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Did William Rehnquist attend the school? His wikipedia page says he attained a master's degree in government, so I guess he went to the JFK School of Government. -- Harro5 07:04, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
Why is Bill O'Reilly included in the list of notable alumni. I would agree he is notable but he is nowhere near as notable as all the other heads of state lited along with him
Bill O'Reilly and Katherine Harris should be listed under the notorious category. But that would be contrary to the NPOV principle.
-- User: JerDW
Why is the Ph.D. program listed as tops in International Relations. The rankings referred to the government department proper, while the masters rankings refered to the KSG?
I have deleted the mention of the Foreign Policy poll, as I believe the citation is misleading. The previous text referred to a "PhD program in Foreign Policy", but KSG has no such program (it's PhD programs are in "Public Policy"). Moreover, the Foreign Policy poll was for PhD programs in International Relations. As noted above, the PhD program in International Relations is administered by the Department of Government, in so far as it allows doctoral students to choose International Relations as their focus field of study. The Foreign Policy poll also ranks master's degree programs in international relations (Harvard ranks fourth I believe), but it is unclear whether this refers to programs offered by KSG or the Department of Government. Indeed, whether the editors or respondents had a specific program in mind is an open question. -- User: Beige-DC
I have deleted the ranking comparison to Maxwell as these rankings change often and can be misleading.
Upon reading the article on Frydenberg, it's fairly clear that the reference to him in this article keeps getting deleted because he is not an alumnus until he actually earns his degree (which according to his page, he is still in the process of doing). In other words, wait until he graduates to add him back in, please. ScreaminEagle 22:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
See above (Frydenberg) for same explanation. She can be added again once she actually receives her degree. ScreaminEagle 02:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
The school has run orientation seminars for incoming "freshman" U.S. congressmen since at leas the mid 1970s. There was an interruption in 1994 with the Gingrich led "Republican Revolution" and "Contract with America". I recall learning at the time the reason having been that the Republicans who went through the seminars at the school found them to be liberally biased. I wasn't able to find enough reliable sources to add this yet, but some of the data is here [1] and here [2]. What is missing from those is 1) why the Republicans denied the school the opportunity to run the seminars and 2) when and why they moved back. GRBerry 02:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
The Kennedy School has hired some quite notable republicans. In terms of orientation most of the seminars are fairly straight-forward -- how to read a report from the Congressional budget office. What skills are needed for staffers. What are the problems with Federal workforce. What are the processes in Congress. How Congress differs from various state houses. It is almost an employee orientation for the most powerful people in the world. It is not partisan. The republicans ran their own one year, and then joined the KSG program the next year. Ljean
Yes, KENNEDY SCHOOL DOES HAVE A HIGHLY RANKED DOCTORATE IN PUBLIC POLICY in addition to, count them, three other doctoral programs. "The Ph.D. in Public Policy is administered jointly by the Kennedy School (KSG) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)." which means you are addmitted to KSG by KSG faculty, take KSG & GSAS classes, and must have GSAS faculty on the doctoral committee. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgdoctoral/
KSG also offers a Master in Public Administration/International Development (M.P.A./ID). Another program worthy of inclusion.
The degrees that one can receive from KSG are facts, and it should be possible to add these obvious, basic, verifiable facts. Ljean
The list of alumni is very long, probably too long to be part of this same article. It would be better to create a new separate article to list all the prominent alumni, move all the listed people from this article, and create an interwiki link between the two. There may also be the possibility of keeping a few very select names on the main article, however, to do that we would need some clear criteria. Any ideas? ( talk) user:Al83tito 10:54, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Reverted edits by User:JesseRafe
Why:
Choice of what is "notable" was arbitrary. For example, editor kept:
Yet deleted:
For example editor kept:
(no graduation date sourced)
Yet deleted:
... need more information why certain items need to be removed. Are they not notable, not alumni, or some other reason?
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I feel that the Mason program could use some additional information, as it is an important component of the Mid Career MPA program at HKS. I made it a new paragraph and added a brief description that can be fleshed out more. ZR312 ( talk) 14:53, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
If someone did not graduate from the JFK School of Government, they are not an alumnus. It's pretty simple, Benutzernamen. There's no basis for changing that to include random people who did not graduate from the school in the section for alumni. Furthermore, as in ALL lists of notable people on Wikipedia, they established criteria is that they are a blue link or have a citation for their notability. Otherwise they don't belong here, they're prima facie non-notable. If they have a JD from Harvard, then add them to the Harvard Law School notable alumni list, they are irrelevant here. Really can't imagine the problem you have this. JesseRafe ( talk) 17:45, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
1. Mark the alumni section as needing references. Allow contributors time to provide references, at the end of which, remove those alumni who lack references.
