John F. Kennedy School of Government
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The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It offers degrees in public policy, public administration, and international development, and conducts research in various subjects relating to politics and government. Its primary buildings are located southeast of Harvard Yard by the Charles River in Harvard Square, on the site of a former Red Line trainyard.
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[edit] History
The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) was originally Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which had been founded in 1936 with a gift from Lucius N. Littauer, and drew its faculty from the existing government and economics departments.
In the 1960s, the Harvard Institute of Politics (IOP) was established as a memorial to John F. Kennedy. The IOP is currently housed in and administered by KSG; however, its focus is on expanding and engaging undergraduates. The undergraduates select the Fellows, which is why IOP Fellows sometimes do not fit the mold of the traditional KSG Fellow.
The various programs were brought together in a single school in 1978.
In the 1960s, with encouragement from Richard Neustadt, the school expanded to research in public policy. Other individuals who contributed to the initial formation of the Kennedy School are Graham Allison, Richard Zeckhauser and Edith Stokey.
Currently, the Kennedy School offers four masters programs. The "Master in Public Policy Program" (MPP) program focuses on policy analysis, economics, management in the public sector and policy design. There is also the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. The MPA is available in two forms: a one-year "mid-career program" intended for professionals between 7 and 15 years after college graduation and a two-year MPA program intended for more recent graduates.
The interaction of the MPP and MPA students in the classroom is part of the value of the KSG experience. The Kennedy School has concurrent degree programs with Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Medical School, as well as joint degree arrangements with other selective law and business schools throughout the country, including MIT's Sloan School of Management, Duke University School of Law, Columbia Business School, Columbia Law School, Kellogg School of Management, New York University School of Law, Stanford Law School, Stanford Business School, Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School, with a current list of programs available on their homepage.
Students enrolled in the masters programs at KSG are also able to take courses at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at Tufts University's The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy as part of their degree requirements, further enhancing the overall experience of educational, informational and interpersonal exchange for which the Kennedy School is recognized.
The Kennedy School also has a "Master in Public Administration in International Development", which is distinguished from the other programs because of its particular focus on international development and its greater emphasis on advanced economics and quantitative methods.
The Kennedy School has four doctoral programs: Doctoral Program in Political Economy and Government, Doctoral Program in Public Policy, Doctoral Program in Health Policy, and the Doctoral Program in Social Policy. Each of these has different core requirements. The degrees are described in the KSG Doctoral Program Overview.
As of 2005, the school has over 27,000 alumni residing in 137 countries. The Kennedy School regularly receives high rankings in U.S. News & World Report list of top Graduate Schools of public affairs, and is currently ranked the second best school of public affairs after the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs [1].
[edit] Notable alumni
- Yasuhisa Shiozaki(MPA 1982) - Chief Cabinet Secretary, Japan
- Nisrin Barwari - Iraqi politician
- Jejomar Binay - Mayor of Makati City, Philippines
- André Boisclair (MPA 2005)- Parti Québécois leader
- Nicholas Boles (MPP) - British political activist
- Brent Brandon (MPP 1986) Decorated Air Force Fighter Aviator
- Christopher Burnham (MPA 1990) - United Nations Under Secretary General for Management
- Anna Escobedo Cabral (MPA) - Treasurer of the United States
- Felipe Calderón (MPA 2000) - President of Mexico
- Andrew Card - White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush, 2001-2006
- Reverend Frank Chikane (MPA 1995) - South African adviser to the President
- Naela Chohan - Senior Pakistani diplomat
- David Cunliffe - New Zealand politician
- Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj (MPA 2002) - Mongolia - leader of non-violent revolution that brought democracy to Mongolia, twice Prime Minister, thrice Member of Parliament
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau (M.A. 1945) - Former Prime Minister of Canada. 1968-1979, 1980-1984
- Nathaniel Fick - American Author and United States Marine Corps Captain
- José María Figueres (MPA 1991) Costa Rican President, 1994-1998; CEO of the World Economic Forum since 2004.
- Hector Gramajo (MPA) - Guatemalan politician
- Hill Harper (MPA)- Actor
- Katherine Harris (MPA 1997) - U.S. Congresswoman and former Florida Secretary of State
- Bob Holden - former Governor of Missouri
- Rafael Hui (MPA 1983) - Hong Kong Chief Secretary
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (MPA 1971) - Liberian President
- Lim Hng Kiang (MPA) - Singaporean politician
- Nancy Lindborg - President of Mercy Corps
- Lee Hsien Loong (MPA 1980) - Singapore Prime Minister
- Stephen F. Lynch (MPA 1998) - U.S. Congressman
- Nabiel Makarim (MPA 1984) - Indonesian Minister of the Environment
- Mark McClellan (MPA 1991) - current head of Medicare and Medicaid
- Ban Ki-moon (MPA 1985) - former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Korea; current UN Secretary General
- Christine Nixon - Victorian Police Commissioner
- Mario Ojeda Gómez- Mexican Internationalist and Scholar
- Bill O'Reilly - Host, the O'Reilly Factor
- Francis Pangilinan - Philippine Senator
- Larry Pressler - former U.S. Senator
- Jack Reed - U.S. Senator for Rhode Island
- Angelo Reyes - Philippine Environment Secretary
- Stephen Sackur - journalist, presenter of BBC's HARDtalk
- Klaus Schwab - Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
- Faryar Shirzad - U.S. Presidential adviser
- Guy C. Swan III - U.S. Army Major General, Commanding General of the Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
- Donald Tsang - Hong Kong Chief Executive
- Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombian President
- Anthony A. Williams - Washington, D.C. Mayor
- Jonathan Zittrain - academic
- Robert Zoellick (MPP 1981) - Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Miomir Žužul - Croatian politician
- David O'Connor (Massachusetts) - commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari (Phd 1976) - Former President of Mexico
- Miguel de la Madrid (MPA) - Former President of Mexico
[edit] Student life
There is an active student life despite the fact that most students are there for less than two years.[1] Most of the activities are centered around interest driven student 'caucuses,' the student government (Kennedy School Student Government known as KSSG), seven student edited policy journals and the athletic groups. Elections for student government (KSSG) are amongst the most competitive activities in the school as one might expect at the leading school of government. The KSSG is led by a President, Executive Vice President, functional Vice Presidents and Class Representatives. The KSSG is also responsible for overseeing the various caucuses of the Kennedy School.
