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 Message from the Dean
Friends and Colleagues:
It's kind of slow around here this week, as we begin to get ready for a new semester. But things certainly haven't been slow in the world. Bob Turner and Colleen Richards Powell marked Martin Luther King's Birthday and Obama's Inauguration with a great appearance on Greater Boston, discussing the Commonwealth Compact.
I thought Obama's Inaugural was unremarkable as oratory, but quite remarkable as a profound repudiation of our recent past policies, and as an assertion of traditional values-loyalty, patriotism, hard work, personal responsibility. The Caroline Kennedy story reminds us that politics is not for the faint of heart or the inexperienced. I do hope our graceful young President has wisdom beyond his years and political courage beyond his peers.
Sincerely, Steve Crosby
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Job Opportunities of Interest
New postings of the week:
Research Manager
Jane Doe Inc
Associate Director
Governmental Training, Education, and Development University of Georgia
Political Public Relations Consultant
The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
Environmental Policy Program Director
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
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Internship Program
The College of Management and the Venture Development Center are developing an internship program in partnership with the high-tech entrepreneur business community in the Boston area. The program provides a first-class opportunity for UMass Boston undergraduate and graduate students and emerging and expanding businesses to benefit from one another's expertise. These opportunities help prepare the next generation of UMass Boston business.
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MGS in the News
Pace of job cuts quickens in Mass.
Boston Globe, January 23, 2009
The state reported that job losses in November were worse than initially estimated. Employers cut 22,000 jobs in November, about 14,000 more than first reported. "It's like we're on a bungee cord," said Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economic analyst and associate professor of public policy and public affairs at UMass Boston.
CNBC, January 16, 2009
What he [Treasury Secretary-designate Tim Geithner] really needs to do is to continue to keep making the case for the size of the economic stimulus package," says Christian Weller, associate professor public policy and public affairs. He needs to clearly say why $775 billion is the right number.
Winthrop Sun Transcript January 15, 2009
Town Council President Thomas Reilly announced the hiring of The Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at the McCormack Graduate SChool of Policy Studies.
Rehab effort no deal for city
Columbus Dispatch January 13, 2009
Michael Johnson, associate professor of public policy and public affairs, commented about the City of Columbus Home Again program that buys neglected or abandoned property with the intention of fixing them to revive such neighborhoods.
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Dispute Resolution
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 3PM
UMass Boston Campus Center Room 2540
"Towards an Effective Counterterrorism Strategy: Linking Democracy and Development Assistance with National Security."
Meet David L. Phillips, visiting scholar at the Center for Study of Human Rights at Columbia.
Event co-sponsored by: UMass Boston McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies MSPA and International Relations Tracks and by Padraig O'Malley, UMass Boston John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor for Peace and Reconciliation.
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 Monday Feb. 9, 2009 5:30 - 7:00 PM
UMass Boston Campus Center Room 3540
"Dispute Systems Design"
Robert Bordone
Director, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program Thaddeus R. Beal Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Dispute systems design (DSD) involves the creation of a set of processes to help an organization, institution, nation-state, or other set of individuals better manage a particular conflict and/or a continuous stream or series of common and recurring conflicts. Effective dispute systems can minimize the costs of such conflicts, and maximize the benefits.
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Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters
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Zimbabwe: Military Intervention Would Be a Disaster
Michael Keating, Senior Fellow at the McCormack Graduate School's Center for Democracy and Development, has published an article on the current situation in Zimbabwe in the World Politics Review.
Michael also published and article in RGE Monitor about the relationship between the coup in Guinea and the world Aluminum market.
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Impact of Alternative Staffing Model
The Center for Social Policy (CSP) at the University of Massachusetts Boston's McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies today released the report Brokering Up: The Role of Temporary Staffing in Overcoming Labor Market Barriers. This study of alternative staffing organizations (ASOs) in four U.S. urban areas suggests that these unique social-purpose staffing programs can help low-income workers succeed in the labor market by finding temporary and temp-to-perm jobs, while also meeting the needs of employers.
Video: Françoise Carré, CSP Research Director, discusses report findings on Alternative Staffing Organizations | |
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