New K-School Fellowship

The Kennedy School of Government last week announced the establishment of a new fellowship in political economy to begin next fall.

Names for Joel Left, managing partner of the New York pension management firm Forstman Left Associates, the fellowship will cover the costs for two individuals to enter the Masters in Public Administration program.

The fellowships are part of a Kennedy School effort to attract "people who might not ordinarily think of coming" by offering their flexible scholarships so that they can get the midcareer boost they might need according to Assistant Dean Mary Jane England.

The Kennedy School plans to recruit candidates from the private sector and from an levels of government. "Political economics becoming more and more important at the state at becoming more important at the state and local level as well," England said.

"Many of the principle problems facing government today are ones of political economy-the deficit, employment, inflation and trade," said David M. Irons '67, director of external affairs at the School. "It's something that Left, [Dean Graham T.] Allison and the Kennedy School are all very interested in."

Arthur D. Little Foundation fellowship for outstanding Cambridge public servants, the Rappaport-Boston urban for public officials, and the Robert F. Bradford Fellowship for Massachusetts public officials.

The Left Fellowship is one of the only fellowships without regional restrictions.