2. Notability criteria: If they have a Wikipedia page that is not being contested as notable. Easy.
3. Keep as alumni: MPP, MPA, ExecEd, Post-Doctoral work, and Joint Degrees as long as one of the joint degrees were one of the other mentioned degrees.
4. Remove: Lacking a Wikipedia page. If they really are notable, one should be started. Also remove those who didn't complete a degree. Or had a degree but had it later revoked.
5. If list is too long, consider a separate page. {{Dynamic List}} Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 18:30, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
JesseRafe, I'm not going to type too much other than to say if you saw my efforts towards a Compromise in this text page I have always been for removing non-notable, non-blue link individuals. I was pointing out your original edits removed some non-linked but didn't remove others that were non-linked. I asked why? Could you explain your criteria and that you were being inconsistent?
You didn't explain. So then I tried to work out here your criteria. I asked if Exec Ed would be included or not, you kept on saying alumni would have to have graduated. I tried to share the definition of alumni to point out they didn't have to have graduated to be considered one. You didn't seem to want to engage in that discussion. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
After the mediation request I requested failed, you again made edits that were inconsistent. You removed some Exec Ed graduates but not all. All I have been asking for throughout this is what is your criteria and can you be consistent? Look at the Proposal Towards a Compromise lines 2 and 4, I've always been for:
Thank you. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Stfg for your prompt and well researched 3rd Opinion. Apologies on my end for any grammar or typo mistakes I may have made with alumni vs. alumnus or linking to Wiktionary, very helpful to learn the right format.
Agree that while graduates are included, non-graduates are not excluded: any former pupil can legitimately be regarded as an alumnus.
So we circle back to my original attempts to build a compromise criteria for what is kept and what is removed from this article based on the criteria, one might suggest the only real key is:
Open to feedback from anyone? Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:42, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia's own definition of Alumni is worth reading as we work on a compromise. It notes that commonly, not always, does an alumni mean the individual graduated. Alumnus in the English definition of Wikitionary notes that it can be a 1. a student or 2. a graduate. Graduation doesn't have to have occurred. Also it can be male or female, or male only. I assume in this case we mean both male and female. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/alumnus#English — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk • contribs) 18:58, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
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I am treating Drmies's posts in this section as procedural, and thus accepting that this section meets the two-participant requirement for WP:3O. The OED entry for alumnus (see below) defines it as "A former pupil or student (typically male) of a particular school, university, etc.; a graduate of a particular seat of learning." So, while graduates are included, non-graduates are not excluded: any former pupil can legitimately be regarded as an alumnus. It is clear to me that the inclusion of non-graduates in this or any other article is correct. The significant point to consider in all cases is their notability, not whether they graduated. The expression "who graduated" in the section header is unhelpful. Please also note the following:
I haven't looked at every single diff in your edit war. If there are any matters I haven't covered that you want me to, please say so here and I'll do my best. Kind regards to both, Stfg ( talk) 09:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC) |
From what I can gather the main thrust in terms of content is whether post-docs count as alumni. Our article cites Merriam-Webster to suggest "yes"; the OED and Macmillan may suggest no. This is a matter for a focused discussion on the merits of the case, and the way to go about it is to propose an WP:RFC in a slightly wider forum, like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education or some place like that. Simple. Get more editors involved, propose two option, get a consensus on one of them. Drmies ( talk) 15:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
I'll answer your last question--sure. It's just that you haven't proven that this is the case. Your lengthy, unparagraphed, disorganized, and barely coherent rants may have evidence hidden in them, but I can't find it. The only thing I see is stuff like "Benutz constantly making spurious claims about me and my intentions", when all I can see is your claims about them. Good luck to the next admin who tries to help you out. Drmies ( talk) 16:40, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
In an effort to combine what we have discussed and learned, I have taken the version of the Kennedy School of Government dated 05:05, 4 December 2014 by User:I dream of horses which does not represent edits either JesseRafe or I had made. I then kept only those individuals with a Wikipedia entry (blue links) and have received an MPA, MPP, Exec, or PhD from the Kennedy School. This should make JesseRafe happy I hope. I removed those individuals who did not complete one of those four degrees. I researched the dates where I could for those individuals who did not have a degree listed.
