Florida International University Search Local leaders provide roadmap for public administration during the pandemic Executive Master of Public Administration COVID-19 Capstone Summit exposes students to local policy leaders to enrich their understanding, skills and knowledge. March 2, 2021 at 12:00pm The pandemic’s unprecedented changes affect practically all areas of life. Understanding this, professors for the Executive Master of Public Administration pivoted to offer students a unique, virtual capstone summit to focus on COVID-19. “COVID has underscored long-standing inequalities in our system—the differentials in death rates, and more recently, vaccination rates, between minority and white populations are real,” says Howard Frank, professor and chair of public policy and administration and director of the Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center. “These are issues our students need to understand and be aware of.”