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The Clinton School assembled its first class in summer 2005, not long after the Clinton Library opened the previous November.
And while the library has quickly become the state's top tourism draw, pulling visitors from all over the world, the school has proved to be an economic engine of its own.
Of its the 64 graduates in its short history, the school says 40 percent have remained in Arkansas; its alumni going to work in government, policy, nonprofits and the media.
Others are continuing joint degree programs in law, public health and other areas within the university of Arkansas system.
That's helpful to a state that's constantly battling so-called 'brain-drain' when graduates leave the state to find work and opportunity elsewhere.
In Arkansas, Clinton School students routinely apply what they've learned to help the state on a community level. They do everything from helping get grants for the Central Arkansas Library system to working in community centers in economically depressed areas of the state, like Pine Bluff.
Now instructing its fifth class, the school's students are hopeful for even more growth as its network of graduates expands and its reputation in the country and around the world spreads.
