Schar School of Policy and Government

It’s official: According to the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Schar School of Policy and Government’s undergraduate and graduate programs in public administration are ranked No. 11 in the United States.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) will deliver a keynote address tackling international trade-based money laundering, an issue that, Cassidy said, “is America’s biggest national security threat that almost no one is paying attention to.”

A Schar School study released earlier this year drew national attention, and for good reason: The research examined the rates of innovation by immigrants in the U.S. and found that native-born entrepreneurs were, in effect, being demolished by their immigrant-owned competition.

On the April day Camden Layton assumed his role as student body president, the campus was gearing up for a major townhall meeting with students and administrators addressing pressing concerns regarding campus sexual assault and Title IX policies.

Until earlier this year, the Arlington Campus of George Mason University was called Founders Hall. Within our school, we like to think that “Founders” referred to the four public policy professors and administrators who created what is now the Schar School of Policy and Government.

Librarian Kim MacVaugh is new to the Schar School of Policy and Government, but her efforts to improve information literacy can already be seen in the library and the classroom.

The rapidly expanding fields of blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be examined in depth by policymakers, industry executives, and academic leaders during an international, two-day symposium at the Schar School of Policy and Government.

In addition, I am still often haunted by those “what ifs.” What would have happened to me if I had remained at Pearl High School? Before the shooting, I already had a keen interest in public safety and national security.

About 100 academics, practitioners, students, and pollsters attending this week’s 115th American Political Science Association’s meeting in Washington, D.C., were treated to a day-long “pre-conference” seminar on migration and citizenship, sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government and its Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy. The program was chaired by Associate Professor Justin Gest.

The uniformed officers and plainclothes support staff members of the George Mason University Department of Police and Public Safety can be found patrolling campus, keeping an eye on large events—and studying alongside students in the classroom.