Word: mason
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heart of their last academic push before final exams end their one year of study at Harvard, the Mason Fellows have expressed some criticism of their time at Harvard, although most say the year has been worthwhile. The field trip to Morocco was but one of the problems with the Mason Program, some say, adding that the trip could even have been eliminated since its educational value was limited. Many Masons interviewed asked not to be named because of political reasons...
...reason we don't consult the Fellows says Nancy S. Pyle associate director of the MPA program and director of the Mason Fellows program, is because they would never agree on one country. Depending on their own countries and backgrounds they would always want to go to a different choice...
...pick a country that is at an interesting stage of development one where none of the Masons are from. It also has to be politically stable be willing to welcome all the Mason Fellows and also give some financial assistance for the trip." Pyle says noting that travel time to countries must also be considered...
...some Mason Fellows question the need for a trip at all, especially to a developing country. "A more interesting trip would have been to Washington D.C." one of the Fellows argues. "It would have been more profitable to go to the World Bank, the I.M.F. or the Inter-American Development Bank, or the United Nations in New York...
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...