and has a branch campus in Adelaide
, South Australia
, that offers masters degrees in Public Policy and Management and Information Technology, a North Hollywood Center in Los Angeles, CA as part of the masters degree program in Entertainment Industry Management, and an academic and research center in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill for students in the Public Policy and Management masters program.
Heinz College focuses on the application of quantitative analysis
, statistics
, economics, operations research
, decision science, and information technology
to tackle public sector problems in a practical manner. The faculty of Heinz College is often considered the best in the country in such application.
. The Heinz College has ranked in the top 10 since US News and World Report began ranking schools of public affairs in 1995. Of the 253 schools of public affairs across the nation that were surveyed, Heinz College ranked:
Heinz College also ranked 2nd in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
listing for the top performing programs in public administration
and 9th in the listing for the top performing programs in public policy.
The PhD program in Public Policy and Management at the Heinz College was ranked in the top 5 overall and in the top 5 in faculty research activity by the National Research Council
in 2010.
The Medical Management program was ranked 4th by Modern Healthcare Magazine in the 2009 rankings of the top management graduate schools for physician executives.
PhD
programs:
While Heinz College is the only college at Carnegie Mellon that does not have undergraduate programs, it does offer accelerated masters programs for exceptional undergraduates. Additionally Heinz College offers several joint professional graduate degrees with the Tepper School of Business
, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
, the University of Oxford
, and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
as well as executive education
programs such as the CIO Institute. The Heinz College is also a partner in the Tepper School of Business' Master of Science in Computational Finance
and the Carnegie Institute of Technology's
Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management program.
The hallmarks of every Heinz College education is the quantitative and skills-based curriculum, the integration of technology, and the required capstone final project: "the system synthesis." This final project is done instead of a traditional thesis and allows the students to apply their problem solving skills to a real-world client's problem. Graduates of Heinz College are successful in the public sector
, private sector
, and nonprofit sector.
, criminal justice
policy, health policy analysis, art and entertainment industry management, information systems
and technology
, management science, policy analysis
, and social welfare policy. Heinz College is also affiliated the following research centers:
The Heinz College is also affiliated with the following academic journals:
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is a graduate college that consists of one of the nation's top-ranked public policy school
Public policy school
Public policy schools teach students policy analysis, policy studies, public policy, political economy, urban planning, public administration, public affairs, and public management.Public policy schools offer a wide range of public policy degrees...
s and I-school
I-school
An information school, I-School or iSchool is an emergent label of university departments or independent institutions committed to understanding the role of information in nature and human endeavors. It is a more restricted term than just "school of information" because I-schools join together in...
s. It is named after Pennsylvania U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III
H. John Heinz III
Henry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...
(1938-1991). The college consists of the School of Information Systems & Management and the School of Public Policy & Management.
The Heinz College educational process integrates policy, management, and information technology studies. Coursework emphasizes the applied disciplines of empirical methods and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, operations research
Operations research
Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
, and organizational behavior.
In addition to full-time, on campus programs in Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Heinz College offers graduate-level programs to non-traditional students through part-time on-campus and distance programs, customized programs, and executive education
Executive Education
Executive Education refers to academic programs at leading graduate-level business schools worldwide for executives, business leaders and functional managers. These programs are non-credit and non-degree granting...
programs for senior managers.
History
Richard King Mellon
Richard King Mellon , commonly known as R.K., was an American financier from Ligonier, Pennsylvania.-Biography:The son of Richard B. Mellon, nephew of Andrew W...
and his wife Constance had long been interested in urban and social issues. In 1965, they sponsored a conference on urban problems, in which they began discussions with the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
and Carnegie Tech
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
(as Carnegie Mellon University was then known) to create a school focused on public affairs
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
. In 1967, Carnegie Mellon President H. Guyford Stever, Richard M. Cyert
Richard Cyert
Richard Michael Cyert was an American economist and statistician who served as the sixth President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.-Early life:...
, Dean of the then Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Tepper School of Business
The Tepper School of Business is a private business school located on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.The school consistently ranks highly among the top business schools in the U.S., as well as in a wide range of specializations, such as finance,...
, and Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
s William W. Cooper and Otto Davis met and formed a university-wide committee to discuss creating a school that would train leaders to address complex problems in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
urban communities. Davis was asked to draft a proposal to create such a school.
