At the institutional level, institute leaders and award PI's felt that working with a United Kingdom partner and the prestige of the award benefitted their institutions' reputation.
The race to be the next secretary of state offered the GOP its best chance, with civic institute leader Pete Peterson narrowly trailing Democrat Alex Padilla, a state senator from Pacoima, in opinion polls in the election's final days.
The institute's leaders, he recalled in an interview, seemed eager to take him on.
"I hope that this institute produces leaders within both parties — and beyond the parties," Mr. Axelrod said, adding that the entire program was "a studiously nonpartisan or multipartisan exercise".
Asked why the institute's leaders had no objections, she said: "I think the council represents a group of leaders of the profession that follow Barry and find him charismatic.
Its CEO, Jaswinder Ahuja, instituted a "leaders as teachers" program under which every manager is required to spend one to two weeks teaching internal classes.
The institute's leaders, neuroscientists Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson, and their research team moved from UCLA to USC in 2013 in what was described as an academic recruiting feat.
As the institute's leader, Mr. Melancon is widely considered the voice of the profession.
"It will, I hope, make the student a more informed shopper," said Robert Zemsky, director of the institute and leader of the research project, which was financed by the federal Education Department and other organizations.
6) "Research institute group leader" as indicated by current title at non-academic institute.
