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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked in politics in DC for many years and we made fun of people that had a Harvard Kennedy MPP. 99% of them never worked on a campaign and that is where you learn everything and make connections.[/quote]

So many people in this thread who have no idea what they are talking about.

Very few people from K School are going to go into political campaign work. It's not unheard of, but if they do it, it will be as a political advisor, likely on a specialty issue. For instance, I have a friend who is a K School grad and has worked in both the public and private sector on education issues for 20 years, and she has consulted on political campaigns on that issue, helping candidates craft education positions.

But you don't get an MPP to become a political hack, running campaign strategy, working polls, etc. Most of the people who do that work are political lifers and half of them don't even care about policy at all. It is a totally different field.

I'm just laughing at someone who sees "Masters in Public Policy", thinks policy=politics, and then makes up some BS about how "we make fun of K School grads because they've never worked on a campaign." Thank goodness the board is anonymous so that you don't have be embarrassed about how dumb these comments are.[/quote]

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