01/30/2018
Ed Lorenzen, an adjunct professor with the Public Management program and the Center for Advanced Governmental Studies tragically passed away this weekend while trying to save his 4 year old son from a house fire. Today the Washington Post editorial board discussed Ed's many achievements and public service. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-a-house-fire-america-loses-a-devoted-servant/2018/01/29/c9d51604-0520-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.610ced6d7f0d.
Opinion | In a house fire, America loses a devoted servant
Ed Lorenzen was a principled policy stalwart who worked behind the scenes to keep the country solvent.
05/21/2015
Professor Weinstein cited in "Daily Pilot."
http://www.dailypilot.com/opinion/tn-dpt-me-0517-patrice-apodaca-20150516,0,2473076.story
Apodaca: Rethinking higher education
In the last few weeks I've examined some of the most visible issues in higher education, including rising tuition and student loan debt, doubts about the real worth of brand-name colleges and the perception that only certain degrees are valued in the jobs market.
05/21/2015
Fall applications are still being accepted through July 31.
05/18/2015
Congratulations to Joelle Marie Cannon, winner of the Harold Seidman Award for best Capstone -- "Tax Treatments of Nonprofit Organizations.
05/18/2015
Congratulations to Shane Graves for graduating Magna Cum Laude.
05/18/2015
Congratulations to our Spring 2015 graduates:
Michael Dakduk
Kevin Donnelly
Candice Duggan
Shane Graves
Nicole Harrison
Sayed Zafar Hashemi
Jason Kim
Christopher Massad
Haley Nicholson
David Semeslberger
Christopher Weaver
05/18/2015
New paper on taxes, U.S, France, Google, and Apple from Professors Weinstein and O'Byrnes. http://www.progressivepolicy.org/issues/economy/the-blame-game-multinational-taxation-in-an-era-of-knowledge/ …
The Blame Game: Multinational Taxation in an Era of Knowledge - Progressive Policy Institute
U.S.-based companies such as Google, McDonalds, Starbucks, Apple, and Mi-crosoft are being attacked by European politicians for not paying their fair share of taxes. For...
03/19/2015
http://www.progressivepolicy.org/blog/weinstein-march-madness-at-time-magazine/
Weinstein: March Madness at Time Magazine - Progressive Policy Institute
Time Magazine (courtesy of the New America Foundation) recently re-published a new way to rank NCAA tournament winners according to their graduation success rates. According...
03/16/2015
Summer registration starts next week. Sign up early for core courses.
03/16/2015
Having said that, we do sponsor or cosponsor specific courses. Usually these are highlighted in YELLOW under the course listings on the web page. However, in classic Hopkins fashion, they did not list them all. So here is the list:
470.605.51 - Global Political Economy
470.619.51 - State Politics and Policymaking
470.638.51 - Negotiating as a Leadership Skill
470.692.51 - Military Strategy & National Policy
470.726.51 - Education Policy and Federalism
470.748.51 - The Art & Practice of Intelligence
470.773.51 - Energy and Environmental Security
470.778.51 - Federal Contracting Law
470.861.51 - Capstone for Public Management Continuation
Online Courses
430.615.81 - Big Data Analytics: Tools and Techniques
470.608.81 - Public Policy Evaluation & the Policy Process
470.617.81 - The Courts and Public Policy
470.625.81 - Resource Development and Marketing in Nonprofits
470.631.81 - Economics for Public Decision-Making
470.709.81 - Quantitative Methods
470.721.81 - Comparative Federalism: The United States and the European Union
470.738.81 - Time Series Models and Forecasting
470.743.81 - Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
470.752.81 - Intelligence Analysis
470.774.81 - Nonprofit Governance & Executive Leadership
03/10/2015
Congratulations to Professor Ed Gresser on his appointment as Director of Policy Planning at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). This is great news for Ed and for U.S. Trade Policy.