Talk:John F. Kennedy School of Government

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Did William Rehnquist attend the school? His wikipedia page says he attained a master's degree in government, so I guess he went to the JFK School of Government. --Harro5 07:04, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Why is Bill O'Reilly included in the list of notable alumni. I would agree he is notable but he is nowhere near as notable as all the other heads of state lited along with him

Bill O'Reilly and Katherine Harris should be listed under the notorious category. But that would be contrary to the NPOV principle.

--User: JerDW

Why is the Ph.D. program listed as tops in International Relations. The rankings referred to the government department proper, while the masters rankings refered to the KSG?

I have not read the article, but I suspect you are right. Generally, Harvard's Dept. of Government is the top-rated Ph.D. program. This program lives in GSAS, not KSG. Rlove 05:14, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted the mention of the Foreign Policy poll, as I believe the citation is misleading. The previous text referred to a "PhD program in Foreign Policy", but KSG has no such program (it's PhD programs are in "Public Policy"). Moreover, the Foreign Policy poll was for PhD programs in International Relations. As noted above, the PhD program in International Relations is administered by the Department of Government, in so far as it allows doctoral students to choose International Relations as their focus field of study. The Foreign Policy poll also ranks master's degree programs in international relations (Harvard ranks fourth I believe), but it is unclear whether this refers to programs offered by KSG or the Department of Government. Indeed, whether the editors or respondents had a specific program in mind is an open question. --User: Beige-DC

I have deleted the ranking comparison to Maxwell as these rankings change often and can be misleading.

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[edit] Joshua Frydenberg

Upon reading the article on Frydenberg, it's fairly clear that the reference to him in this article keeps getting deleted because he is not an alumnus until he actually earns his degree (which according to his page, he is still in the process of doing). In other words, wait until he graduates to add him back in, please. ScreaminEagle 22:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clare O'Neil

See above (Frydenberg) for same explanation. She can be added again once she actually receives her degree. ScreaminEagle 02:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orientation Sessions for Incoming US Congressmen

The school has run orientation seminars for incoming "freshman" U.S. congressmen since at leas the mid 1970s. There was an interruption in 1994 with the Gingrich led "Republican Revolution" and "Contract with America". I recall learning at the time the reason having been that the Republicans who went through the seminars at the school found them to be liberally biased. I wasn't able to find enough reliable sources to add this yet, but some of the data is here [1] and here [2]. What is missing from those is 1) why the Republicans denied the school the opportunity to run the seminars and 2) when and why they moved back. GRBerry 02:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The Kennedy School has hired some quite notable republicans. In terms of orientation most of the seminars are fairly straight-forward -- how to read a report from the Congressional budget office. What skills are needed for staffers. What are the problems with Federal workforce. What are the processes in Congress. How Congress differs from various state houses. It is almost an employee orientation for the most powerful people in the world. It is not partisan. The republicans ran their own one year, and then joined the KSG program the next year. Ljean

[edit] KSG Degree Programs

Yes, KENNEDY SCHOOL DOES HAVE A HIGHLY RANKED DOCTORATE IN PUBLIC POLICY in addition to, count them, three other doctoral programs. "The Ph.D. in Public Policy is administered jointly by the Kennedy School (KSG) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)." which means you are addmitted to KSG by KSG faculty, take KSG & GSAS classes, and must have GSAS faculty on the doctoral committee. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgdoctoral/

KSG also offers a Master in Public Administration/International Development (M.P.A./ID). Another program worthy of inclusion.

The degrees that one can receive from KSG are facts, and it should be possible to add these obvious, basic, verifiable facts. Ljean