May 11, 2009
Schools of Public Affairs Benefit From Obama's Call to Service
Austin, Tex.
Discouraged by layoffs in the private sector and inspired by President Obama's call to public service, students are flocking in record numbers to graduate programs in public affairs and public service, according to program directors who are reporting application increases as high as 52 percent for this fall.
Admissions officers were working overtime this spring at the University of Texas' Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, where the number of applications to its two
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