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The Institute for Public Service and Policy Research is an
interdisciplinary research and public service unit of the
University of South Carolina. Its principal purpose is to
address current and emerging issues relating to matters of
public policy, governance, and leadership through research,
educational activities, publications, and direct assistance
programs. The goal of the Institute is to improve the quality
of social, political, environmental, and economic life, with a
primary focus in South Carolina.
The Institute has grown from a rich tradition of public
service at USC. It was organized in September, 1945 as the
Bureau of Public Administration. In 1969 the name was changed
to the Bureau of Governmental Research and Service. In 1988
its mission was expanded to include more service-related
policy research and it became the Institute for Public
Affairs. In 2001 the Institute became a part of the College of
Liberal Arts and its name was changed to the Institute for
Public Service and Policy Research to convey the functions of
the organization more clearly: to meet the training and
technical assistance needs of local and state government and
to conduct research to find effective solutions to the public
policy challenges facing our state and communities.
A more detailed account of the Institute’s early history can
be found in Twenty Five Years of Governmental Research
written by former director Robert H. Stoudemire.
Organizationally, the Institute is comprised of the following
areas:
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