HKS announces new case study fund
In response to a growing need for experience-based teaching materials, Joseph B. Tompkins Jr. has given $500,000 to Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to establish a case study fund and research endowment in his name. Tompkins is a graduate of both Harvard Law School (J.D. ’74) and HKS (M.P.P. ’75). HKS classes use case studies for both degree-program and executive education students to facilitate learning about policy and management strategies in the public and nonprofit sectors. In addition, the cases are taught at universities worldwide at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Tompkins’ gift will enable HKS to nearly double its annual case output to expand and update its collection, which is the largest library of cases on public and nonprofit issues in the world. “This gift will have a significant impact on the Kennedy School’s ability to prepare a new generation of leaders to work for positive change on graduation,” said David...