Moniz Implores Graduates to Strive for ‘Policy Innovation’
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz delivered the address at the McCourt School Commencement ceremony on May 17th. The Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative told the 178 graduates, “to get where we need to go we need innovation– a lot of innovation– including technology innovation, business model innovation and, for you, policy innovation.”
McCourt Selected as New Academic Home of National Urban Fellows
The National Urban Fellows program, which strives to develop mid-career professionals, particularly men and women of color, to be leaders and change agents in the public and nonprofit sectors, will bring 30 to 40 emerging public sector leaders to McCourt to pursue a Master’s of Policy Management.
The Lugar Center, McCourt Unveil 2017 Bipartisan Index
The Lugar Center, led by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, and the McCourt School today released their new Bipartisan Index rankings of members of Congress for 2017. The latest data reflects significant shifts in bipartisan behavior in the Senate, where Republican scores improved to their highest levels since 2008, while scores of Senate Democrats declined sharply to near record lows.
Nancy Pelosi Urges Students to Vote, Calls for Pathway to Citizenship
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) notes the importance of young people voting and helping to shape the country’s future during a town hall with students at Georgetown today.
McCourt Rises in Latest U.S. News Ranking
The McCourt School was ranked 23rd in the U.S. News & World Report 2019 Best Public Affairs Schools Ranking, which provide one rating of the academic quality of the 282 schools of public affairs and public administration in the U.S.
Prominent Scholars to Join McCourt School of Public Policy Faculty
Donald Moynihan, a leading public management expert, and Pamela Herd, an aging and survey research scholar, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, will join the faculty of Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy this fall.
Learn Policy at the Center of Policymaking
McCourt School students link theory to practice during their time in Washington, DC through access to policy practitioners as affiliated faculty, internships with leading organizations and government institutions, and conferences, seminars, hearings, and other events around the nation’s capital.
An Elite Public Policy Program
The McCourt School is a top-ranked program in the Washington, DC area for Public Policy Analysis, according to U.S. News and World Report. Learn more about our Master in Public Policy program.
Take Your Policy Skills to the Next Level
The McCourt School of Public Policy offers several dynamic and flexible mid-career education options for accomplished policy professionals looking to broaden their skill sets.
The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University is a top-ranked public policy school located in the center of the policy world in Washington, D.C.
Our mission is to teach our students to help design, analyze, and implement smart policies and put them into practice in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, in the U.S. and around the world. The McCourt School flagship degree is the Master in Public Policy. McCourt also offers a Master in International Development Policy, a Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy, a Master in Policy Management, an Executive Master in Policy Leadership, as well as other dual degree and executive programs.
