TSPA Affiliated Centers
- Center for Citizen Leadership
- Web: http://www.citizenleadership.org/programs.html
- The mission of the Center for Citizen Leadership is to empower wounded and disabled veterans as citizen leaders and to unite veterans and their fellow citizens in shared service to the nation. We accomplish our mission through these programs: The Mission Continues, Leading the Charge, and Explorations in Leadership.
- The Mission Continues is the flagship project of the Center for Citizen Leadership. Its mission is to place wounded and disabled veterans into volunteer positions in their communities. The goal is to provide service opportunities for wounded veterans who still have the desire to serve their country, but whose disabilities prevent them from continuing to serve in the military.
- Leading the Charge is a program that unites veterans and their fellow citizens as leaders in community service. During Leading the Charge Days of Action, citizens from throughout the country lead community service work in honor of our veterans.
- Explorations in Leadership fosters vibrant discussion and awareness about our nation’s next generation of citizen leadership. Explorations in Leadership engages citizens on critical issues facing veterans and American society by providing timely research reports, award luncheons, radio shows, opinion editorial pieces, and college-level courses.
- Center for the Study of Organizational Change
- Web: http://truman.missouri.edu/csoc/
- (CSOC) is an interdisciplinary research center that contributes to the scholarship and practice of organizational consultation and change. Associates engage in field research, which involves analysis of a wide range of institutions and organizations, with particular emphasis on change processes and related organizational dynamics.
- Institute of Public Policy
- Web: http://truman.missouri.edu/ipp
- The Institute is a public service and research organization committed to providing support to policy makers, public and non-profit agencies, and citizens through its program of policy-related and academic research as well as program evaluation, policy conferences, and related services.
- Missouri P-20 Education Policy Research Center
- Web: http://truman.missouri.edu/P20
- This newly established center is a campus wide collaboration designed to conduct rigorous scholarly research on student learning and education policy.
- Rural Policy Research Institute
- Web: http://www.rupri.org
- (RUPRI) is the only national policy institute in the U.S. solely dedicated to assessing the rural impacts of public policies. This comprehensive approach to rural policy analysis involves scientists from member institutions at Iowa State University, the University of Missouri and the University of Nebraska, as well as numerous researchers, policy analysts and policy practitioners from other universities, research institutions, governments, and non-governmental organizations. To date, over 200 scholars representing 16 different disciplines in 80 universities, 40 states, and seven countries have participated in RUPRI projects.
