How our belief Changes Policy Recommendations ?

Dear Policy Analysis Students

Please comment on above mentioned topic as we have discussed in class.

Youth Entrepeneurship for Global Leadership

Dead GPP Students

For a seminar on "Youth entrepreneurship for Global Leadership" department needs your full names and I.D number till 30 September 2010.

Seminar date : October 06,2010
Venue : National Library of Pakistan
Timings : 9:30am to 4:00pm

Interested students please contact with departments staff ( Sikandar and Khurram). We have only six seats, so it will be on the basis of first come first serve. However, if the number of students is overwhelming then we will discuss with US embassy management to give us leeway to bring more students.

Australian Development Scholarship (ADS)

We are arranging a session with Australian Development Scholarship (ADS). ADS has question in mind that why girls/women are not applying for scholarship in Australia. Girls are encouraged to come and talk with them. As this session in basically planned for females.
However, male students should also attend this session where ADS will be presenting their scholarship program for NDU students.

The Session will held on : 28 September 2010
Time : 11:30 PM
Where: Student Lounge - FCS

Students interested to register for event meet with Miss Asifa Hasan for brief overview of the session. So meet her between 10:30-11:30.

Should Government Intervene ?

In this section - I am interested to know what do you think about Government interventions. Which school of thought propagate interventions and which don't ? Do read different sources and comment.

How you should make your Presentation - Rand Report

Dear GPP Students

Please check your griffin group. I sent an email with attachment - "How you should make your Presentation." Its a document taken from RAND website.Please design your presentation as mentioned in the document attached.

Exchange Student Program - HEC

Dear All Concerned

I would like to inform all of you that Higher Education of Pakistan has given a new policy for student exchange program for Pakistani Universities.
- Student of NDU can take course in any other university like say for example QAU, NUST, LUMS etc.
- The course which student would like to take in other university should not be offered in NDU. Otherwise, they should take course in NDU.
- Student have to inform well before time of semester start for proper documentation among concerned university's department.
- Student have to submit the fee to that University's department, the course will be mentioned in student transcript(Host Institution transcript).

Interested student can contact me, during my office hours.

What should we teach in public policy ?

Public Policy is not a new discipline in itself. It is one of the offshoots of Political Science and Public Administration. The discipline's problem oriented approach has made it inclusive -- all disciplines are integrated to get best solutions.
Though, it has just started in Pakistan and getting pace with public and private sector universities. Are we ready for this discipline ? How we should teach this course to get maximum outcomes ?
There are different debates on this issue. Some suggest it should have a major component of quantitative and economics, where some believes that it should be Political Science and leadership focused, and some some believes that it should be technology focused.

"The Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago has a more quantitative and economics approach to policy, the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon uses computational and empirical methods, while the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Trent Lott Public Policy Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi have a more political science and leadership based approach. The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs provides traditional public policy training with multidisciplinary concentrations available in the environmental sciences and nonprofit management. The interdisciplinary Engineering and Public Policy department at Carnegie Mellon addresses problems in public and industrial policy in which the technical details are of central importance." source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_policy

National Defence University - Department of Government and Public Policy is not an exception in this regard. We are interested to learn that what mix we should offer to our students.
Is our program at NDU is Political Science and Leadership focused like Kennedy School of Government and Public Policy ? or Quantitative and Economic focused like Harris School of Public Policy Studies ? or Technology focused like Carnegie Mellon Heinz School?