Institutes and Centers



Center for Public Service
A newly developed Center composed of three entities: Executive LeadershipNonprofit Management, and the African Migration and Development Program.

Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute
Designed to provide policy makers throughout the state with a forum in which issues of policy and practice may be explored, using objective, performance-based criteria.

Institute for Tribal Government
Provides tribal leaders with information and leadership skills dealing with tribal, state and federal governance and a wide range of policy issues.

National Policy Consensus Center
This Center is establishing the use of collaborative practices among the states by hosting an extensive network of state dispute resolution programs, joint projects between states and partner organizations, supplying information, consultation, and technical assistance, and offering consensus-building training and education.

Northwest American-Turkish Research Institute
This Institute engages in both academic research and private and public sector contracts on topics related to contemporary business, economics, finance, and politics in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean.