WHAT IS A PAE?
A PAE, or Policy Analysis Exercise, is a study of
a public policy or management question by Kennedy School
second year Master's degree students under the guidance
of a faculty member. The study is completed for a client
who is seeking assistance regarding a policy question
or who is looking for recommendations on issues their
tribal organization is facing.
The Harvard Project PAEs deal specifically with the
issues facing American Indian nations or organizations
working in Indian affairs. Professor Joseph P. Kalt,
a member of the Kennedy School faculty, counsels the
student consultants. Assisting him are Harvard Project
staff members who work closely with the students. These
students offer pro bono assistance on issues that concern
your tribe. Most of the candidates have three to five
years of professional work experience prior to attending
the Kennedy School for their graduate course work.
Through the years more than 200 of these topics of
concern have been completed-on everything from creating
a Department of Justice at Hualapai to feasibility
of a cattle auction yard at San Carlos. Many of them
can be found in our Research
and Publications section. Do browse through them
and see what our student consultants have done. For
your convenience, direct access to several of these
reports is given below.
00-8
Garrow, Carrie E. and Mark A. Jones
"Jiway Gwavo The War Room:
Building a Hualapai Department of Justice"
(Size:
17.67M)
May 2000
99-3
Saavedra, Ronald T.
"Economics, Culture, Identity:
The Case of the Aquinnah Cultural Center."
(Size:
12.38M)
April 1999
99-2
Lemont, Eric and Cheryl Powell
"Crow Constitutional Development:
Empowering the Crow Nation."
(Size:
16.90M)
April 1999
Is there a deadline for submission?
We need to receive proposals no later than September
15 because the students must complete their projects
by April 1.
How do I submit a proposal?
Email
your proposal to Joe Kalt at joe_kalt@harvard.edu.
In the body of the message, give brief answers
to the listed questions, numbering each answer
to correspond with the question.
1. Your name and title
2. Your organization
3. Mailing address
4. E-mail address
5. Phone number
6. Fax number
7. A title for this project
8. A one-page description, including background, of the problem or concern,
you would like our students to work on with you, your tribe or organization.
9. A brief explanation of how you expect to use the final product
10. Project size: would you prefer to work with one, two or three students
If email is not accessible, fax or send a proposal to:
Eliza Bemis
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-3900
Where can I find additional information?
For a thorough coverage of the Program visit the PAE
Home Page.
And if you have questions, do not hesitate to
contact Joe Kalt by email. She will direct
you to the appropriate person.
Also available for your review are several samples
of proposals. Topics covered in these samples are:
electric power and regulatory reform, budget planning,
building a cultural center, urban center issues, land
use planning, and homeownership program design. Project
Proposal Samples (Size:
17K)
Are all submitted proposals assigned to a student?
The number of PAE proposals received by the Harvard
Project typically exceeds the number of graduate students
available to undertake a project. For this reason,
we cannot guarantee that all PAE proposals will be
selected, though the Harvard Project makes every attempt
to match students' interests with prospective clients'
requests. Students will contact you if they are interested
in learning more about your PAE proposal. If you are
not contacted by early October, your PAE proposal will
be considered again the following year, unless otherwise
specified.
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