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102 Maxwell Hall, Syracuse, NY
13244
Voice (315) 443-3709/Fax (315)
443-5069
wdcoplin@maxwell.syr.edu
 Bill
Coplin received his BA in Social Science from Johns Hopkins
University in 1960, and his M.A (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) in
International Relations from American University. He has been
the Director and Professor of the Public Affairs Program of the
Maxwell School of Syracuse University and College of Arts and
Sciences since 1976. He has published more than 110 books and
articles in the fields of international relations, public
policy, political risk analysis, social science education,
citizenship and �doing good.� He co-founded and served as a
senior consultant to the PRS Group LLC from 1979 to 2001, which
forecasts political and economic conditions in 100 countries.
Since 2000, has focused his effort on reforming
high school and college.
Reforming College and High
School Education
Throughout his career, he has written extensively
on the need to reform both high school and college education to
better meet the needs for the majority of students who see
education as a path to better employment opportunities. He has
consulted with more than forty high schools throughout New York
State on curriculum. With his publication of Ten Things
Employers Want You to Learn in College (see below) in August
2003, he has received numerous interviews and written
extensively on how to bring about those reforms. He has written
articles on the topic in USA-Today, the Albany Times Union and
for Knight-Ridder syndication, newsletters of several different
professional organizations including the National Parents
Teachers Association, the NCAA News, the National Association of
School Boards and educational websites of Newsweek Magazine and
the Wall St. Journal. In 2004, he was appointed as Advisor for
Professional Skills to College Parents of America. In 2005, he
was appointed a consultant to the Office of Workforce
Development of the New York State Office of Children & Family
Services to help staff in agencies to bring professional skills
to youth in their facilities throughout the state. His paper,
�Seven ways to reduce instructional costs and improve
undergraduate and graduate education� was selected by a seven
member panel of national experts for publication by the Lumina
Foundation for Higher Education and an article based on it
appeared in the Chronicle of Higher education. His latest book,
25 Ways to Make College Pay Off : Advice for Anxious Parents
from a Professor Who's Seen It All, will be published
mid-2007. He has worked off and on with the Syracuse City School
District and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee for
the Institute fo Technology @ Syracuse Central, a new high
school to combine career preparation and academic learning for
the Syracuse City School District.
Teaching and Advising
Awards
In 1993 he
received the Chancellor's Citation for Distinguished Service by
Syracuse University. He was appointed one of the first three
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching
Excellence at Syracuse University in 1995. He has received
several other awards for excellence in teaching and advising
from faculty, students and alumni, including the 2000-2001
College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Faculty
Advisor
High School Curriculum
and Training Activities in Citizenship Education
He has designed and implemented curriculum to
develop career and citizenship skills among college and high
school students. His Public Affairs 101: Introduction to the
Analysis of Public Policy served as the base for his
contribution to guidelines for the Regents twelfth grade course
"participation in government" required of all graduating high
school students in New York State. The course has been taken by
more than 6,000 students at Syracuse University over the past 30
years. More than 10,000 high school seniors at 65 high schools
have taken the course over the past 20 years through Syracuse
University�s Project Advance Program. He, with two colleagues,
received an award from the Public Employees Roundtable for the
best one-year curriculum for increasing the public awareness of
the range and quality of services provided by public servants.
He serves as the curriculum consultant to the High School for
Leadership and Public Service in New York City, which was
founded by the NYC Board of Education in 1993 in partnership
with the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
Policy Studies Program at
Syracuse University
He has been an advocate and practitioner of
building public service into the college curriculum through
internships and projects. The Policy Studies Major, which he
has designed and managed since 1978 requires at least six credit
hour of coursework working on community projects. Each year,
his students provide more than $100,000 (according to client
estimates) of research services and more than $60,000 in direct
services to the clients of nonprofit agencies. Policy Studies
majors win a disproportionate number of scholarship awards
within and outside the University. Information on the website
is available under
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/paf/
Public Service Activities to
Agencies Serving Youth
As a direct by-product of the use of public
service in the curriculum, he created the University Reach
Program in 1988. The program has received more than $275,000 in
grants from the Mott Foundation, Nationwide Insurance, UPS and
the Kellogg Foundation to support which undergraduates working
with inner-city youth in a variety of projects. Since 1999, he
has offered a course where undergraduates offer a range of
programs to youth at a housing project located near the
University and other locations throughout the city. He became a
Board Member of the Syracuse Boys and Girls Clubs to better
connect the work of SU undergraduates to the largest provider of
youth programs in Syracuse. He received the 2001 President�s
Award, the highest award offered by the Boys and Girls Club, for
his efforts in the Continuous Improvement System for evaluating
programs. He received the Civic Leadership Award at the
Onondaga Citizens League 25 Years Award Ceremony.
Improving Local Governments
In 1996, he and the then Chair of the Public
Administration Department, Astrid Merget, received a $579,000
three-year grant from the Sloan Foundation to develop benchmarks
for government service performance in Onondaga County and
establish the Maxwell Community Benchmarks Program. He
co-authored a book in 2000, with Carol Dwyer, Does your
Government Measure Up: Basic Tools for Local Officials and
Citizens. The book has been endorsed by professional
associations such as the American Chamber of Commerce and the
International City Managers Association. With two colleagues, he
published an article in Public Administration Review in
2202 entitled �The Professional Researcher as Change Agent in
the Government-Performance Movement.� He also served as
vice-chair and chair of the Town of Manlius Coalition in the
late 1990�s.
Trade Book Publications
His latest book, Ten Things Employers Want You
to Learn in College, was published by Ten Speed Press in
August, 2003. It informs undergraduates how they can use their
college academic and non academic experiences to prepare for a
rewarding career. GE purchased and distributed 40 copies to
career service center at the University from which they recruit.
In 2000, he published a book How You Can Help:
An Easy Guide to Doing Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life
published by Routledge. The book aims to encourage people to do
good. Larry King, Ralph Nader and the presidents of both the
Points of Light Foundation and Independent Sector have endorsed
the book. All profits from the book are contributed to local
programs for disadvantaged youth.
He has co-authored Power Persuasion: A
Surefire System to Get Ahead in Business (Addison-Wesley,
1985) which was selected by Fortune Book of the Month Club and
has been translated into Danish, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
For more information on my activities with
respect to both doing good and doing well, consult my web site,
sites.maxwell.syr.edu/dogooddowell/
Books: 30 Articles: 51 Chapters: 32
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