Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is. Princeton may be more prestigious for public polich but K is a close second. Columbia and Hopkins also have good programs. Yale SOM is sort of it’s own thing so I’m not sure how it compares.
If you want to do business, an MBA will be better. But for real policy (which is very different than politics), these schools are better.
Why are you all so obsessed with the Ivy League?
The top 3 MPP programs are not Ivy League schools.
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/public-policy-analysis-rankings
Might shock you all, but the Ivy League isn’t the best at everything.
US News and Reports is terrible for ranking of specialty programs. Anyone who thinks the Indians program is better than K school or Wilson school (did they change the name yet?) is deluded. Sorry. I agree the Ivy League is t the best at everything. But these two schools are the best at this particular thing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is. Princeton may be more prestigious for public polich but K is a close second. Columbia and Hopkins also have good programs. Yale SOM is sort of it’s own thing so I’m not sure how it compares.
If you want to do business, an MBA will be better. But for real policy (which is very different than politics), these schools are better.
Why are you all so obsessed with the Ivy League?
The top 3 MPP programs are not Ivy League schools.
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-public-affairs-schools/public-policy-analysis-rankings
Might shock you all, but the Ivy League isn’t the best at everything.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is. Princeton may be more prestigious for public polich but K is a close second. Columbia and Hopkins also have good programs. Yale SOM is sort of it’s own thing so I’m not sure how it compares.
If you want to do business, an MBA will be better. But for real policy (which is very different than politics), these schools are better.
Anonymous wrote:Who are Kennedy's most famous alums of the last 20 or 30 years?
It honestly doesn't seem to have anywhere near the ROI as a good MBA or JD program (which most politicians have).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:It is a lot easier to get into than Harvard Law. That does not mean that it is not worthwile.