Assessing the United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Based upon the recommendations included in the report, bills were subsequently introduced in both houses of Congress under the bipartisan sponsorship of senators Mark Hatfield, Spark Matsunaga, and Jennings Randolph and Congressman Dan Glickman. Three years later, the United States Institute of Peace Act was finally passed and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
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The United States Institute of Peace Act notes that "The Institute, acting through the Board, may -- (1) establish a Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace and appoint, for periods up to two years, scholars and leaders in peace from the United States and abroad to pursue scholarly inquiry and other appropriate forms of communication on international peace and conflict resolution and, as appropriate, provide stipends, grants, Fellowships, and other support to the leaders and scholars." According to the USIP Web site: The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace awards Senior Fellowships to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists, and other professionals from around the world to conduct research at the U.S.
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Since 1987, the Jennings Randolph Program has awarded over 200 Senior Fellowships and has established itself since its founding as one of the nation's premier Fellowship programs for research on international conflict management and peace building.3 Characteristics of the program include: • Location: Fellows carry out their projects in residence at USIP in Washington, D.C. • Duration: Fellowships are usually awarded for ten months, beginning in October.
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appointed an ad hoc committee to conduct the assessment of the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Senior Fellowships (see Appendix A for committee member bios)
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As noted earlier, Fellows are involved in a number of outreach activities; these include producing written material (books, chapters, articles, special reports, and op-eds) , giving briefings, lectures, or interviews, attending meetings, etc.
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from Fellows Fellows' research in Archival data Data collected from Quantitative larger context provided by USIP Fellows Perceived impact of Former Fellows Survey Quantitative and the program on qualitative Fellows Perceived impact of Former Fellows; Survey Quantitative and the program on peace and security qualitative USIP experts Perceived impact of Former Fellows Survey Quantitative and the program on qualitative knowledge creation Views about the Former Fellows; Survey Quantitative and program peace and security qualitative experts INFORMATION USED As noted previously, the committee relied on several sources of information in conducting its evaluation. These included: 1.
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, Conflict Prevention/Early Warning, Negotiation/Diplomacy, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities and Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Intervention, International Law/Rule of Law, Arms Control and Deterrence, Human Rights, International Organizations, United Nations, Refugees and Migration Issues, International Economics, Foreign Aid, Economic Development, Political Economies, Political Systems/International Relations, Democracy, Environment/Natural Resources, Communication, Media and Information Technology, Education, Foreign Policy, Other. d The "Issue new" variable was created by staff by aggregating the codes for project issues into eight categories: conflict; conflict management/resolution; law, human rights, international organizations; economics and aid; political systems/democracy; environment, education/communication, foreign policy, and other.
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* The committee used this information to examine characteristics among the Senior Fellows and applicants and compared selected characteristics of the two groups.
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A related issue is that since the purpose of contacting experts is to survey their opinions about the USIP Fellowship, it would be important to find individuals who knew something about USIP. A second challenge, once these individuals were identified, was to successfully interview them.
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Government Accountability Office, along with four Congressional committees (the Senate committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services and the House committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services ) were searched in order to find individuals with email addresses who could receive the survey.
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views on the importance of the work of the Fellows and of the Fellowship. Finally, Chapter 5 presents the committee's recommendations for overcoming the limitations in the data available for its assessment and for ensuring that monitoring and evaluation become a regular feature of the program in the future.
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