Schar School of Policy and Government

After returning home to Jamaica this summer, fresh from earning her PhD in Public Policy at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, Karelle Samuda began work as a Jamaica House Fellow, a program created by the Office of the Prime Minister to attract talented young professionals to Jamaica's public sector.

What other workshop besides one dealing with biosecurity is likely to hand out bottles of hand sanitizer and ballpoint pens disguised as syringes filled with green fluid? (The rumor was the syringes were filled with zombie vaccine.)

Schar School of Policy and Government professor Jack Goldstone explains in an extensive interview why the record-low U.S. birthrate of 1.7 children for every woman in the country threatens GDP growth and programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Read more in KERA News (Dallas).

As elected officials are being asked to do more with less money, and the underfunding of government pension plans has become a nationwide crisis, a team of George Mason University students has stepped in with a tool to help.

An audience of about 50 turned out on a mid-summer afternoon this week for a lunchtime book talk at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University in Arlington, Va., a number that surprised—delightfully so—organizer Louise Shelley.

The idea that venture capital firms prefer to invest in companies led by men inspired Ruta Aidis to do something about it.

The growing backlash against international trade can be seen in the United States and around the world, a George Mason University professor said, and that is a red flag.

Max Burns, BA Government and International Politics ’08, was incensed when he found out that a decorated female World War II veteran could not be buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.

From Time Magazine: Mexico’s New President AMLO and Donald Trump Have Promised Mutual ‘Respect.’ How Long Can That Last? But the main question in the new era of AMLO and his party, Morena, will be whether Mexico-U.S. border security and anti-narcotics cooperation will maintain the close cooperation established over the past 12 years. It curr...

How would a Metro strike affect the Washington, D.C., area? Beyond it being incredibly inconvenient for area commuters, the repercussions are difficult to assess before the fact, a George Mason University professor said. “The major factor is, how long does it last?” said Terry Clower, a professor in Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government ...