The Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions (GSMUP) was the first school of management at The New School, and the predecessor to the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, as it is known as of 2017. Created in 1978, GSMUP administered several Master of Arts and Master of Professional Studies programs.

GSMUP's programs were originally administered by the Center for New York City Affairs, which was founded in 1964. When GSMUP launched in 1978, the degree-granting and teaching functions were transferred from the Center to GSMUP, while the Center retained responsibility for a continuing education program in urban affairs and the publication of City Almanac (a bi-monthly publication) and The Fiscal Observer (a bi-weekly publication).

The GSMUP programs transferred from the Center comprised Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis; Human Resources and Manpower Development; Gerontological Services Administration; Health Services Administration; and Tourism and Travel Administration. In addition to these five programs, GSMUP added programs in Fund Raising Management (Summer 1978) and Management Auditing (Spring 1979). The programs offered by GSMUP did not remain static over the years. Some were combined, others were added, and several were dropped, reflecting the evolving research priorities of the School. At the time that the school was rechristened the Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in 1989, four programs were offered: Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis, Human Resources Management, Health Services Administration and Non-profit Management.

In 1996 university trustee, industrialist and philanthropist Robert J. Milano's name was added to the School. Among other roles, Milano served as vice chair of the Visiting Committee to GSMUP from 1975 to 1983.

In 2011 the school was renamed, "The Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy" following the merger of the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy with the graduate program in International Affairs, which until then had been a separate entity within the same division as GSMUP. Neither GSMUP nor International Affairs have ever been a part of the Graduate Faculty division of the New School for Social Research. Rather, GSMUP has always been situated within the division known in 2017 as Schools of Public Engagement, or, historically, the New School for General Studies, or, further back, the Adult Division.

Sources

"Center for New York City Affairs Spring 1965 Courses Inaugural Program." New School Bulletin. Volume 22, Number 9. 14 December 1964. Accessed online August 8, 2016: http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/NS030102_bull2209

"About Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy." Website. Accessed 8 August 2016: http://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/milano-school-about/

Saxon, Wolfgang. "Robert J. Milano, 87, Self-Made Industrialist." New York Times. February 3, 2000. Accessed online May 30, 2017: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/03/nyregion/robert-j-milano-87-self-made-industrialist.html

1973

CNYCA offers a Master of Arts program in Manpower Development (Spring). It does not appear during the 1973-1974 academic year.

1971

The Center for New York City Affairs (CNYCA) offers a Master of Arts program in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis (Fall).

1974

CNYCA offers a Master of Arts program in Human Resources and Manpower Development (Fall).

1976

CNYCA offers Master of Professional Studies programs in Gerontological Services Administration; Health Services Administration; and Tourism and Travel Administration (Fall).

1978

Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions (GSMUP) established to take over degree teaching of CNYCA. GSMUP offers a Master of Professional Studies program in Fund Raising Management (Summer).

1979

GSMUP offers a Master of Professional Studies program in Management Auditing (Spring).

1980

GSMUP renames program in Human Resources and Manpower Development as Human Resources Management and Development (Fall).

1989

GSMUP’s final program offering consists of Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis; Human Resources Management; Health Services Administration; and Non-profit Management (Summer).

1986

GSMUP renames programs as Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis; Human Resources Management; Management Auditing; Health and Gerontological Services Administration; and Tourism, Travel and Transportation Management. GSMUP adds a program in Non-profit Management (Spring).

1989

GSMUP is renamed Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy (Fall).

1985

GSMUP combines and renames programs as Management Systems; Health and Gerontological Services Administration; Urban and Non-Profit Management; and Travel, Tourism and Transportation Management (Spring).

1973-1984

Henry Cohen serves as director of CNYCA and GSMUP

1984-1988

Robert Curvin

1988-1990

Richard Schaffer

1990-1991

John Jeffries

1991-1999

James A. Krauskopf

1999-2004

Edward J. Blakely

2004-2009

Fred P. Hochberg

2009-2011

Lisa Servon

2011-2015

David Scobey