The Center provides workshops and opportunities to discuss and analyze research proposals and issues regarding a wide variety of subject areas. Students, faculty, and administrators make presentations about research projects, research proposals, and practical issues. The Center also provides instructional sessions that offer attendees hands-on and engaging learning experiences regarding relevant trends and issues in the public sector.
What We Do
Government & Nonprofit Project Assistance
The Center specializes in helping government and nonprofit officials better serve their communities. We provide technical assistance with data management and collection, grant writing, community needs and assessment surveys, program management evaluation and assistance, strategic planning and development, systems development, budgeting and costing analyses, as well as many other areas. For more information on government and nonprofit assistance, please contact us at crppt@txstate.edu.
Resources on Public Policy, Sustainability, & Performance
The Center provides resources and technical assistance to government officials, organizational managers and the business community on public policy issues, government sustainability, and performance management. The Center can assist your organization in analyzing policies, evaluating programs, analyzing processes, assessing strategies for governance and sustainability, and developing strategies for managing organizational performance. For more information on how the Center can assist your policy or organizational needs, please contact us at crppt@txstate.edu.
Project Assistance in Government Programs & Policies
The Center provides resources and technical assistance to state government officials regarding policymaking issues. Our assistance includes data collection and management, evaluative assistance, research and exploratory studies, analyses on budget and policy issues, as well as many other areas of government needs. For more information on government assistance, please contact us at crppt@txstate.edu.
RESEARCH
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Research Priorities & Products
The Center regularly conducts research and publishes content on a variety of issues. Ongoing research at the Center includes:
- Environmental Policy
- Energy and Sustainability
- Local Government Service Delivery
- Urban & Rural Development
- Community Resilience
- Economic Development
- Transportation Policy
- Government Innovation
Some of the research products that we provide to assist administrators and public sector practitioners include:
- Surveys
- Data Compiling, Management, and Analyses
- Policy Analyses
- Program & Performance Evaluations
- Program Summarizations
- Economic Development Assessments
- Needs Assessments
- Impact Analyses
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Faculty and Student Workgroups & Collaboration
The Center provides opportunities for interdisciplinary faculty and students to collaborate on grant funded projects that enable them to converge their skills, research interests, and abilities. Collaborating faculty and students work together on applied and academic projects that cover such areas as:
- Economic Development
- Rural Community Development
- Environmental Policy and Sustainability
- Urban Planning and Development
- Regional Policy
- Social Justice and Behavioral Studies
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Collaboration in Applied Research Program
The applied research collaboration program is designed to promote research collaborations between faculty, students and administrators with similar research interests. Graduate or undergraduate students seeking to gain knowledge and experience in research can be matched with faculty members to assist with research projects and program implementations that provide technical assistance to administrators of public sector and nonprofit organizations. Students who are interested in being matched with projects that fit their skills and interests can contact us at crppt@txstate.edu. Likewise, we encourage administrators who could use the assistance of a graduate or undergraduate student in research and project management to contact us as well.
WORKSHOPS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
The Center offers a variety of training and course programs designed and customized to meet the needs of many different organizations. Contact us and tell us your needs, and we will work with you to develop your training. Our faculty has years of practical government experience, which allows us to deliver training and courses on any topic pertaining management, leadership, human resources, public finances, public policy and organizational development.
Contact Us
For more information about any of our services or resources, please contact the Director of the CRPPT, Helen Lowman, at hal7@txstate.edu.