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Executive Education Center Name:	George Mason University School of Public Policy Executive Education
Website:	http://policy.gmu.edu/Home/AcademicProfessionalPrograms/ExecutiveEducation/tabid/69/Default.aspx
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School of Public Policy

3401 Fairfax Drive, 3B1

Arlington, VA 22201

“In addition to these customized short courses, SPP offers open enrollment programs on specific topics of immediate interest to executives requiring knowledge about emerging trends, advances in specific fields, and policy developments. These programs typically analyze key domestic and global issues of concern to both government and business and address how such issues affect the ability of executives to accomplish their goals.

Teaching is focused on how to work in and take advantage of changes in the policy environments in which executives find themselves. One advantage of open enrollment programs is that participants from different agencies and organizations meet one another and can develop lasting professional contacts. Success of these programs is measured by the degree to which participating executives learn new information and come up with novel ideas that they can apply directly to their work”

“We have conducted programs on topics ranging from European-American relations to transportation and regional development.  Some recent examples include:

International Affairs

• Two-day program for U.S. defense and security officials
• Discusses key political and economic developments in the European Union
• Explores EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and its impact on the U.S. and NATO

Telecommunications Policy

• Two-day program for telecommunications corporate managers
• Covers legislative and regulatory issues
• Investigates developments in internet technology and the future of wireless

Higher Education Policy

• Two-day policy briefing for international educators
• Discusses emerging trends in higher education in Asia and the Middle East

International Finance and Economics

• Two-day program for government managers
• Explores the principles of international finance

Media Affairs

• Three-day program led by former White House press secretary and preeminent journalists
• Trains federal officials to work with media
• Role playing used to teach strategies for interviews, managing crises

Public Policy & Administration

• Six-week program for India’s Management Development Institute
• Explores comparative governance, public policy processes, transportation, infrastructure, technology, and environmental issues”

• Unique focus on public policy and public sector such as government organizations around the world
• SPP has more than 45 internationally renowned, diverse faculty from many disciplines
• Study abroad opportunities are provided throughout the world, including in Oxford, Mexico, China, South Africa, and Southeast Asia