The Management Academy for Public Health is accepting applications through March 31 for its 2000-2001 class. A unique joint effort by the School of Public Health and Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Management Academy is designed to strengthen management skills in local and state health agencies. Agencies in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are eligible to send teams. Teams are encouraged to include community partners from local hospitals, health associations or schools.
Sponsors pay for tuition, accommodations and other educational costs.
Funding is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC Foundation manages the project. This will be the academy's second year of operation. Widespread interest in the program was evident early with almost three applications for each of the 100 openings in the 1999-2000 class. This year's academy will double in size, with 200 members organized into four cohorts of 50 people each.