The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration received 52 percent more applications this year than last, director Kathryn Newcomer said this week.

According to a Chronicle of Higher Education article, 82 percent of the schools that responded to a National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration poll last month said they received more applications for fall of 2009 and a fourth of the institutions that reported an increase said applications were up by 20 percent or more.

The Hatchet wrote about an increased interest in public service careers in April.