Education
Open Classroom Policy Series
The 21st Century City: Urban Opportunities and
Challenges in a Global Context
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September 10 - December 10
West Village F, Room 20
This is the Policy School's fourth "open classroom" policy series, through which we select one graduate-level seminar and open it up to the public each semester. Each week we feature prominent guest lecturers with real-world expertise and experience.
Course Syllabus 
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Barry Bluestone
Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy
Northeastern University
Paul Grogan
President, The Boston Foundation
Board Member, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Visiting Professor, Northeastern University
Registration
Participation is free and open to the public. After registering for the semester, you may attend whichever sessions you are interested in. Registering helps us manage expectations about attendance. In addition, being on the class roster allows you to receive timely information through class announcements.About the Open Classroom Policy Series
This is the School's fourth "open classroom" policy series, through which we select one graduate-level seminar and open it up to the public each semester. Each week we feature prominent guest lecturers with real-world expertise and experience.
The first series was offered in Spring Semester of 2008 and focused on the 21st Century City: Challenges and Opportunities. It was co-taught by Paul Grogan, President of the Boston Foundation and Barry Bluestone, Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. That first series featured guests such as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, and was attended by policymakers, policy advocates, businesspeople, and residents from throughout the region. Due to the popularity of this topic, we are doing it again for this coming Fall Semester 2009.
The second series, Fall Semester 2008, focused on "Policy Advice to the Next President" and was co-taught by Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 Democratic nominee for President, and current Northeastern professor of political science, as well as Bob Culver, CEO of MassDevelopment, the state’s lead agency for economic development.
The third series, Spring Semester 2009, focused on "Economic Growth with Equity" and was co-taught by Barry Bluestone and Cathy Minehan, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston."
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