Deans Presentation FallReunion 2010 Final

The Dean’s Report
Fall Reunion 2010

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy


77 Years of Preparing the World’s Leaders


Then…
1933

and Now
2010

Entering Class

21

268 (GMAP - 65)

Faculty

11 adjuncts

35 full time

Tuition per Year

$300

$36,256
(GMAP - $65,000;
MIB - $42,436; LLM - $42,436)

Average Age

23

Gender Ratio

81% M

46% M

19% F

54% F

International Students

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27 (GMAP – 38)

39% (GMAP – 55%)

(10% naturalized citizens)

U.S. Students of Color

10%

19% (GMAP – 15%)


The Fletcher Mission
To educate professionals from around the world and to
prepare them for positions of leadership and influence in
the national and international arenas.
To increase understanding of international problems and
concerns through teaching, research, and publications.
To serve local, national, and international communities in
their search to develop relationships of mutual benefit,
security, and justice in an increasingly interdependent
world.


Our Students
• 73 Countries represented
• Last year’s graduating students:
42%
31%
17%
10%

Public sector
Private sector
Nonprofit sector
Continued education

• 407 Full-time Master’s Students

(includes 64 MIB, 16 LLM, 13 MA and 9
exchange students)

• 72 Active Ph.D. students
• 63 GMAP students


The Fletcher School Exchange Programs
The Fletcher School provides many opportunities for students to
supplement their education with joint degree and exchange
programs with some of the world's leading professional schools and
graduate programs.
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The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
Hec MBA Program, HEC School of Management, France
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany
Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France
Instituto de Empresa, Spain

China Europe International Business School, Shanghai
Indian School of Business
Yonsei University – Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS),
Korea


Our Alumni: Around The World


Our Alumni: At Work


Our Alumni: 57 Fletcher Clubs…and Growing

Global groups:
*Fletcher Alumni of Color Association (FACA)
*Fletcher Women’s Network (FWN)


Services for Alumni
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Classmates
Networking
Social Media
Career Services
Library Resources
Fletcher Events
Hargens Loan
Forgiveness


APSIA Schools: 34 in the United States,
Asia, and Europe
Primary Competitors:
• SAIS at Johns Hopkins University
• SIPA at Columbia University
• Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
• Wilson School at Princeton University
• Walsh School at Georgetown University


The Fletcher School is Known for:
• Its first-rate faculty who operate at the nexus of theory and practice
• Being one of the leading graduate professional schools in the world;
the first exclusively graduate school of international affairs in the U.S.
• Its multidisciplinary curriculum combining functional and regional
approaches to traditional and emerging issues
• The intimacy of the Fletcher community
• Global innovation; i.e., the Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP),
the Master of International Business (MIB), the Center for Emerging
Market Enterprises (CEME), and the Master of Laws in International

Law (LLM)
• Its caliber and diversity of its student body
• Its distinguished alumni in all sectors


The Fletcher School
Global Innovation….


Fletcher’s International Business Center (IBC)

MIB Degree Program
(Master’s of International Business)
• May 2010: first graduating class of 35
• Total enrollment is 65 students
• Approximately 55% international students
• 56% Enrollment yield


Fletcher’s International Business Center (IBC)

CEME
(Center for Emerging Market Enterprises)
• Core programs, research, and publications in:
Enterprise Strategy ● Local Capital Markets ● Energy and
Commodity Markets ● Inclusive Commerce ● Sovereign Wealth
Funds
• Conferences and Roundtables from 2009-2010:
Oct 2009: Emerging Market Local Capital Markets
Mar 2009: Savings-Led Microfinance at The Fletcher School

May 2009: Mobile Banking in Nairobi
Oct 2009: Political Risk at The Fletcher School
Nov 2010: Emerging Market Multinationals as Global Competitors
• Corporate-commissioned and foundation-funded research and
executive education projects in:
Inclusive Finance Regulation ● Savings-Led Microfinance ●
Sovereign Wealth Funds ● Food-Energy Tradeoffs Strategy ●
Mobile Commerce ● Water Sovereignty ● Leadership in Emerging
and Frontier Markets


