The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership announces the 2016 Exemplary Leadership Award event. Susan Collin Marks, Peace Ambassador and John Marks, Founder and Former President of Search for Common Ground are the event’s honorees. The event will take place on Thursday, April 21, 2016 in Ballroom B of the University Club, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Are you seeking to advance your career in the government or nonprofit sector, but can’t leave central Pennsylvania to pursue your degree? Come and learn about the University of Pittsburgh’s online, accelerated master’s degree! The University of Pittsburgh will be hosting an information session for prospective students on Tuesday, May 3, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. The session will take place at 403 East Winding Hill Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, conveniently located at the intersection of I-76 and US-15.
GSPIA is accepting applications for its master of public and policy management program and will host an information session at 12 p.m., Wed., May 11 in Posvar Hall, room 3911. The 30-credit program is ideal for professionals looking to advance or change careers or begin a new, rewarding career in public service. Degree requirements can be completed in 18 months of part-time study.
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Applications are now being accepted for the new 30-credit Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM) online program. The MPPM online program provides professionals with at least five years of full-time work experience an opportunity to advance their careers at a time and place that is convenient for them.
For many years, the City of Pittsburgh was said to be suffering from “brain drain,” the phenomena caused by students receiving a rigorous education from one of Pittsburgh’s prestigious institutions, and then leaving the city in search of better economic opportunities in other regions, explained John Delano on a recent segment of the Sunday Business Page.
Daily headlines illustrate how networks of violent extremism have spread around the globe becoming one of the principal security challenges facing Western democracies. Associate Professor Michael Kenney explored one such network in an article published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
In a headlining commentary in the latest issue of Governance, Assistant Professor Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili asks why the state building project in Afghanistan proved to be such a failure. She argues this was due to a misguided preoccupation with the build-up of "power-deploying institutions," and the neglect of mechanisms for holding power-holders accountable. As she explains: "Afghanistan illustrates how a fragile state requires enough capacity to defeat insurgents, but enough constraints to discourage officials from predation and abuse. Unfortunately, well-crafted constraints often seem like an afterthought, as state-building efforts obsess with building quick capacity. A link to the piece can be found here.
In a recently published War on The Rocks blog, Assistant Professor Michael Poznansky examined the numerous cyber attacks carried out on federal government agencies and private businesses throughout the United States over the past year. Read more.
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, Assistant Professor Kevin Morrison illustrates in his new book how taxation leads to instability, not representation.
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