Public-Sector Jobs Beckon Harvard Government Grads

For two decades, many young Americans have shunned public service, choosing to pursue more-lucrative and more-prestigious careers in the private sector. But if the jobs taken by 2002 graduates of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government are any indication, that trend has turned sharply. More than 8 of 10 of the new public-policy graduates are now working in the public sector, either in government or at nongovernmental organizations (NGO's), an increase of 35 percent from a

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