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...leaders in government.To this day, the School’s mission statement charges it “to train enlightened public leaders and to generate the ideas that provide the answers to our most challenging public problems.”But as increasing numbers of graduates enter the private sector??because of debt concerns or pressure from corporate recruiting—some students have concluded the School has fallen short of its lofty aim.In 2007, 41 percent of HKS graduates entered the private sector, the highest level in over a decade, and some students say the figure reflects...
...article followed similar reports from the trade publication Private Equity Week, which said the company would sell $1 billion of its private equity portfolio. A $1.5 billion sale of its private equity holdings—nearly a third of Harvard’s investments in that sector??would mark one of the largest-ever sales of a private-equity portfolio, The Journal article said. As of June 30, HMC’s planned allocation to private equity for 2009 was up to 13 percent of the University’s endowment, or just under $4.8 billion. University spokesman...
...Zeckhauser says that Summers’ intellectual drive also motivated his entrance into the private sector??Summers joined the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. as a part-time advisor last October, and says he plans to continue next year. Summers was likely attracted to D.E. Shaw in particular, Zeckhauser said, because of its quantitatively oriented approach to investing and the opportunity to surround himself with particularly intelligent co-workers...
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman—the first Israeli to be appointed to the position from the private sector??presented an optimistic outlook for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an animated talk at the Institute of Politics last night. Gillerman, establishing a lively atmosphere at the onset with his sense of humor and oratory ease, delved deep into the contentious issues of the conflict by outlining specific measures needed to be undertaken by both sides of the conflict. Gillerman said that these included the need for global recognition...
...confirm Paulson, and he could succeed John W. Snow at the position as early as the beginning of July. But when students wrote down Paulson’s name last year on ballots handed out to the graduating class, they were choosing him as a representative of the private sector??not a public official. A committee composed of four elected students from the Class of 2006 then narrowed down the list of possible speakers to 10, before choosing Paulson at the end of March. That was two months before Paulson was chosen as the next man to sign...