Comments and edits welcomed on the draft page at /info/en/?search=User_talk:Benutzernamen188_66_8_4#Notable_HKS_alumni I am hoping this will allow us to be ready to cut-and-paste a version we have all reviewed and are comfortable with when Drmies unfreezes the page. Hope this helps work towards agreement that we are all okay with. Thank you. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 14:06, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
I will be happy to lift protection if involved editors agree to not continue edit warring. Ping me when you reach that agreement. Thanks to all, Drmies ( talk) 17:55, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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Reason: The School calls itself HKS now. Every mention on the website, press releases, and other publication refers to "Harvard Kennedy School". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.234.189.45 ( talk) 05:33, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
The following was added today to the main HU article. It's way too much over there:
In 1936, a $2 million donation from Harvard College alumnus and former Harvard football coach Lucius Littauer, a businessman and former U.S. Congressman, was used to launch Harvard's first graduate school focused exclusively on public policy, economics, international affairs, and politics, called the Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. [1] In 1966, in honor of John F. Kennedy, the school was renamed the John F. Kennedy School of Government and later Harvard Kennedy School. Since its founding, Harvard Kennedy School has graduated 17 heads of state, launched a number of sizable programs within the school, including the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Dubai initiative, the Harvard Institute of Politics, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and others, and built an endowment of $1.7 billion as of 2021. [2] Harvard Kennedy School routinely ranks as the world's best, or one of the best, graduate programs for public policy, social and health policy, international affairs, and national security. [3] [4]. [5] [6] E Eng 01:56, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
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Did William Rehnquist attend the school? His wikipedia page says he attained a master's degree in government, so I guess he went to the JFK School of Government. -- Harro5 07:04, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
Why is Bill O'Reilly included in the list of notable alumni. I would agree he is notable but he is nowhere near as notable as all the other heads of state lited along with him
Bill O'Reilly and Katherine Harris should be listed under the notorious category. But that would be contrary to the NPOV principle.
-- User: JerDW
Why is the Ph.D. program listed as tops in International Relations. The rankings referred to the government department proper, while the masters rankings refered to the KSG?
I have deleted the mention of the Foreign Policy poll, as I believe the citation is misleading. The previous text referred to a "PhD program in Foreign Policy", but KSG has no such program (it's PhD programs are in "Public Policy"). Moreover, the Foreign Policy poll was for PhD programs in International Relations. As noted above, the PhD program in International Relations is administered by the Department of Government, in so far as it allows doctoral students to choose International Relations as their focus field of study. The Foreign Policy poll also ranks master's degree programs in international relations (Harvard ranks fourth I believe), but it is unclear whether this refers to programs offered by KSG or the Department of Government. Indeed, whether the editors or respondents had a specific program in mind is an open question. -- User: Beige-DC
I have deleted the ranking comparison to Maxwell as these rankings change often and can be misleading.
Upon reading the article on Frydenberg, it's fairly clear that the reference to him in this article keeps getting deleted because he is not an alumnus until he actually earns his degree (which according to his page, he is still in the process of doing). In other words, wait until he graduates to add him back in, please. ScreaminEagle 22:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
See above (Frydenberg) for same explanation. She can be added again once she actually receives her degree. ScreaminEagle 02:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
The school has run orientation seminars for incoming "freshman" U.S. congressmen since at leas the mid 1970s. There was an interruption in 1994 with the Gingrich led "Republican Revolution" and "Contract with America". I recall learning at the time the reason having been that the Republicans who went through the seminars at the school found them to be liberally biased. I wasn't able to find enough reliable sources to add this yet, but some of the data is here [1] and here [2]. What is missing from those is 1) why the Republicans denied the school the opportunity to run the seminars and 2) when and why they moved back. GRBerry 02:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
The Kennedy School has hired some quite notable republicans. In terms of orientation most of the seminars are fairly straight-forward -- how to read a report from the Congressional budget office. What skills are needed for staffers. What are the problems with Federal workforce. What are the processes in Congress. How Congress differs from various state houses. It is almost an employee orientation for the most powerful people in the world. It is not partisan. The republicans ran their own one year, and then joined the KSG program the next year. Ljean
Yes, KENNEDY SCHOOL DOES HAVE A HIGHLY RANKED DOCTORATE IN PUBLIC POLICY in addition to, count them, three other doctoral programs. "The Ph.D. in Public Policy is administered jointly by the Kennedy School (KSG) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)." which means you are addmitted to KSG by KSG faculty, take KSG & GSAS classes, and must have GSAS faculty on the doctoral committee. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgdoctoral/
KSG also offers a Master in Public Administration/International Development (M.P.A./ID). Another program worthy of inclusion.
