About half are women. Inexperienced students come from varied undergraduate programs in the liberal and fine arts, business administration, natural sciences, journalism, criminology, nursing, and other fields. There are fourteen full-time faculty members associated with the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. Most members were educated in both public administration and public policy and several in related fields such as political science, law and sociology. Almost all have practitioner experience.
Most members have multiple interests.
Several specialize in the application of the social sciences to public organizations, i.e. organizational behavior and theory and cultural analysis. Other interests include strategic management, financial management, information systems and policy, communities and governance, diversity, ethics, health policy, economic development, criminal justice, and environmental policy. The faculty includes four women including the holder of the Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar Chair. We have found that most mid-career graduates receive a promotion within about two years of graduation. Following completion of their internships and graduation, inexperienced graduates enter public service careers in a variety of ways.