In 1919, the City College School of Business and Civic Administration was established and would later become Baruch College. In 1951, the Department of Political Science in the school offered its first course in Masters in Public Administration. In 1968, Baruch College was created through a split from the City College School of Business. In 1980, the
Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program was accredited by
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, the first accredited program in
New York City. In 1984, the college started offering Executive MPA courses, the first in New York City and the second in the United States. The Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs was established in 1994 with
Ronald M. Berkman as the founding dean. He worked there from 1994 to 1997. ==Academics==