Fitzgerald found the School's diversity and flexibility appealing. I liked that the School focused on international, development, and domestic issues. I appreciated the opportunity to interact with people from different disciplines. One of the things I got the most from was the fact that so many people had diverse backgrounds and were interested in a range of issues. This broad exposure and sense of both the potential issues and potential solutions out there, and knowing the different people to talk to if I wanted to learn more about something, was most important.
Issues change, jobs change, responsibilities change.
The School strengthened those skills, which I still use every day. Andrew came to the School after serving as chief of staff for New Jersey State Senator Wynona Lipman. I found that more valuable than the quantitative perspective. My main interest was in implementing policy, so that resonated with me more than some other approaches. He also points to a class with Christina Paxson as being especially valuable.