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However some Masons say the structure of the program restricts the type of Third World officials who can learn some of the tools the K-School has to offer, because of the programs costs. "I learned, but at a cost," one Fellow says. "The benefit is there, but the cost is too expensive." The tuition for Mason Fellows is $28,000, approximately $6-10,000 higher than that of other MPAs. The cost covers a series of administrative charges, including special trips and outings for the Fellow's families, as well as the Moroccan trip and special interviews for admission...
...sponsored by an international organization, the money I'm using at Harvard could go towards tuition for two students somewhere else, so my country is losing out," one Fellow complains. "It is also unfair that people from the developing world must be Mason Fellows to attend the K-School. We should have a choice whether we want to pay those extra costs. The treatment we get costs extra, and distinguishes us from the other MPAs, so we are not integrated into the program completely...
...view, the students weren't always able to do the work. "Now the program is academically sound, and we're taking more people who will become leaders of their countries," he says. "Before we were just taking their money. Most of their courses they were taking outside the K-School. We really weren't doing a good...
...K-School approach is based on the belief that certain concepts and techniques are universal, and therefore some methods taught to American MPAs, to be utilized somewhere in the United States, would work just as well in India. "I think there is an enormous amount of transferability in tools they can use, for example economics, statistics, also some management skills," says Walter M. Broadnax, a lecturer in public policy. "The question is the nature of the environment they will apply them in. Given some relative political and economic stability, these tools apply well, and the more stable the situation...
...K-School's approach to development issues has expanded since then, with several more case studies of the Third World integrated into the curriculum. In response to student complaints about approach, Klitgaard says also that "tools and policies are applicable across countries. The choice a country makes is contingent upon a host of local features...