Welcome to The Institute for Public Management & Governance
“COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING AND MANAGING PROGRAMS THAT BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEORY AND PRACTICE -- WHILE ENRICHING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:”
Thomas McWeeney, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Public Management and Governance
The Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration
PROGRAMS:
School Shooting Prevention
Effective Strategic Planning
Useful Performance Measurement
Transforming Public Agencies
SERVICES:
In-person and Online Training
Executive Training
Research
Consulting and Facilitation
Evaluation/Assessments
COMMUNITY EVENT: Preventing School Shooting
Palm Desert Campus
March 31, 2022
THE INSTITUTE
Currently housed at CSUSB's beautiful Palm Desert Campus, the Institute for Public Management and Governance (The Institute) brings training, consulting, and related services to the public and nonprofit sector agencies in the Coachella Valley. Our programs reflect CSUSB's commitment to engage the communities supporting the University by providing education and training services that address the real problems of real people in real organizations.
CURRENT RESEARCH
In Partnership with George Mason University: "School Shootings - Continuing Vulnerabilities" Thomas McWeeney, Ph.D. and Stephanie Dailey, Ed. D.
ABSTRACT:
“Over the past 25 years, governments, school districts, and the private sector have collectively spent more than $3 Billion to address school shootings in the US; an investment that has brought enhanced physical security to many of the nations’ schools. Advanced training, new technologies, enhanced mental health programs, additional school security personnel, more disciplined administrative procedures, and significantly greater physical security infrastructure is widespread in the American school system. By almost every measure, schools in our nation are much safer than they were 20 years ago.
Yet, in our current milieu, being much “safer” is not sufficient, nor does it address America’s increasing sense of anxiety that schools are unsafe. Over the last three years, we have endured the anguish of witnessing a surge in school shootings marked by the unthinkable loss of innocent children—a distressing reality that surpasses any other three-year period since the tragic shootings at Columbine High School in 1999. Education Week has reported that in 2022 alone, there were 51 separate incidents resulting in 40 deaths. This – despite the $3 Billion investment and a ton of good intentions – suggests that existing approaches are clearly not working…" Read More.
The Institute conducts joint research projects with other universities and engages in community, public, and private partnerships. Read more about these initiatives on our Programs page.