Most of the professors are not just great at their craft as teachers, but are successful businessmen, attorneys, or consultants with proven application of the information they are teaching.
So it's not new in that sense, what it is is new in its application and of course we're trying to make a great deal of how we deal with the modern problems, public services, crime, law and order, these are modern problems that worry people and what we're trying to make sure of is that they understand precisely where we stand.