The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, also called simply The Fletcher School, is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies in international relations. It is one of the eight schools and colleges comprising Tufts University. The Fletcher School, along with the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering, occupies the university's main campus in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts. In 2008, the school e...
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The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, also called simply The Fletcher School, is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies in international relations. It is one of the eight schools and colleges comprising Tufts University. The Fletcher School, along with the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering, occupies the university's main campus in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts. In 2008, the school enrolled approximately 450 full-time students (excluding Ph.D. candidates not enrolled in courses) and employed 30 tenured or tenure-track faculty. Stephen W. Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, is the current dean of The Fletcher School.
The Fletcher School was founded in 1933 at the bequest of Austin Barclay Fletcher who left over $3 million to Tufts University upon his death in 1923. A third of this was to go to a school of law and diplomacy "to prepare men for the diplomatic service and to teach such matters as...
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