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Dear Colleagues and Friends: Would you like a master's degree student at Harvard's Kennedy School (HKS) to analyze a key issue and make recommendations for how to address that issue as well? If so, I invite you to consider submitting a proposal for a project that a second-year HKS student would carry out as their Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE), which is the capstone project for students in the school's Master in Public Policy (MPP) program. In preparing their PAE, students work with both a client organization and a faculty advisor to:
While students' clients can and do come from throughout the world, for obvious reasons it is easier to prepare many types of PAEs for local clients. Therefore, the Rappaport Institute actively tries to link HKS students with Boston-area clients in both the public and non-profit sectors. Last year, for example, officials in state government, the cities of Boston and Somerville, and several non-profits groups served as clients for over 20 PAEs on such topics as using land-use policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finding better ways to protect port facilities from possible terrorist attacks, and a variety of policies designed to use schools, health policies, and social service programs to improve outcomes for at-risk children in some of the region's poorest cities and towns. In September, when students return to campus, they will select clients and topics for their PAEs. Many will do so by reviewing a database of potential projects and clients. If you have a project that you would like students to consider, please email a proposal to Laura Homokay, the PAE Program Manager, at ksgpae@harvard.edu at your earliest convenience, but preferably not later than September 12. Feel free to also send a copy of the proposal to me at david_luberoff@harvard.edu because students sometimes seek me out for advice on potential clients. The heart of your proposal should be a short (two-to-four paragraph) description of the issue(s) you would like students to analyze. This can be fairly general because what we really need to know right now is whether you and your organization would like to work with an HKS student this year, what kinds of issues you would like the students to assess, and who students should contact to discuss potential projects. (More detailed information on how to submit a PAE proposal is available at www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/oca/students/pae/clients/guidelines.) I hope you will consider proposing a PAE, and, if you do so, I hope that we can arrange for an appropriate student to take you up on your offer to be a client for an HKS PAE. If you have any further questions about the PAE process, please contact me or Laura Homokay. Many thanks for taking the time to consider this request. David Luberoff Tel: 617 495 1346 |
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