LL.M. Program in International Law
Enriching international legal careers through the Fletcher experience
16 Students in the 2010-2011 class
87% International
38% Enrollment yield
Applications from 35+ countries
A year long program culminating in a Capstone in Talloires, France
Eight courses, five within the law field
Thesis presented at the Capstone
Language requirement

The High Table Series
 Brings top legal practitioners to Fletcher
 Networking opportunity for our LLMs
 Meets once a month


GMAP: The Global Master of Arts Program
The quality and community of Fletcher in a flexible format

• 35 international professionals enroll in each session (March and July)
Average age of 40 years
80% have 10-15 years professional experience
50% non-US citizens

• Three terms, each with a two-week residency and eleven weeks of
Internet-mediated instruction
Begin and end at The Fletcher School
Midyear residency at an international site

• The Fletcher Master of Arts without relocating to Medford
Eight courses
Thesis
Language requirement


GMAP Update
During GMAP’s tenth anniversary year, we celebrate with
our 500+ alumni and current students around the world
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August 22 to September 3, 2010: GMAP March midyear residency
in Brussels, Belgium
October 15-16, 2010: GMAP @ 10 celebration in Washington, DC
January 3-15, 2011: GMAP July midyear residency in Buenos Aires,
Argentina

Executive and Diplomatic Education
The Fletcher School offers customized executive & diplomatic
education in the fields of international politics, geopolitics, international
business and security. Programs include:
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Leading in Emerging and Frontier Markets
Diplomatic Training
Sustainable Development Diplomacy
Cultural Change
Issues in Country and Regional Management
Middle East, East Asia and Russia Training Programs
Energy and Environment
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
International Security
Global Dialogue on Geopolitics, Economics, and Security


Executive and Diplomatic Education:
Fletcher Summer Institute

Every summer The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, in
coordination with the International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict brings together 45 mid-career executives for The
Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study on
Nonviolent Conflict, an intensive week-long course on the
theory and practice of civil resistance.


Fletcher-Specific
Campaign Information


Fletcher’s Transformational Campaign
• Campaign driven by academic needs and institutional priorities
• Coordinated effort to engage the Fletcher community and
strengthen philanthropic partnerships with YOU
• Comprehensive campaign: Annual Fund and Capital Gifts,
including bequests, will count towards Fletcher’s overall goal
• Fletcher goal of $100 million – 82.4% achieved to date as of
June 30, 2010


Comprehensive Campaign Goals
Student Aid
• Financial aid
• Internships, research, academic activities

$44.5M

Faculty & Research

• Endowed professorships – new
• Endowed professorships – existing
• Signature academic programs/centers/institutes

$42M

Building Renovations

$6.5M

Annual Fund

$7M

Total

$100M


Student Aid
• Greatest strategic challenge and priority
• Positive correlation between financial aid and yield
• Fletcher student average debt of approximately $55K
• More funds are needed to attract and enroll more
of the most desirable students from around the world
• Goal is to double the amount of current annual award which is $4M

Internships / Research / Academic Activities
Our Goal: to increase our funding of student activities in three areas to
provide a more enriching Fletcher experience for our students

• Internships
• Field research
• Conference participation


Endowed Professorships
Our Goal: to fully endow faculty chairs for both existing and new faculty
Endowed Professorships Created Within Campaign
• Walter B. Wriston Chair in International Finance and Banking
• Constantine Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies
• Shelby Cullom Davis Professorship of International Business (Planned Gift)
• Henry J. Leir Professorship of Refugee and Migration Studies
• H. Jon and Betsey Rosenbaum Professorship of Commercial Diplomacy (Planned
Gift)
• Thomas Schmidheiny Professorship in International Business

Endowed Professorships In Progress
• Lord Lionel Robbins Professorship of Interdisciplinarian Studies
• Korean Studies Professorship
• International Environment and Resource Policy Studies Professorship
• Professorship of Diplomatic Studies