In 1968, William Cooper and Otto Davis presented the final proposal for the School of Urban and Public Affairs (SUPA) to the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The proposal found favor with R. K. Mellon and he became strongly committed to creating such a school. The R. K. Mellon Foundation sent a proposal to President Stever to finance it with an initial grant of $10 million, and on 1 November 1968, President Stever created the School of Urban and Public Affairs with William Cooper as the first Dean. The school initially drew much of its faculty from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration and was based in the Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. Eventually, the school became independent of other colleges within the university and moved to its current location in Hamburg Hall when the facility was acquired by the university from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Subsequent Deans include Otto Davis, Brian Berry
Brian Berry
Brian Joe Lobley Berry is a British-American human geographer. He is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas...
, Joel Tarr, Alfred Blumstein
Alfred Blumstein
Alfred Blumstein is an American scientist and the J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research at the Heinz College and Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University...
, current Carnegie Mellon Provost Mark Kamlet, Linda C. Babcock, Jeffrey Hunker
Jeffrey Hunker
Jeffrey Hunker received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College and Ph.D. from Harvard Business School. He joined the Boston Consulting Group before becoming an advisor in the Department of Commerce and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office...
, Mark Wessel
Mark Wessel
For the musician, see Mark Wessel Mark Wessel was the Dean of the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University from 2004–2008. Prior to being the Dean Wessel held leadership positions within the Heinz College as Acting Dean, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Associate Dean, and Associate...
, and current Dean Ramayya Krishnan.
In 1992, Teresa Heinz donated a large sum of money to the school, which was then renamed as the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management in honor of Mrs. Heinz's late husband, Senator H. John Heinz III. Senator Heinz, heir to the H. J. Heinz Company
H. J. Heinz Company
The H. J. Heinz Company , commonly known as Heinz and famous for its "57 Varieties" slogan and its ketchup, is an American food company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Perhaps best known for its ketchup, the H.J...
fortune, had been killed when his small private plane crashed one year before.
In 2007, the Heinz School received a grant from the Heinz Foundations
Heinz Foundations
The Heinz Foundations are several charitable foundations founded by members of the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Foods dynasty.The are based in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., and include:* The Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation...
that transformed the Heinz School into a college and formalized the School of Information Systems & Management alongside the School of Public Policy & Management under the college's administration. The official launch of the H. John Heinz III College was held on October 24, 2008 during Carnegie Mellon's Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
weekend and was led by Dean Krishnan, Teresa Heinz, and former United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United...
Paul O'Neill.
Heinz College is headquartered in Hamburg Hall and has a branch campus in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, that offers masters degrees in Public Policy and Management and Information Technology, a North Hollywood Center in Los Angeles, CA as part of the masters degree program in Entertainment Industry Management, and an academic and research center in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill for students in the Public Policy and Management masters program.
Heinz College focuses on the application of quantitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative analysis may refer to:* Quantitative analysis , an analysis technique applying mathematics stochastic calculus to finance...
, statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, economics, operations research
Operations research
Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
, decision science, and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
to tackle public sector problems in a practical manner. The faculty of Heinz College is often considered the best in the country in such application.
Rankings
In the most recent US News and World Report Graduate School rankings, the Heinz College was ranked 10th overall among schools of public affairsPublic policy school
Public policy schools teach students policy analysis, policy studies, public policy, political economy, urban planning, public administration, public affairs, and public management.Public policy schools offer a wide range of public policy degrees...
. The Heinz College has ranked in the top 10 since US News and World Report began ranking schools of public affairs in 1995. Of the 253 schools of public affairs across the nation that were surveyed, Heinz College ranked:
- 1st in Information and Technology Management;
- 4th in Public Policy Analysis;
- 10th in Environmental Policy and Management;
- 10th in Health Policy and Management.
- 22nd in Public Finance and Budgeting
Heinz College also ranked 2nd in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index , a product of Academic Analytics, is a metric designed to create benchmark standards for the measurement of academic and scholarly quality within and among United States research universities....
listing for the top performing programs in public administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
and 9th in the listing for the top performing programs in public policy.
The PhD program in Public Policy and Management at the Heinz College was ranked in the top 5 overall and in the top 5 in faculty research activity by the National Research Council
United States National Research Council
The National Research Council of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academies, carrying out most of the studies done in their names.The National Academies include:* National Academy of Sciences...
in 2010.
The Medical Management program was ranked 4th by Modern Healthcare Magazine in the 2009 rankings of the top management graduate schools for physician executives.
Education
Presently, Heinz College has an international reputation for excellence in its educational programs:School of Public Policy & Management
|
School of Information Systems & Management
|
PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
programs:
- Public PolicyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively... - Information SystemsInformation systemsInformation Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
and ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively... - EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and Public PolicyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
(jointly with Tepper School of BusinessTepper School of BusinessThe Tepper School of Business is a private business school located on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.The school consistently ranks highly among the top business schools in the U.S., as well as in a wide range of specializations, such as finance,...
) - StatisticsStatisticsStatistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and Public PolicyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
(jointly with Department of Statistics) - StrategyStrategyStrategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked...
, EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
, and Technological ChangeTechnological changeTechnological change is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. The term is synonymous with technological development, technological achievement, and technological progress...
(jointly with Department of Social and Decision SciencesSocial and Decision SciencesSocial and Decision Sciences, informally known as SDS, is an interdisciplinary academic department within the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University headquartered in Porter Hall in Pittsburgh, PA and led by Department Head John H...
and Department of Engineering and Public PolicyEngineering and Public PolicyEngineering and Public Policy, informally known as EPP, is an interdisciplinary academic department within the Carnegie Institute of Technology , Carnegie Mellon University's engineering college. EPP combines technical analysis with social science and policy analysis, in order to address problems...
) - Technological ChangeTechnological changeTechnological change is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. The term is synonymous with technological development, technological achievement, and technological progress...
and EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
(Carnegie Mellon Portugal program) - Machine LearningMachine learningMachine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is a scientific discipline concerned with the design and development of algorithms that allow computers to evolve behaviors based on empirical data, such as from sensor data or databases...
and Public PolicyPublic policyPublic policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
(jointly with Machine Learning Department)
While Heinz College is the only college at Carnegie Mellon that does not have undergraduate programs, it does offer accelerated masters programs for exceptional undergraduates. Additionally Heinz College offers several joint professional graduate degrees with the Tepper School of Business
Tepper School of Business
The Tepper School of Business is a private business school located on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.The school consistently ranks highly among the top business schools in the U.S., as well as in a wide range of specializations, such as finance,...
, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law was founded in 1895, and became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900...
, the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, founded in 1794, is a graduate theological institution associated with the Presbyterian Church USA. It is located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and houses one of the largest theological libraries in the nation...
as well as executive education
Executive Education
Executive Education refers to academic programs at leading graduate-level business schools worldwide for executives, business leaders and functional managers. These programs are non-credit and non-degree granting...
programs such as the CIO Institute. The Heinz College is also a partner in the Tepper School of Business' Master of Science in Computational Finance
Master of Quantitative Finance
A masters degree in quantitative finance concerns the application of mathematical methods to the solution of problems in financial economics. There are several like-titled degrees which may further focus on financial engineering, financial risk management, computational finance and/or mathematical...
and the Carnegie Institute of Technology's
Carnegie Institute of Technology
The Carnegie Institute of Technology , is the name for Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. It was first called the Carnegie Technical Schools, or Carnegie Tech, when it was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie who intended to build a “first class technical school” in Pittsburgh,...
Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management program.
The hallmarks of every Heinz College education is the quantitative and skills-based curriculum, the integration of technology, and the required capstone final project: "the system synthesis." This final project is done instead of a traditional thesis and allows the students to apply their problem solving skills to a real-world client's problem. Graduates of Heinz College are successful in the public sector
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
, private sector
Private sector
In economics, the private sector is that part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the state...
, and nonprofit sector.
Research
Heinz College maintains an international reputation of excellence in the fields of social entrepreneurshipSocial entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
, criminal justice
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
policy, health policy analysis, art and entertainment industry management, information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, management science, policy analysis
Policy analysis
Policy analysis is "determining which of various alternative policies will most achieve a given set of goals in light of the relations between the policies and the goals". However, policy analysis can be divided into two major fields. Analysis of policy is analytical and descriptive—i.e., it...
, and social welfare policy. Heinz College is also affiliated the following research centers:
- Center for Arts Management and TechnologyCenter for Arts Management and TechnologyThe Center for Arts Management and Technology is an applied research center at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1996, CAMT researches ways in which technology can successfully support professionals in arts management and develops solutions to...
- Center for Behavioral Decision Research
- Center for Economic Development
- Center for International Policy & Innovation
- CyLab
- Future of Work Center
- Future Tenant
- iLab
- Institute for Social Innovation
- Living Analytics Research Centre (jointly with Singapore Management UniversitySingapore Management UniversityThe Singapore Management University was officially incorporated on January 12, 2000, and was Singapore's first private university funded by the government...
) - Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society
- Traffic21
The Heinz College is also affiliated with the following academic journals:
- The Heinz Journal
- I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information SocietyI/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information SocietyI/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society is a law journal covering the intersection of law, policy, and information technology. The journal is published as a partnership between the Moritz College of Law and the Heinz College . It was established in 2005 and publishes three...
