Word: iop
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Only months after the selection of a widely respected scholar as the new dean of the Kennedy School of Government, the school now awaits the appointment of a new director for its Institute of Politics (IOP), the graduate school's bridge to the real world of politics...
...selection of a new IOP director, which is expected later this spring, should serve as another indicator of the Kennedy School's future direction in this period of transition...
...When the IOP was founded in 1966, its first director, noted presidential scholar Richard E. Neustadt, hoped the institute would one day evolve into a research center focusing on governance questions...
...question of the IOP's role within the Kennedy School has largely been ignored, and members of the search committee say their main concerns still center only on electoral experience, rapport with students and long-term commitment to the school...
Weicker, a liberal Republican who lost his senatorial seat last November, said in an interview last week that he would consider taking the job as IOP director, though he declined to add whether he was a top candidate for the post...