Idea to Retire: Old methods of policy education (Ramayya Krishnan, Jon Nehlsen, Brookings)

Public policy and public affairs schools aim to train competent creators and implementers of government policy. While drawing on the principles that gird our economic and political systems to provide a well-rounded education, like law schools and business schools, policy schools provide professional training. They are quite distinct from graduate programs in political science or economics which aim to train the next generation of academics. As professional training programs, they add value by imparting both the skills which are relevant to current employers, and skills which we know will be relevant as organizations and societies evolve.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2016/03/01-old-methods-policy-education-krishnan-nehlsen