(jointly with the Moritz College of LawMoritz College of LawThe Ohio State University Moritz College of Law is a public law school and charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. According to the 2010 U.S. News & World Report rankings, the Moritz College of Law is 35th in the nation overall and is in the top ten among public law schools. The...
at The Ohio State University)
Notable current and former faculty
- Ashish Arora, economist and expert in technology, innovation, development, and public policy
- Linda C. Babcock, author, economist, and expert in negotiation and gender
- Alfred BlumsteinAlfred BlumsteinAlfred Blumstein is an American scientist and the J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research at the Heinz College and Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University...
, criminologist and operations researcher - Kathleen CarleyKathleen CarleyKathleen M. Carley is an American social scientist specializing in dynamic network analysis. She is a professor in the School of Computer Science in the Institute for Software Research International at Carnegie Mellon University and also holds appointments in the Tepper School of Business, the...
, computational sociologist and expert in dynamic network analysisDynamic Network AnalysisDynamic network analysis is an emergent scientific field that brings together traditional social network analysis , link analysis and multi-agent systems within network science and network theory. There are two aspects of this field. The first is the statistical analysis of DNA data. The second... - Jonathan P. Caulkins, operations researcher, expert in drug and crime policy, and founder of RANDRANDRAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by Douglas Aircraft Company. It is currently financed by the U.S. government and private endowment, corporations including the healthcare industry, universities...
Pittsburgh - Jack ChowJack ChowJack Chow is an American professor of public health. He holds the position of Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College. Chow held a number of global public health offices including positions as the first Assistant Director-General of the World Health...
, Public healthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
expert, first Assistant Director-General of the World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Special Representative of the U.S. Secretary of State on Global HIV/AIDS and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Health and Science - William W. Cooper, founding Dean of Heinz College and pioneer in management science and accounting
- John Patrick CrecineJohn Patrick CrecineJohn Patrick "Pat" Crecine was an American educator. After receiving his early education in Lansing, Michigan, Michigan public schools, he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial management, and master's and doctoral degrees in industrial administration from the Graduate School of Industrial...
, former President of the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States... - Otto Davis, co-founder of Heinz College, economist, and public-choice theoristPublic choice theoryIn economics, public choice theory is the use of modern economic tools to study problems that traditionally are in the province of political science...
- Jon DelanoJon DelanoJon Delano is the Money & Politics Editor for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.A graduate of Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania Law School, Delano spent 14 years working as a Congressional staffer. In 1994, he became a political analyst for KDKA-TV. He is also a professor at the H....
, Money & Politics editor at KDKA-TVKDKA-TVKDKA-TV, channel 2, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. KDKA-TV broadcasts from a transmitter located in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and its studios are located in downtown Pittsburgh at Gateway Center.... - George T. Duncan, expert on statistical confidentiality
- David Farber, co-creator of ARPANETARPANETThe Advanced Research Projects Agency Network , was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet...
and former Chief Technologist for the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications CommissionThe Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) - Richard FloridaRichard FloridaRichard Florida is an American urban studies theorist.Richard Florida's focus is on social and economic theory. He is currently a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, at the University of Toronto. He also heads a private consulting firm, the...
, social economist and urban scientist - Martin Gaynor, health economist
- John GrahamJohn Graham (policy analyst)John D. Graham is dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs . John D. Graham began his tenure at SPEA this year. He is the fourth dean in the school’s 36-year history....
, Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental AffairsIndiana University School of Public and Environmental AffairsThe Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs is one of the undergraduate and graduate schools of Indiana University, and is the largest public policy and environmental studies school of its kind in the United States... - Jendayi FrazerJendayi FrazerJendayi Elizabeth Frazer is the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, heading the Bureau of African Affairs. She currently serves as a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College and Department of Social and Decision...
, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the George W. Bush administrationGeorge W. Bush administrationThe presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001, when he was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States of America. The oldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, George W... - Melvin J. HinichMelvin J. HinichMelvin Jay "Mel" Hinich , was the Mike Hogg Professor of Local Government and a professor of government and economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Hinich was also a research professor at UT's Applied Research Laboratories...
, expert in signal processingSignal processingSignal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
and statistics - Jeffrey HunkerJeffrey HunkerJeffrey Hunker received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College and Ph.D. from Harvard Business School. He joined the Boston Consulting Group before becoming an advisor in the Department of Commerce and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office...
, expert in information security policy and adviser to President Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean and expert in information technology, strategy, and policy
- Mark Kamlet, economist and Provost of Carnegie Mellon
- David KrackhardtDavid KrackhardtDavid Krackhardt is Professor of Organizations at the Heinz College, the Tepper School of Business, and the Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States...
