What is the relationship between IPA and the School of Public Policy & Administration?IPA is a public service center of the School of Public Policy & Administration, which is part of the College of Arts & Sciences. IPA played a major role in the development of the Master of Public Administration Program in 1976 and since then has given its primary support to this program. Many IPA staff members hold faculty appointments and teach regularly in the MPA and PhD programs of the School of Public Policy & Administration, and a number of tenure-track faculty members hold productive staff appointments in IPA. IPA manages the Schools Internship Program.