The degrees that one can receive from KSG are facts, and it should be possible to add these obvious, basic, verifiable facts. Ljean
The list of alumni is very long, probably too long to be part of this same article. It would be better to create a new separate article to list all the prominent alumni, move all the listed people from this article, and create an interwiki link between the two. There may also be the possibility of keeping a few very select names on the main article, however, to do that we would need some clear criteria. Any ideas? ( talk) user:Al83tito 10:54, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Reverted edits by User:JesseRafe
Why:
Choice of what is "notable" was arbitrary. For example, editor kept:
Yet deleted:
For example editor kept:
(no graduation date sourced)
Yet deleted:
... need more information why certain items need to be removed. Are they not notable, not alumni, or some other reason?
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07:51, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
I feel that the Mason program could use some additional information, as it is an important component of the Mid Career MPA program at HKS. I made it a new paragraph and added a brief description that can be fleshed out more. ZR312 ( talk) 14:53, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
If someone did not graduate from the JFK School of Government, they are not an alumnus. It's pretty simple, Benutzernamen. There's no basis for changing that to include random people who did not graduate from the school in the section for alumni. Furthermore, as in ALL lists of notable people on Wikipedia, they established criteria is that they are a blue link or have a citation for their notability. Otherwise they don't belong here, they're prima facie non-notable. If they have a JD from Harvard, then add them to the Harvard Law School notable alumni list, they are irrelevant here. Really can't imagine the problem you have this. JesseRafe ( talk) 17:45, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
1. Mark the alumni section as needing references. Allow contributors time to provide references, at the end of which, remove those alumni who lack references.
2. Notability criteria: If they have a Wikipedia page that is not being contested as notable. Easy.
3. Keep as alumni: MPP, MPA, ExecEd, Post-Doctoral work, and Joint Degrees as long as one of the joint degrees were one of the other mentioned degrees.
4. Remove: Lacking a Wikipedia page. If they really are notable, one should be started. Also remove those who didn't complete a degree. Or had a degree but had it later revoked.
5. If list is too long, consider a separate page. {{Dynamic List}} Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 18:30, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
JesseRafe, I'm not going to type too much other than to say if you saw my efforts towards a Compromise in this text page I have always been for removing non-notable, non-blue link individuals. I was pointing out your original edits removed some non-linked but didn't remove others that were non-linked. I asked why? Could you explain your criteria and that you were being inconsistent?
You didn't explain. So then I tried to work out here your criteria. I asked if Exec Ed would be included or not, you kept on saying alumni would have to have graduated. I tried to share the definition of alumni to point out they didn't have to have graduated to be considered one. You didn't seem to want to engage in that discussion. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:57, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
After the mediation request I requested failed, you again made edits that were inconsistent. You removed some Exec Ed graduates but not all. All I have been asking for throughout this is what is your criteria and can you be consistent? Look at the Proposal Towards a Compromise lines 2 and 4, I've always been for:
Thank you. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:58, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Stfg for your prompt and well researched 3rd Opinion. Apologies on my end for any grammar or typo mistakes I may have made with alumni vs. alumnus or linking to Wiktionary, very helpful to learn the right format.
Agree that while graduates are included, non-graduates are not excluded: any former pupil can legitimately be regarded as an alumnus.
So we circle back to my original attempts to build a compromise criteria for what is kept and what is removed from this article based on the criteria, one might suggest the only real key is:
Open to feedback from anyone? Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 13:42, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia's own definition of Alumni is worth reading as we work on a compromise. It notes that commonly, not always, does an alumni mean the individual graduated. Alumnus in the English definition of Wikitionary notes that it can be a 1. a student or 2. a graduate. Graduation doesn't have to have occurred. Also it can be male or female, or male only. I assume in this case we mean both male and female. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
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I am treating Drmies's posts in this section as procedural, and thus accepting that this section meets the two-participant requirement for WP:3O. The OED entry for alumnus (see below) defines it as "A former pupil or student (typically male) of a particular school, university, etc.; a graduate of a particular seat of learning." So, while graduates are included, non-graduates are not excluded: any former pupil can legitimately be regarded as an alumnus. It is clear to me that the inclusion of non-graduates in this or any other article is correct. The significant point to consider in all cases is their notability, not whether they graduated. The expression "who graduated" in the section header is unhelpful. Please also note the following:
I haven't looked at every single diff in your edit war. If there are any matters I haven't covered that you want me to, please say so here and I'll do my best. Kind regards to both, Stfg ( talk) 09:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC) |
From what I can gather the main thrust in terms of content is whether post-docs count as alumni. Our article cites Merriam-Webster to suggest "yes"; the OED and Macmillan may suggest no. This is a matter for a focused discussion on the merits of the case, and the way to go about it is to propose an WP:RFC in a slightly wider forum, like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education or some place like that. Simple. Get more editors involved, propose two option, get a consensus on one of them. Drmies ( talk) 15:26, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
I'll answer your last question--sure. It's just that you haven't proven that this is the case. Your lengthy, unparagraphed, disorganized, and barely coherent rants may have evidence hidden in them, but I can't find it. The only thing I see is stuff like "Benutz constantly making spurious claims about me and my intentions", when all I can see is your claims about them. Good luck to the next admin who tries to help you out. Drmies ( talk) 16:40, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
In an effort to combine what we have discussed and learned, I have taken the version of the Kennedy School of Government dated 05:05, 4 December 2014 by User:I dream of horses which does not represent edits either JesseRafe or I had made. I then kept only those individuals with a Wikipedia entry (blue links) and have received an MPA, MPP, Exec, or PhD from the Kennedy School. This should make JesseRafe happy I hope. I removed those individuals who did not complete one of those four degrees. I researched the dates where I could for those individuals who did not have a degree listed.
Comments and edits welcomed on the draft page at /info/en/?search=User_talk:Benutzernamen188_66_8_4#Notable_HKS_alumni I am hoping this will allow us to be ready to cut-and-paste a version we have all reviewed and are comfortable with when Drmies unfreezes the page. Hope this helps work towards agreement that we are all okay with. Thank you. Benutzernamen188 66 8 4 ( talk) 14:06, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
I will be happy to lift protection if involved editors agree to not continue edit warring. Ping me when you reach that agreement. Thanks to all, Drmies ( talk) 17:55, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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As of October 2, 2017, this article contains 47 references. Of these, 36 (76.5%) cite publications by Harvard University, the Kennedy School, or closely related outlets. Specifically:
That leaves only 11 references to sources ostensibly independent of Harvard University.
While the Harvard primary sources provide useful information, they also tend to hype the Kennedy School. Wikipedia's policy WP:NOTPROMOTION mandates that this encyclopedia is not a vehicle for advertising, showcasing or recruitment. Naturally alumni and current students of the Kennedy School are proud of their institution; but editors ought to resist the temptation for boosterism, which undermines the credibility of Wikipedia. KalHolmann ( talk) 17:58, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
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Request help in editing name of the Wikipedia page from "John F. Kennedy School of Government" to "Harvard Kennedy School".
Reason: The School calls itself HKS now. Every mention on the website, press releases, and other publication refers to "Harvard Kennedy School". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.234.189.45 ( talk) 05:33, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
The following was added today to the main HU article. It's way too much over there:
In 1936, a $2 million donation from Harvard College alumnus and former Harvard football coach Lucius Littauer, a businessman and former U.S. Congressman, was used to launch Harvard's first graduate school focused exclusively on public policy, economics, international affairs, and politics, called the Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. [1] In 1966, in honor of John F. Kennedy, the school was renamed the John F. Kennedy School of Government and later Harvard Kennedy School. Since its founding, Harvard Kennedy School has graduated 17 heads of state, launched a number of sizable programs within the school, including the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Dubai initiative, the Harvard Institute of Politics, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and others, and built an endowment of $1.7 billion as of 2021. [2] Harvard Kennedy School routinely ranks as the world's best, or one of the best, graduate programs for public policy, social and health policy, international affairs, and national security. [3] [4]. [5] [6] E Eng 01:56, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
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