Education
He was educated at Amherst College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts, and at Columbia University, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy.
He was educated at Amherst College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts, and at Columbia University, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy.
He is a distinguished and award-winning political scientist He was also Hillary Rodham"s advisor during her years at Wellesley College and supervised her senior thesis. Susan Estrich"s book The Case for Hillary Clinton mentions her experience also writing an honors thesis for Professor Schechter (at a different time).
He remains involved with the college, running the Wellesley in Washington internship program, in which Rodham participated as a student and which continues to send approximately twenty women to Washington for internships each summer.
Professor Schechter is the former Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (Fulbright Program), a Presidential appointment.