CTG's research program contributes in several ways to the academic life of the University at Albany. Through courses, internships and other opportunities for faculty and students, the Center engages with the teaching and research missions of the University.

CTG partners with UAlbany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, one of the top-ranking public affairs schools in the nation. As members of the faculty in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, CTG Director Sharon Dawes and Deputy Director Theresa Pardo have worked in partnership with Distinguished Professor David Andersen to develop an academic specialty in government information strategy and management. The specialty is available in the Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Policy, Ph.D. in Public Administration, and professional certificate programs.

It offers three specially designed courses that focus on the real-world issues of information management and technology in government, along with special topics and readings courses that augment advanced study. Students tackle policy, management, and technology issues in both course work and individual investigations.

For admissions information visit http://www.albany.edu/rockefeller/pad/pad_admission.htm.

The Center also partners with University at Albany's College of Computing and Information, through membership on the faculty of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Information Science. The program aims to prepare scholars and advanced practitioners with a wide range of information skills and knowledge. As faculty members, Sharon Dawes and Deputy Director Anthony Cresswell have taught the doctoral core courses in Information Policy and Information Theory.

More detailed information about the College and its programs can be found at the School's website at www.albany.edu/cci/.

Theoretical scholarship and practical experience commingle in all of the Center's applied research projects, fostering an environment ripe for study by graduate students at both the master's and doctoral levels.

Graduate Assistants and Student Interns participate in many phases of the partnership and research projects conducted at the Center. They may participate in research design, data collection and analysis, literature reviews and best practices research, and project management support activities. To date students from a wide variety of academic disciplines have been involved including public administration, information science, computer science, sociology, history, political science, criminal justice, business, and geography.