Schar School of Policy and Government

For Mark Rozell, dean of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, the distinctive characteristic of the school’s master’s programs in security studies is their academic breadth combined with practical applications.

Don’t believe everything the search consultants say, write Schar School of Policy and Government professors Judith Wilde and James H. Finkelstein, who say a cautious and contemplative approach to hiring Michigan State's next president is best. Read more in the Detroit Free Press.

Frank Shafroth of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government says state leaders are often unwilling to put up matching funds required for federal grants. Read more in WVTF (Virginia Public Radio).

A new alert from the Department of Homeland Security details actions by the Russian government targeting government installations inside the United States. “[E]ntities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation and critical manufacturing sectors” are among those the Homeland Security and the FBI say have been victimized by “Russian government cyber actors.”

The Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University is pleased to announce the appointment of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe as Distinguished Visiting Professor.

In an op-ed, Schar School professor Justin Gest writes that America is using immigration regulation designed for an era that preceded the Internet, free trade, and the end of the cold war.

In the 2018 annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report, the Schar School of Policy and Government earned the coveted #3 spot for best graduate program concentrations in Homeland/National Security and Emergency Management.

James Pfiffner, a Schar School of Policy and Government professor who specializes in presidents and their Cabinets, talks about possible reasons for the typical early stability in presidential Cabinets. Read more in NPR.

The Schar School of Policy and Government was front and center at this year’s annual American Society for Public Administration meeting, held in Denver, Colorado, March 9-13. More than a dozen faculty members and students presented in panels and workshops on several well-received topics, including education policy, third party governance, and integrated emergency operation, among others.

In March 2017, a University of Alberta project, funded by Tonix Pharmaceuticals Inc., announced the reconstruction of the horsepox virus in a laboratory, with the intention of developing a new smallpox vaccine.