April 6, 2004
Elliott School Reorganizes in Response to Rapid Growth
Continued Enrollment Increase Drives Internal Reorganization;
Two Graduate Programs Change Names
The Elliott School of International Affairs has undertaken a reorganization
plan to improve planning and coordination as the number of students, faculty,
academic programs, research activities and public events continues to
grow. The reorganization adds an associate deanship and renames two academic
programs.
According to Dean Harry Harding, the main purposes of the reorganization
are to improve long-term planning including enrollment management
and budgeting to enhance coordination of academic programs and
student services, and to maintain the schools ability to design
and implement innovative new programs.
Our enrollments, our research activity and our visibility are all
growing rapidly, Harding said. At the same time, we intend
to develop important new educational initiatives such as the new Writing
in the Disciplines and other programs designed to increase student-faculty
engagement. All this will require more careful budgeting of financial
and human resources, and then better coordination across what has become
a far more complex organization.
The Writing in the Disciplines initiative is part of a larger
University Writing Program that aims to instill writing and analytical
skills in all students at a general level and then in a course-specific
fashion.
Harding has a panel of deans reporting to him now: Ed McCord has been
named associate dean for faculty and student affairs; Hugh Agnew will
continue as associate dean for academic programs; and Kristin Lord has
been tapped, on an interim basis, for the new position of associate dean
for management and planning, which focuses on coordination among Elliott
School units, budgets, student enrollments, public affairs and advancement.
In addition to these administrative changes, two graduate programs have
been renamed to more accurately reflect their missions.
The Master of Arts in International Science and Technology Policy, formerly
called the Science and Technology Policy Program, is administered by GWs
Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP). The program
trains students to understand and manage issues at the intersection of
science, technology, industrial strategy and structure, and government
policy. The name change more accurately describes CISTPs comparative
approach to science and technology policy and government policy as they
apply to international relations.
The Master of Arts in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies, formerly
called the MA in Latin American Studies, now reflects the increasing integration
of Latin America and Caribbean affairs with those of North America. Administered
by GWs Latin American Studies Program, its mission is to provide
students with an interdisciplinary foundation of knowledge about Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Send feedback to: bygeorge@gwu.edu
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