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...that end, Thornburgh is planning a debate inthe Arco Forum between the candidates of bothparties, as well as a series of public events thatwill bring together scholars and experts todiscuss issues of the coming campaign, such aswelfare reform, the deficit, Star Wars andeconomic competitiveness. "I hope to promote somemeaningful discussion, which you'll see isn'talways the case as you saw in the Democraticdebate [last week]," he says...
Meanwhile, on other fronts, Thornburgh haspushed to expand the study of electoral politicsthroughout the University. Part of the dealbringing him to Harvard included the formation ofa faculty committee to study closely how electoralpolitics could be included in different schools'curricula and how they could be taught. He admitsthat instruction on electoral politics has notbeen extensive at Harvard and throughout academia,but he eventually hopes to see some type ofinstruction on the subject available at theCollege, the Law School, and the Business School,among others...
...question is 'How do we translate thisconcern [for electoral politics] into the academicenvironment?'" asks Thornburgh. "What is the bestway? A course? A workshop? What kind faculty wouldteach them? Is there room in the curriculum...
...Thornburgh hopes to find answers to thesequestions in order to establish the study ofelectoral politics at Harvard and in academia on apar with more popular subjects such as managementand policymaking. It is a mission that he feels isvital to the improvement of the American politicalsystem, and one that he says is often overlookedby today's technocrat politicians...
...society we have chosen to giveresponsibility and power to the elected official,"says Thornburgh. "While skill is needed toformulate and carry out policy by non-electedpeople, the elected official is more important...