The Dean’s Report
May Reunion 2012
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
79 Years of Preparing the World’s Leaders
Then…
1933
and Now
2012
Entering Class
21
279 (GMAP - 70)
Faculty
11 adjuncts
39 full time
Tuition per Year
$300
($5,263.16 in 2012)
Average Age
23
Gender Ratio
81% M
19% F
International Students
0
MALD $37,344
GMAP $66,250
MIB
$43,709
LLM $42,648
27 (GMAP – 40)
46% M
54% F
43% (GMAP – 50%)
(10% naturalized
citizens)
U.S. Students of Color
10%
17% (GMAP – 18%)
Fletcher Faculty
 39 Full-time faculty
 47 Adjunct and part-time faculty
 167 Courses each year
 Average class has 21 students
 14 Joint-degree programs incl. 7
within Tufts University
 9 Exchange programs
 Students can cross-register at
Tufts and Harvard
Fletcher Students
 73 Countries represented
 Last year’s graduating students:
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42%
31%
17%
10%
Public sector
Private sector
Nonprofit sector
Continued education
 500 Full-time Master’s Students
(includes 64 MIB, 18 LLM, 17 MA and 12
exchange students)
 72 Active Ph.D. students
 63 GMAP students
The Fletcher Mission
To educate professionals from around the world and to
prepare them for positions of leadership and influence in
the national and international arenas.
To increase understanding of international problems and
concerns through teaching, research, and publications.
To serve local, national, and international communities in
their search to develop relationships of mutual benefit,
security, and justice in an increasingly interdependent
world.
The Fletcher School Exchange Programs
The Fletcher School provides many opportunities for students to
supplement their education with joint degree and exchange
programs with some of the world's leading professional schools and
graduate programs.
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The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
HEC MBA Program, HEC School of Management, France
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany
Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France
IE Business School, Spain
China Europe International Business School, (CEIBS) Shanghai
Indian School of Business, India
Yonsei University – Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Korea
Our Alumni: Around the World
Australia and
Oceania, 0.4%
Africa, 1.3%
Europe, 11.7%
Latin America and
the Caribbean,
2.1%
Middle East and
North Africa, 1.4%
Asia, 10.0%
North America,
73.1%
Fletcher Alumni Community
Around the World
Global
groups:
60+ Alumni
Clubs. Including Shared Interest Groups:
*Fletcher Alumni of Color Association (FACA)
 * Fletcher Alumni of Color Association
*Fletcher Women’s Network (FWN)
 * Middle East Alumni Association
 * Fletcher Women’s Network: Boston | New York | San Francisco | Washington, D.C. | London | Rome
Services for Alumni
 Reconnect with Classmates via Online
Community
 Professional Networking
 LinkedIn – 2600+ members
 Social Media
 Career Services
 Library Resources
 Fletcher Events
 Hargens Loan Forgiveness
 Email Forwarding via @alumni.tufts.edu
Visit the Alumni Website to Learn More: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/alumni
Or the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at: fletcheralum@tufts.edu
APSIA Schools: 35 in the United States,
Asia, and Europe
Primary Competitors:
 SAIS at Johns Hopkins University
 SIPA at Columbia University
 Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
 Wilson School at Princeton University
 Walsh School at Georgetown University
The Fletcher School is Known for:
 Its first-rate faculty who operate at the nexus of theory and practice
 Being one of the leading graduate professional schools in the world;
the first exclusively graduate school of international affairs in the
U.S.
 Its multidisciplinary curriculum combining functional and regional
approaches to traditional and emerging issues
 The intimacy of the Fletcher community
 Global innovation; i.e., the Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP),
the Master of International Business (MIB), the Center for Emerging
Market Enterprises (CEME), and the Master of Laws in International
Law (LLM)
 Its caliber and diversity of its student body
 Its distinguished alumni in all sectors
The Fletcher School
Global Innovation...
Institute for Business in the Global Context
(IBGC)
 Founded in 2007 (formerly International Business Center),
comprised of three core activities:
 Education (MIB program; executive and alumni education)
 Research (CEME, consulting course)
 Dialogue & Connectivity (speaker series, conferences,
international partnerships)
 Addresses need for a new approach to the study of international
business and capital markets—preparing global business leaders
with essential “contextual intelligence”
 Provides interdisciplinary lens to understand global markets
and underlying drivers of change
 Creates forum where original thought leadership, education and
peer exchange is fostered
 Fills a gap—Institute is first of its kind in the world
The Institute for Business in a Global Context (IBG)
Master of International Business Degree
(MIB)
The Business Degree for the 21st Century recognizing the impact of politics, law,
culture, and society on the world of business.
