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留学美国MPA/MPP专业学位研究生教育是一种通才教育（generalist education），它的目标是培养在公共组织特别是政府机构从事公共事务管理或公共服务的管理者、领导者和政策分析人才以及（高级）职员。 MPP更倾向于培养学生的分析问题的能力，提出解决方案，而MPA更注重学生在执行具体方案过程中的处理问题，领导和规划能力，倆者有着台前和幕后的分工。（MPP programs tend to provide more focused training in policy analysis and policy design, while MPA programs usually still provide more focused coursework in program implementation and public management.）MPP和MPA都是为公共事务领域培养都需要有一定得政策分析能力，解决问题能力和领导能力的人才。 Master in Public Administration, MPA The two-year Master in Public Administration (MPA2) is a flexible program designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of established professionals and dual-degree students seeking further leadership responsibilities in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Prospective students interested in the MPA2 program are encouraged to review the prerequisites for academic and work experience prior to applying. Students admitted to the MPA2 are invited, in consultation with their advisors, to design an individual 16-course plan of study, constrained only by the requirement to fulfill distribution requirements in the three Harvard Kennedy School foundational methodological areas: analytics, management, and leadership, as well as a two-course Policy Areas of Concentration. Master in Public Policy, MPP The two-year Master in Public Policy (MPP) program provides future public leaders with the conceptual framework and practical skills necessary to succeed in public service. The MPP core requirements are built upon strong foundations in three methodological areas: analysis, management, and leadership. These requirements are designed to help students solve complicated and unfamiliar challenges — by asking the right questions, determining the nature and dimensions of the problem at hand, exploring the range of possible solutions, and assessing the capacity of public institutions to implement one or more of these solutions. Through the MPP core, students sharpen their powers of analysis and their knowledge base. They build the confidence and judgment needed to weigh competing demands and choose the most appropriate action. They become skilled at shaping effective and practical solutions and building consensus and ownership in support of those solutions. They learn to marshal resources within and outside of an organization, monitor and fine tune innovative policy solutions, and provide the transformational leadership that generates success. MPP ：录取的人不一定是有工作经验，一般学文科，社会科学，经济学的都可以的。 MPA ：最好是有工作经验的，偏好于行政系统的管理经验或者政府部门相关经验，就是说最好是在PUBLIC SECTOR做过的，那么毕业以后，如雪城，普林斯顿大学，北卡教堂山等对申请者的工作背景要求7年以上，部分学校如卡内基梅隆要3年。