Creating a Class of Government Experts and Managers: Training and Educating Professionals for American Government

How does America create its ruling experts? What role should universities play in training such government professionals? What aspects of a university education are particularly important for career advancement in government?

These questions are as salient today as they were 150 years ago when, in the aftermath of the Civil War, the United States made a conscious effort at forming an American managerial and professional class, a class that broke away from the feudal inheritance of both Europe and the antebellum South. Cornell University was a critical part of this creation.

This panel will discuss how well that American project has worked over the last 150 years, how well it is working now, and how well it will work in a global and globally endangered 21st century. Panelists from both the academic and governmental world will give their perspectives.

Speaker information

Panel Bios

Gretchen Ritter '83: Harold Tanner Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Christopher B. Barrett: David J. Nolan Director, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Derek Chollet '93: CIW Spring 1992, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Andrea Palm '94: Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Moderator

Glenn Altschuler: Dean, School of Continuing Education & Summer Sessions the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, and a Weiss Presidential Fellow

Cost: This event is free of charge.

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Event questions? Please contact Carol Hagen at cfh2@cornell.edu

Registration questions? Please contact Darren Ziller at drz9@cornell.edu