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THE FACE OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS CHANGING

As the emerging field of social enterprise gathers momentum, it is sparking a fundamental rethinking of the tools and organizational structures used to promote the common good. A major gift from the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation has accelerated this trend by making it possible to train a new generation of public leaders who will be imaginative, tough-minded, and results-oriented in their approach to society’s most pressing needs. The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship are designed to equip individuals for national leadership positions that bring the real-world insights of management and entrepreneurship to bear on social problems. We are looking for people who want to change the world: start new organizations, transform bureaucracies in public-sector and nongovernmental arenas, and assume leadership positions in existing nonprofits. Candidates for this fellowship are chosen from among the applicants who wish to pursue public service degrees at the Graduate School of Education, the School of Public Health, and the Harvard Kennedy School. In addition to gaining admission to one of these schools, successful candidates must also have demonstrated experience in tackling social problems. The Fellowship includes tuition and health insurance for one year, plus a stipend of $22,400. One of the distinctive aspects of this fellowship is the cocurricular program designed by the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership with the help of other faculty from Harvard. Activities such as discussions with prominent social entrepreneurs, professional skill-building workshops, symposia with members of the faculty, and field trips help extend the learning beyond the classroom.

 

 
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News
  • 10 Aug 2008

    Billy Shore Article in Washington Post: Just Three Stops-- but a World Away

    Recently I went to Arlington National Cemeteryto pay my respects at the grave of Geof Cayer, a Marine lance corporal who died in Iraq in July 2006. That year I had been on a US Airways flight that was escorting his body to Washington for burial. I've been visiting his grave ever since.  Read more...

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06 Jun 2008

Julian Atim HSPH '08 Highlighted in Harvard Public Health Now

  • 27 Nov 2006

    In Praise of the Loosely Connected

    Authors and social entrepreneurs Rod Beckstrom and Ori Brafman recently spoke to audiences at the Kennedy School and Business School about their book The Starfish and The Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, which describes how decentralization can help movements, organizations, and businesses be more effective. 

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  • 22 Nov 2006

    Stacy Childress: How to Manage Urban School Districts

    In a new collaboration with Allan Grossman and Richard Elmore, Stacy Childress—faculty adviser to the Reynolds Foundation Fellows and a lecturer and senior researcher at the Harvard Business School—explores a conundrum in the world of education reform: although school districts have produced individual schools that show huge boost in performance, none have yet developed a method to attain system-wide results. 

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  • 30 May 2006

    Los Angeles Field Trip An Opportunity of a Lifetime

    Our time as fellows in Los Angeles was much more than just a trip. It would be more aptly called “a grand tour of Los Angeles social enterprise” or, better yet, “an opportunity of a lifetime.” Each of us was awe-struck by the diversity of work being carried out every day within the vast city.


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