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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Traditionally top jobs on Capitol Hill are political plums, meted out for long years of political service or personal connections with the elected official...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Nearly 20 years later, graduates of the three programs say that while the programs still have their problems, their K-School experiences have provided them with more than adequate experience for working on the Hill...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Graduates profit from the Harvard moniker attached to their resume, but many Hill staffers say they place little day-to-day value in the academic lessons of their K-School years. However, many graduates say that courses in management and communications proved particularly helpful...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Chris Van Hollen, an analyst for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who received an M.P.P. in 1985, agrees that writing skills are the most valuable lesson the K-School teaches its students. "For working on the Hill, the best thing is being able to write very quickly and succinctly," he says...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Canfield cites the management training she received as the most relevant aspect to her Capitol Hill job, "though all the management information is hardly unique to a school of government...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Taking the Fast Track to the Beltway | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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