Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit of the College of Liberal Arts, The Public Policy Research Institute is an applied, policy-relevant research organization. PPRI provides scientific research and evaluation services to both public and private sponsors, including various federal, regional, state, and community agencies actively engaged in determining public policy. The Public Policy Research Laboratory was created in 1983 by the 68th Legislature through a line item in the state budget. The work of this administrative unit was very successful, incorporating six formal research programs: Government Policy Program, Survey Research Program, the innovation and Technology Transfer Program, the Public Health Policy Program, the Substance Abuse Policy Program and the Educational Policy Analysis Program. The name was changed to Public Policy Research Institute in 1992. Contact Charles D. Johnson; 845-8800; 4476 TAMU; <> [pdf of documents available]