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Melissa Kang of the Mason program said that most Mason Fellows have an average of 13 to 14 years of professional experience prior to their enrollment in the program and all come from decision-making positions in their country...
Sumaye, whose term as PM ended in 2005, has enrolled as a mid-career student in the Edward S. Mason Program at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) for the 2006-2007 academic year, according to KSG media relations manager Doug Gavel...
...Mason program enrolls 50 to 60 public and private sector executives each year from developing, newly industrialized, and transitional countries. Fellows graduate with a master’s degree in public administration after participating in two summer sessions and taking courses at the KSG during the fall and spring, according to the program’s website...
Mueller seems to agree. When promoting agents to senior-executive levels, he "is trying to extract some promise as to how long they are willing to stay," says Michael Mason, who runs the administrative side of the FBI. Grassley suggested to TIME that "the FBI needs to appeal to the patriotic spirit of its senior managers." But beyond that, the bureau is offering few tangible perks to make working there more attractive. Nor will the jobs be getting easier--Mason says new recruits should expect to be rotated around the country and the world, even if it means uprooting their...
...Mason, however, is optimistic that the new generation of agents will make the sacrifices necessary for the job. At the Washington field office, he notes, 65% of the new recruits last year had taken pay cuts from previous jobs to work...