Word: gergen
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...Government says it will open a new center in the fall of 2000 devoted to the study of public leadership. The center, which Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. cites as one of the major accomplishments of his tenure, will be led by Public Service Professor David R. Gergen, a former White House adviser, and by Ronald A. Heifetz, a lecturer in public policy...
...addition to studying leadership academically, Gergen said a goal of the center would be to combat gender inequality in leadership positions...
...serious part of this effort is going to be to prepare more women for positions of public leadership," Gergen said, citing the low numbers of women in Congress compared to European parliaments...
While there are currently no plans for undergraduates to play a role in the center, Gergen and Heifetz said they would welcome such involvement in the future...
...both Gergen and Heifetz said was instrumental in pushing for the new center, called the center "one of my highest priorities as dean" in a statement yesterday...