Dixie Downing

Since 1969, Schar School Public Policy Professor Emeritus David Armor has worked on more than 50 cases concerning school desegregation. In the past, he has shown that busing brings few academic advantages, and his latest work concerning the growing "controlled choice" movement has come to similar conclusions.

Nearly 40 Schar School of Policy and Government students with an interest in national security applied their classroom knowledge to the “real world” as they toured an aircraft carrier, a submarine, and a battleship.

The Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University is building on the school's existing expertise in security studies (the Schar School is ranked No. 2 by U.S. News & World Report in this category) with a new Graduate Certificate in Strategic Trade.

Many students at the Schar School of Policy and Government have served as interns for national politicians on Capitol Hill, as well as many local politicians in their home districts. But junior Government and International Politics major Glenham Smith’s summer internship was a little different.

Wayne Lavender, a Schar School of Policy and Government graduate from the PhD in Public Policy program, is the executive director at the Foundation 4 Orphans, where he builds homes and educates hundreds of orphans in the African country of Mozambique.

Debra LaPrevotte has worked tirelessly to end wildlife trafficking in Africa. The Schar School of Policy and Government’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) welcomed the former FBI special agent and current international corruption investigator at the Sentry Group for a Tuesday afternoon discussion on how to stop traff...

Schar School of Policy and Government professor Maurice Kugler coauthored "School Vouchers, Labor Markets, and Vocational Education” with Harvard University professor Michael Kremer, the 2019 Economic Nobel Prize winner for pioneering the implementation of randomized control trials to evaluate the impact of policy programs in international devel...

Throughout history, political violence and protests have displaced millions of African people. Conflict in Africa has rarely been front page news in the U.S., but the security challenges facing civilians are dire and worsening.