Defense Leadership Project Looks at the National Security Culture of the Future
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Transforming the National Security Culture: A Report of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Defense Leadership Project grew out of a spring 2008 CPL study group founded by Major Fernando Lujan, MPP ’08, with assistance from cofounder Major Kent Park, MPP '09, and cochair Major (Res) Paula Broadwell, MPP '08. The study group’s membership was limited to Harvard Kennedy School students with experience in the armed services or in defense-related organizations. These junior- to mid-level leaders shared the conviction that the U.S. defense establishment is not adequately equipped "to understand, visualize, or respond effectively to the modern security environment."
Click here for a copy of the report.
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Gen. Petraeus Joins Harvard in a Special Salute to Student Veterans
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The Center for Public Leadership’s April 21 tribute to military veterans, "Honoring Those Who Have Served: A Tribute to Student Veterans from the Harvard Kennedy, Business, and Law Schools,” was not simply a matter of local significance. Gen. David Petraeus, who, as Commander of U.S. Central Command, heads our nation’s military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, saw the gathering — a sequel to an event the Center sponsored in 2007 to acknowledge the role of military service in the overall work of public service — as important enough to attend in person.
Click here for more on this year's tribute.
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| 2009 Leadership Courses spring supplement
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Leadership Courses, prepared by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, provides students at HKS and the broader Harvard community with comprehensive information on courses in leadership and social entrepreneurship available in 2008-2009 at Harvard University’s graduate schools, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University. The spring supplement includes all recent updates to 2009 course offerings.
Click here to download the complete course guide.
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2008 National Leadership Index Finds Troubling Trends
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The 2008 National Leadership Index, conducted by the Center for Public Leadership in collaboration with the Merriman River Group, is now available for download. In addition to the annual assessment of confidence in U.S. leadership, this year’s report also looks at the leadership traits we seek in our presidents and an assessment of media coverage during the 2008 election.
Click here for the full report.
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CPL & US News Announce America's Best Leaders for 2008
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America's Best Leaders is a collaboration between U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership that honors those Americans who "motivate people to work collaboratively to accomplish great things." This fourth annual edition honors such American icons as Robert Gates, Lance Armstrong, and Steven Speilberg, as well as many other unsung leaders from diverse sectors and regions.
For the complete list of honorees click here.
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| CPL Honors 2008 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award Winner
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The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government proudly announces that the 2008 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award will go to Billy Shore, cofounder of Share Our Strength. The award and the $100,000 prize that goes with it will be presented to Shore on November 19th at a reception in Cambridge.
In 1997, Shore launched Community Wealth Ventures, a for-profit subsidiary of Share Our Strength, to provide strategic advice to nonprofits looking to create income-generating activities. In addition, Shore has written four books about leading change by creating community wealth.
Click here to read the full release.
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Poll Reflects Continued Mistrust of Media Election Coverage
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Most Americans do not trust what they hear or read in media coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign. Poll results just released by the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School and the Merriman River Group show that 62% of those surveyed are distrustful of campaign media coverage and that same percentage think that the media does a poor job of separating their own opinions from the facts in their reporting. The public’s trust has not improved since one year ago, when a statistically equivalent 64% said they did not trust the media’s election coverage.
Click here to read the full report.
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Americans’ Confidence in Their Leaders Declines Sharply
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80% of Americans believe that the U.S. faces a leadership crisis today—up from 77% in 2007 and 65% in 2005—according to poll results just released by the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Merriman River Group.
Despite this lack of confidence, the poll results reveal important points of agreement on how the next president should lead. Moreover, Americans place great importance on the 2008 election: 77% believe it matters a great deal for the future of the country, up from 65% a year ago.
Click here to read the full report.
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New Study Finds Strong Jewish and Arab Consensus for Peaceful Coexistence in Israel
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A new study finds strong support for coexistence efforts amongst a majority of Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. The findings may buoy hopes for long-term peace in the region.
"Coexistence in Israel: A National Study" provides a compelling snapshot of current relations between Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel as the nation celebrates its 60th anniversary. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) associate professor Todd L. Pittinsky, research director of the school’s Center for Public Leadership (CPL), served as lead researcher on the project. The study was conducted in Hebrew and Arabic, and included 1,721 adult citizens of Israel, with assistance from researchers at the University of Haifa.
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