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Incredulous · 03-02-2007, 07:44 PM

Hi:

A page back on this thread was a very, very insightful discussion about the rankings of the schools. (I was involved in that discussion). ; )

Ranking International Relation Programs

Re-iterating a couple of points:

1) Some schools shouldn't even be on the Master's list. Berkeley for instance which has one of the top PS/IR schools for a PhD doesn't have a Master's Program a la JHU/SAIS, Fletcher/Tufts, etc.

2) I am not trying to be a noodge, but I never would have expected to see G'Town ranked at the top for IR. When I was at SAIS, it was commonly thought that G'Town wasn't in the same league as SAIS, Fletcher, Columbia, etc. On the other hand, G'Town was acknowledged to be the best IR undergrad.

3) As I said on the other page, comparing SAIS/Fletcher/SIPA to Harvard or Princeton is comparing apples and oranges, since the latter two are MPA/MPP programs and teach a markedly different curriculum that JHU/Tufts/Columbia.

03-02-2007, 07:44 PM	#370
Incredulous Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 110	Comments on Foreign Policy Magazine IR School Rankings Hi: A page back on this thread was a very, very insightful discussion about the rankings of the schools. (I was involved in that discussion). ; ) Ranking International Relation Programs Re-iterating a couple of points: 1) Some schools shouldn't even be on the Master's list. Berkeley for instance which has one of the top PS/IR schools for a PhD doesn't have a Master's Program a la JHU/SAIS, Fletcher/Tufts, etc. 2) I am not trying to be a noodge, but I never would have expected to see G'Town ranked at the top for IR. When I was at SAIS, it was commonly thought that G'Town wasn't in the same league as SAIS, Fletcher, Columbia, etc. On the other hand, G'Town was acknowledged to be the best IR undergrad. 3) As I said on the other page, comparing SAIS/Fletcher/SIPA to Harvard or Princeton is comparing apples and oranges, since the latter two are MPA/MPP programs and teach a markedly different curriculum that JHU/Tufts/Columbia.
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