Vol. 17, No. 3 -- Spring 2012 The Rockefeller Center electronic newsletter is published at the beginning of each term, and is a summary of news and notes.
[more]Khan Academy. MITx. MBA@UNC. Higher education is going online, and if it can be online, there is no reason why it cannot be global. When Ben Wildavsky v
[more]As the spring term begins, we are now able to tally all of the course enrollments for the 2011-2012 academic year.Once again, student enrollments in public policy courses has reached new record with over 440 students taking summer, fall, winter, and spring classes. Also, enrollment in our gateway class taught by Professor Ron Shaiko—PBPL 5: Introduction to Public Policy—reached an all-time high during the winter term with 101 students completing the class.
[more]Plan to join us on May 1, 2012 for the Class of 1930 Lecture, which will take place 4:30-6:00 pm in Room 003, Rockefeller Center.“The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism”Theda SkocpolVictor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
[more]The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center provides grants twice a year of up to $1,000 for undergraduate students writing a senior honors thesis in the social sciences. For the Class of 2012, we awarded eleven students from five different departments a total of $7,497.29 in grants.
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