Schar School of Policy and Government

Jacquelyn Ingros speaks frequently at education events around the Washington, D.C., region, explaining why pursuing a postgraduate degree can be vital to personal and career development, despite the challenges that come along with it.

President Donald Trump’s vulgar characterization of Haiti and African nations has prompted the Congressional Black Caucus to announce it plans to introduce a measure to censure him.

The Washington Post-Schar School poll, in its second survey beyond Virginia politics, proved remarkably accurate in gauging voter sentiment in Alabama’s senatorial race.

When the U.S. Postal Inspection Service assigned forensic chemist Stephanie Smith to a temporary assignment to support the Security and Crime Prevention Group, one of her first duties was to write the job description of a new permanent scientific advisor position.

The United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s rightful capital, and plans to relocate the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv, could prompt a violent reaction from the Arab and Muslim worlds, a George Mason University professor said, and decrease U.S. influence in the Middle East.

A little more than a year into a Virginia-oriented political polling partnership, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and the Washington Post have expanded the scope of polling to include surveys on topics with national interest.

How countries invest in their own economic futures is key to raising the standard of living, developing innovation and avoiding internal and external conflicts, said Schar School of Policy and Government professor Zoltan Acs.

Is the coup in Zimbabwe good or bad news for the country and its people?

More than 300 audience members turned out Monday night at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the first event of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. The 90-minute panel discussion, “Truth Tellers in the Bunker: Evidence-Based Institutions in a Post-Truth World,” focused on how those committed to delivering fact-based information are under attack around the world, and intentionally so.

Retired four-star Air Force General Michael V. Hayden has been director of the National Security Agency, the principal deputy director of National Intelligence and director of the CIA.