Public Equity? HKS debates the public/private sector question
by Ben Branham & Nik Steinberg on March 19, 2008 in HKS News, News
Ann Gurucharri (MPP2) is the last person you would expect to apply for a consulting job. Before coming to the Kennedy School, she worked with victims of domestic violence in Central America and Chicago, and she currently co-chairs the school’s Human Rights Professional Interest Council.
But last December, she was one of the scores of students who applied to work for McKinsey and Co., a management consulting firm, which, in recent years has expanded its recruitment of what it calls “Advanced Professional Degree” candidates, otherwise known as non-MBAs.