May 2012 we will graduate 31 students representing our third MIB class
 Total enrollment is 65 students
 Class entering in September is the largest class to date, coming from the
largest application pool to date; expected class size is 40
Strategic Goals
 Continue to increase outreach to potential private sector employers
 Continue to adjust our curriculum in response to student and faculty
feedback
 Continue to increase size of applicant pool
The Institute for Business in a Global Context (IBG)
Center for Emerging Market Enterprises
(CEME)
CEME offers “emerging thinking for emerging markets” in four program areas:
 Country Management and Doing Business in BRICs
 Inclusive Growth
 Innovation & Change
 Sovereign Wealth Funds and Global Capital Flows
CEME highlights
 Fall 2012 Conference: “Investing in Africa: Context for Assessing Risk and
Return in the World’s Most Fragmented – and Promising – Emerging
Market,” October 25-26, 2012
 Fletcher Futures: Creating 10 year global scenarios to test resilience of
strategic decisions
 Student research projects in Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka,
Tunisia, Thailand, Peru, Canada, Pakistan, Turkey, South Africa,
Tanzania, Ghana; about 30 students employed as Ras
LL.M. Master of Laws in International Law
LL.M. Program addresses the historical, political, cultural, and economic
framework within which contemporary international lawyers operate
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16 Students in the 2011-2012 class
94% International
52% Enrollment yield
Applications from 29 countries
A year-long program culminating in a Capstone in Talloires, France
 Eight courses, five within the law field
 Thesis presented at the Capstone
The High Table Series
 Brings top legal practitioners to Fletcher
 Networking opportunity for our LLMs
Strategic Goals
 Increase scholarship funding sources
 Increase enrollment
Global Master of Arts Program
(GMAP)
The quality and community of Fletcher in a flexible format
30-35 international professionals enroll in each session (March and July)
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Average age of 40 years
70% have 10-15 years professional experience
50% non-U.S. citizens
40% from the private sector; 30% from international
organizations/NOGs; and 30% from the public sector
Three terms, each with a two-week residency and eleven weeks of Internetmediated instruction
 Begin and conclude at The Fletcher School
 Mid-year residency at an international location
The Fletcher Master of Arts without relocating to Medford
 Eleven courses
 Thesis
 Language requirement
The World Peace Foundation
Founded in 1910 by a Tufts alumnus, Edwin Ginn, the World Peace
Foundation (WPF) is the oldest American peace foundation. In 2011,
the WPF moved to the Fletcher School of International Law and
Diplomacy, with Alex de Waal as its new Executive Director.
As WPF enters its second century, its underlying theme is
reinventing peace for the globalizing world.
www.worldpeacefoundation.org
The Fletcher School
Capital and Annual Fund Needs
www.fletcher.tufts.edu/givenow
Student Aid Remains…
 Greatest strategic challenge and priority
 Positive correlation between financial aid and yield
 Fletcher student average debt is approximately $60K
 Additional funds are needed to attract and enroll more of the most
desirable students from around the world – students who otherwise
would not have been able to afford a Fletcher education
Internships / Research / Academic Activities
 We would like to continue to increase our funding of student
activities in three areas to provide a more enriching Fletcher
experience for our students:
1. Internships 2. Field research 3.Conference participation
The Fletcher Fund
Fletcher’s Annual Giving Program
Fletcher is ranked #1 in alumni participation among peer APSIA schools
Goals for Fiscal Year 2012 – 43 Days to Go!
 $1,425,000 Million
 23% Alumni Participation
Annual Fund Support Impacts the Daily Life at Fletcher
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Financial Aid
Faculty Development
Stipends for Student Internships
Facility Support
Library
Fletcher Fund Achievement
Fiscal Years 1999-2012
(in thousands)
$1,500
$1,400
$1,300
$1,200
$1,100
$1,000
$900
$800
$700
$600
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
$1,363 $1,343 $1,386
$1,425
$1,423 GOAL
$1,230
$1,088
TO DATE
$1,023
$906
$779
$636
$658
1999
2000
$690
$706
2001
2002
2003
$825
2004
2005
2006
Fiscal Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012
Fletcher and Planned Giving
A bequest from Austin B. Fletcher led to the
creation of
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Austin B. Fletcher Society
 The Austin B. Fletcher Society recognizes those
who have provided for Fletcher in their estate plans
Examples of Planned Gifts
 Naming Fletcher as a beneficiary of a retirement
plan or life insurance policy
 A charitable gift annuity or a charitable trust
 A bequest to The Fletcher School in a will or trust
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