The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston is a research and policy center housed at the
Harvard Kennedy School
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Harvard University
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Cambridge
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. The director is Jeffrey Liebman, a professor of economics at
Harvard
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The Rappaport Institute began operations in 2000 under the leadership of Professor Alan Altshuler, the faculty director, and Charles Euchner, the executive director.
The Rappaport Institute developed an ambitious set of programs for research, public service, lectures and conferences, executive training, and information. The institute produced two comprehensive overviews of public policy in the region, studies of housing regulation, home rule, the economic drivers of growth, government management tools like CitiStat, public transit, parks management, and more.
Each academic year, the Institute funds 12 Rappaport Public Policy Fellows, who are graduate students from
Boston
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-area universities studying policy-related topics, providing funding for 10-week internships at government and public service entities in the Boston area. Law students are eligible for a separate
Rappaport Fellowship in Law and Public Policy administered by the Institute's sister institution, the
Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service
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Suffolk University
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The Institute also supports courses, the development of teaching materials, and encourages faculty and student research on issues of importance for Greater Boston. In addition, the Institute sponsors public events, maintains an online database on scholarly research about the region, and produces publications that summarize new scholarly research. The Institute also houses the Rappaport Urban Scholars program, which since 1981 has provided local elected and appointed officials with scholarships to Harvard Kennedy School’s mid-career
master's
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Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston - Mission
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Research institutes in Massachusetts
Research institutes established in 2006