Schar School of Policy and Government

For a global study class, the itinerary was daunting: There were scholarly lectures on migration, health policies, HIV, xenophobia, and a deep dive into the regional “blue economy” based on aquatic and ocean industries. And that was just one day of an 11-day class.

The Schar School cap is getting around this summer.

Schar School of Policy and Government Distinguished Visiting Professor Richard Kauzlarich, pictured with his wife, Anne, recently paid a visit to his undergraduate alma mater, Black Hawk College in Moline, Ill.

There’s been a Schar School of Policy and Government t-shirt and George Mason University hat sighting in Amsterdam this week.

Today's global information economy is built on a "free and open internet." Yet at the same time, important questions of privacy, freedom, and equity are at stake—how do we regulate the internet?

General election voters do not value party loyalty. They want a president who is independent, not somebody else's man.

The crew of Germany’s “Planet E,” a documentary program on the environment, taped an interview on July 1 with Schar School of Policy and Government associate professor Gregory Koblentz.

The Schar School of Policy and Government’s Public Administration program has been ranked No. 22 in the world in the 2019 global survey of universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities-also known as the ShanghaiRankings.

Guatemala has made key strides in recent years in prosecuting some of the most heinous crimes committed during the 36-year internal armed conflict, which UN investigators say was a genocide. However, hardline military sectors and their allies have led a fierce backlash intended to extinguish those efforts and to silence the victims.

For the next month, the Schar School of Policy and Government advising staff and select professors will fill the heads of hundreds of incoming students and their parents with important information about life at George Mason University and the Schar School at College 101 sessions.