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However some Masons say the structure of the program restricts the type of Third World officials who can learn some of the tools the K-School has to offer, because of the programs costs. "I learned, but at a cost," one Fellow says. "The benefit is there, but the cost is too expensive." The tuition for Mason Fellows is $28,000, approximately $6-10,000 higher than that of other MPAs. The cost covers a series of administrative charges, including special trips and outings for the Fellow's families, as well as the Moroccan trip and special interviews for admission...
...long run. Even though I'm sponsored by an international organization, the money I'm using at Harvard could go towards tuition for two students somewhere else, so my country is losing out," one Fellow complains. "It is also unfair that people from the developing world must be Mason Fellows to attend the K-School. We should have a choice whether we want to pay those extra costs. The treatment we get costs extra, and distinguishes us from the other MPAs, so we are not integrated into the program completely...
...first 'extras' that some of the Mason Fellows would cut is a summer program required of them but optional for American MPAs. The Fellows arrive in July for an eight week summer session which includes courses in micro-economics, computers, English, speed reading and some introduction to the case study method...
...Mason Fellows Program has expanded its number and focus since its original conception Five years ago associate professor of public policy. Robert E. Klitgaard '68, who teaches development courses, says he thought the program was not such a good idea, for some of the same complaints the Fellows voice now--they are not properly integrated into the School, the material available for development issues is not of a good enough quality. In Klitgaard's view, the students weren't always able to do the work. "Now the program is academically sound, and we're taking more people who will become...
With the variety of backgrounds and experiences the Mason Fellows bring to the school "no matter what you teach there'll be someone who says 'that's not the way it is in my country,'" Deverajan says. "Generalization is a means of teaching, and by definition we will have exceptions. Their perspective is still very focussed on the problems of their own countries." He adds, "Our approach can be considered cold-blooded. We're duce very real problems to models and the value of that is that we are able to leave the rhetoric aside...