, expert in organizational behavior and social network analysis - David H. McCormickDavid H. McCormickDavid H. McCormick is the former Under Secretary for International Affairs within the United States Department of the Treasury and one of the Chief Executive Officer's at Bridgewater Associates. -Education:...
, former Under Secretary for International AffairsUnder Secretary for International AffairsThe Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs is a senior position within the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for advising the Secretary of the Treasury on international economic issues...
within the US Department of the Treasury - M. Granger Morgan, expert in environment policy analysis and head of the Department of Engineering and Public PolicyEngineering and Public PolicyEngineering and Public Policy, informally known as EPP, is an interdisciplinary academic department within the Carnegie Institute of Technology , Carnegie Mellon University's engineering college. EPP combines technical analysis with social science and policy analysis, in order to address problems...
- Daniel Nagin, criminologist
- Jairam RameshJairam RameshJairam Ramesh born April 9, 1954, is an Indian economist and an influential politician of the Congress Party in the United Progressive Alliance ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh state in the...
, elected member of the Indian ParliamentRajya SabhaThe Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
and the IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Cabinet Minister for Rural Development (India) - Mark RooseveltMark RooseveltMark Roosevelt has been since January 2011 the President of Antioch College. He was previously the superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the second largest school district in Pennsylvania, until December 31, 2010....
, President of Antioch CollegeAntioch CollegeAntioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was the founder and the flagship institution of the six-campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with politician and...
, Democratic candidate for Governor of MassachusettsGovernor of MassachusettsThe Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:...
, superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public SchoolsPittsburgh Public SchoolsPittsburgh Public Schools is the public school district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and adjacent Mount Oliver.The combined land area of these municipalities is with a population of 342,503 according to the 2000 census. In August 2005, the superintendent became Mark Roosevelt. His tenure ends...
, and member of the Roosevelt familyRoosevelt familyIn heraldry, canting arms are a visual or pictorial play on a surname, and were and still are a popular practice. It would be common to find roses, then, in arms of many Roosevelt families, even unrelated ones... - Denise M. RousseauDenise RousseauDenise Rousseau is a University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, holds H.J. Heinz II Chair in Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Heinz College and jointly Tepper School of Business....
, expert in organizational behavior and psychological contractPsychological contractA psychological contract represents the mutual beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations between an employer and an employee. It sets the dynamics for the relationship and defines the detailed practicality of the work to be done...
s - Peter M. ShanePeter M. ShanePeter Milo Shane is a law professor and writer. His best-known scholarly work focuses mainly on two subjects. The first is separation of powers law, especially law and the presidency. His work often explores what he calls an institutional conception of the rule of law in a separation of powers...
, Professor of Law and Public Policy specializing in administrative lawAdministrative lawAdministrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law...
and e-democracyE-democracyE-democracy refers to the use of information technologies and communication technologies and strategies in political and governance processes...
, former Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of LawUniversity of Pittsburgh School of LawThe University of Pittsburgh School of Law was founded in 1895, and became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900... - Kiron Skinner, expert and author in international relationsInternational relationsInternational relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
, Cold WarCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
policy, and fellow at the Hoover InstitutionHoover InstitutionThe Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford.... - Michael D. SmithMichael D. Smith (economist)Michael D. Smith is the Heinz Career Development Associate Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University with joint-appointment at the Tepper School of BusinessSmith received his Ph.D...
, economist in information technology and pioneer in The Long TailThe Long TailThe Long Tail or long tail refers to the statistical property that a larger share of population rests within the tail of a probability distribution than observed under a 'normal' or Gaussian distribution...
phenomenon - Robert P. StraussRobert P. StraussRobert P. Strauss has been Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the H. John Heinz III College since 1979.-Academic career:Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon, he was a member of the economics department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 10 years where he was also an adjunct...
, economist and expert in public finance and tax policy - Paula WagnerPaula WagnerPaula Wagner is an American film producer and film executive.-Early career:Wagner began her career at Creative Artists Agency. In 1993 she launched Cruise/Wagner Productions with her former CAA client Tom Cruise. C/W's first film, Mission: Impossible, was an international hit that brought the...
, film executive and talent agent, formally CEO at United ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
and Cruise/Wagner Productions - Robert WilburnRobert WilburnRobert C. Wilburn is the director of Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College's Washington, DC campus as well as a Distinguished Service Professor at the college. Prior to this position he was the first president and Chief Executive Officer of the Gettysburg Foundation...
, former president of the Carnegie Museums of PittsburghCarnegie Museums of PittsburghCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...
, and director of Heinz College in Washington, DC
See also
- Heinz College Australia, Heinz College's branch campus in Adelaide, South Australia