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1、MakingaDifferenceasaPublicAffairsandPolicyProfessionalFrompolicyanalysistointernationalaffairstopublicservicesmanagement,professionaldegreesexistforthosewhowanttodowellanddogood,saytwoadmissionsexpertsByJoseOchoa,PrincetonUniversityWoodrowWilsonSchool,andChristineOmolino,SyracuseUniversityMaxwe
2、llSchoolAsgraduateadmissionsdirectorsattwotopschoolsinourfield,weencountersignificantnumbersofcollege-ageindividualswhoaspireto“makeadifference”intheircareers,andhavealreadyshowncommitmenttothesegoalsincollegeactivities,volunteerismorcommunitywork.Whilesomemaybeawarethatitispossibletofashionaca
3、reerconsistentwiththeirpassion,theymayfeelill-preparedtoaffectpolicyorpoliticsinanymeaningfulway.Manyareunawareofeducationalopportunitiesthatcanhelpputthiscommitmentintorewarding,professionalpractice:agraduatedegreeinpublicpolicy,administrationandinternationalaffairs.Advisingprospectivegraduate
4、studentsaboutthisexcitingfield,weemphasizethatadegreeinpublicpolicyandinternationalaffairscanprovidethenecessarytoolstoimprovepeople’slivesandeffectpositivechangeintheworld.Indeed,ourgraduatesareglobalandcommunityleadersinallspheresofthepolicyarena.Buttherealityisthatalthoughcollegestudentsandp
5、arentsarefamiliarwithtraditionalprofessionaldegreessuchasaJ.D.,M.B.A.andM.D.,manyhavenocluethatprogramssuchasoursevenexist,muchlessconsiderpursuingadegree,whosetitlesandacronymsarevaried:MasterofPublicAffairs/Administration(M.P.A.),MasterofPublicPolicy(M.P.P.),ormaster’sdegreesininternationalaf
6、fairs/relations.Regardlessofthenomenclature,thesedegreeshavemoreincommonthantheirnameswouldsuggest.Atbase,publicaffairs-relatedprogramsaredesignedtotrainindividualsforleadershippositionsandcareersingovernment,thenon-profitsector,multilateralorganizationssuchastheUnitedNations,philanthropy,andev
7、entheprivatesector.Specificpositionssoughtcanincludeforeignserviceofficer,cityplanner,advisortogovernmentministries,executivedirectorofanon-profitorganization,policyanalyst,developmentdirector,andevenjournalist/foreigncorresponden
