The University plans to establish a graduate school for public policy, providing a new academic home for about 83 students and 58 faculty members here, according to intra-departmental correspondence.

The new school is scheduled to be in full swing July 1 , 1990 and will incorporate the public administration department, the graduate program in policy analysis and the Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, administrative assistant Elena DeLuca said yesterday.

Administrators will recommend establishment of the school to the University's Board of Trustees at their November meeting, according to the memorandum.

Irwin Feller said the graduate school will streamline the target departments both economically and administratively by formally grouping three academic areas which already work closely with one another. Feller heads the policy research and evaluation institute and the graduate program in policy analysis.

He would not comment on the possibility of the board approving the school, but ordinarily the trustees approve administrative recommendations.

The graduate school is also in line with the University's long-term planning goals, Feller said, stressing: "This is really part of the University's strategic planning program."

Strategic planning sets long-range academic and physical plant policy and priorities University-wide. University President Bryce Jordan initiated the planning program when he assumed office in 1983 and it will begin the second five-year cycle in 1990.

William C. Richardson, University executive vice president and provost, is in charge of the next planning cycle, but he could not be reached for comment yesterday.

If the trustees pass the proposed graduate school, a national search will be conducted to find a director for the unit, Feller said. He would not comment on his own candidacy for the position, but did not rule out the possibility of assuming the post.

Students in public policy go into a variety of careers, including environment al, economic and health planning, with a large number assuming posts in state and local agencies.

"(Policy analysis) serves to integrate the various parts of the campus," Feller added.

The policy analysis program now includes about 18 graduate students, and the policy research and evaluation institute draws from colleges across the University, DeLuca said.

Penn State will almost certainly attract many new students by forming the graduate school, Feller said, adding" That is clearly one of the intents."

He estimated that within two years the new graduate school will grow from 83 students to about 100.