Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research

The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public policy research center at Northwestern University.

Institute for Policy Research
AbbreviationIPR
FormationSeptember 1968 (1968-09)
Founded atChicago, Illinois
TypeResearch center
PurposePublic policy research
Headquarters2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois, 60208
Director
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Associate Director
James Druckman
Business Administrator
Eric Betzold
Parent organization
Northwestern University
Websiteipr.northwestern.edu
Formerly called
Center for Urban Affairs
Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research

History

The Institute for Policy Research was founded in September 1968, originally as the Center for Urban Affairs, with a $700,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.[1] Raymond W. Mack, one of the Center's original co-founders, also became its first director, serving in this role until 1971. John McKnight was the Center's first associate director.[2] When the Center was first founded, Payson S. Wild, the then-vice president of Northwestern, said, "Our Center for Urban Affairs can make a unique contribution if we have scholars committed to the application of scientific research in the realm of public policy."[3] In 1983, the Center was renamed the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research.[4] In 1996, Fay Lomax Cook became director of the Center. Shortly thereafter, she changed its name to the Institute for Policy Research. She stepped down from her role as director in August 2012.[5]

Directors

References
  1. "Collection: Reports of the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research". Northwestern University.
  2. Fellman, Megan (29 August 2011). "Raymond W. Mack, Expert on Race Relations, Dies at 84: Northwestern University News". Northwestern University. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Institute for Policy Research: Celebrating 40 Years" (PDF). Institute for Policy Research. 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. "Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research". Northwestern University.
  5. "Sixteen Years of 'Onward & Upward'". Institute for Policy Research. 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. "Margaret T. Gordon". Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. "IPR at 40" (PDF). Institute for Policy Research. 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. "Schanzenbach Named IPR Director at Northwestern". Northwestern University Office for Research. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2019.


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