Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment is a graduate school at The New School within The Schools of Public Engagement that offers degrees in environmental policy and sustainability studies, nonprofit management, organizational change management, public policy and urban policy, as well as a PhD. program in public and urban policy and three graduate certificates. History In 1964, The Center for New York City Affairs, a nonpartisan institute, also known as J. M. Kaplan Center for New York City Affairs was founded as the first teaching and research center in the United States devoted to the study of a single metropolitan area. In 1975, under the leadership of Dean Henry Cohen, the Kaplan Center evolved into the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy (now the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy), which was named in honor of the former New School trustee Robert J. Milano (1912–2000), who had also been a member of the advisory board of the J.M. Kaplan Center. Academics Milano offers the following Master's Degrees: MS in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management MS in Nonprofit Management MS in Organizational Change Management MS in Public and Urban Policy Milano offers Graduate Certificates in Organizational Development, Sustainability Strategies, and Leadership and Change. Students in any master's program at the Milano School can pursue one of the following specializations or work with a faculty advisor to develop their own. The subject areas are sets of related courses that can help students tailor their graduate programs to their personal goals. Applied Quantitative Methods and Data Visualization Community Development Finance Economic and Workforce Development Finance Food and the Environment Global Management Global Urban Futures Housing and Community Development Leadership and Change Leading Sustainability Politics, Media, and Advocacy Social Entrepreneurship Social Policy Milano also offers a PhD Program in Public and Urban Policy, and a joint BA/MS program with Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and with the Bachelor's degree in The Schools of Public Engagement. Accreditation The Public and Urban Policy program is accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. References External links Universities and colleges in New York City The New School Public administration schools in the United States Public policy schools Universities and colleges in Manhattan Educational institutions established in 1975