Comments on: Carrying On: GU should prioritize poverty studies http://georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/23/carrying-on-gu-should-prioritize-poverty-studies/ Georgetown's Weekly Newsmagazine Since 1969 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Etanhttp://georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/23/carrying-on-gu-should-prioritize-poverty-studies/#comment-31599 Etan Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:02:47 +0000 http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=15790#comment-31599 Yeah, it is actually really ridiculous. Carol Lancaster, the SFS Dean, used to work at the US Agency for International Development. I feel like if anyone would realize the importance of poverty alleviation and development she should. Plus, it just seems like common sense. If a quarter of the SFS is getting a certificate in development, and it has the smallest budget, it seems like there is a lot of unmet demand there. Maybe it’s time the SFS do something about it.

]]> By: sirhttp://georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/23/carrying-on-gu-should-prioritize-poverty-studies/#comment-31598 sir Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:47:39 +0000 http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=15790#comment-31598 lots of our smartest students “interested in development” but many are not able to build the experiences and coursework that would allow them to compete in what is, understandably a VERY competitive field. If you go talk to the idev people, they will bend over backwards to help you shape your interest, find an internship etc. But there are a definite lack of resources available. I mean the whole thing is run by goodwill out of one professors office. the Idev certificate used to put on workshops. No longer; I presume because of money. Full time assistant? Nope. Programs/scholarships tailored to students interested in dev? little.
Interaction across the schools on development issues? not enough. I dont know how the university works, but it seems like by now we would have a program, or center or something to bring together the best scholars and practitioners around the theme of development. If this is not an institutional priority I dont know what is. Why dont we do this better than any one else?

If georgetown is interested in rich successful alumni, and we all know they are, producing students who have a comparative advantage in the soc. env. econ. and pol. challenges of emerging and less developed will do well for themselves and for the university.

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