Schar School of Policy and Government

Schar School professor Stephen Fuller and the staff at the Stephen S. Fuller Institute for Research on the Washington Region’s Economic Future have been studying the possible effects on the region and its economy since before Amazon announced it was creating a massive campus in Northern Virginia.

The Green New Deal, immigration, the arrival of Amazon to Virginia, and who might make the best candidates for president were some of the hot-button topics discussed Monday night at George Mason University’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington, Va., during the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Haynes Lecture Series. The guest of honor...

Applying for the Presidential Management Fellows program is not for the weak of heart. The competitive program, which began in 1977 as a way for the federal government to train new leaders, awards fellows with paid positions in the federal agency of their choice. The effort is worth it: Many fellows wind up being hired by the agencies after gra...

The session was based on the practice of “speed dating,” wherein couples impart as much pertinent information about themselves as possible in a short span of time to see if they are a good match.

Priscilla Tran, the new Admissions Marketing Coordinator for the Schar School of Policy and Government, uses her experiences abroad to expand creative outreach in the Schar School’s marketing team.

The partisan divide in Congress, intelligence oversight, and foreign meddling through social media were some of the critical topics discussed Monday night at an event hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

The Schar School’s “security studies” program is ranked No. 2 in the country according to the March 12 survey in U.S. News and World Report.

The Association of Public Policy PhD Students [APPS] hosted an informal afternoon conversation on volatile U.S.-Mexico relations and border security on March 7 with one of the foremost experts on the topic, Schar School associate professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.

On a blustery, gray day in February, 60 people learned how to “color their personal brand.” That was the theme for the Spring 2019 Learning Community, an event that challenges Organization Development and Knowledge Management master’s students to become instructors for a day.