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Wood, John R.; Kickham, Kenneth – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
This paper examines existing management concepts and practices that make up three contemporary approaches to public policy and public administration. We attempt to understand whether municipal public administrators and public administration graduate students validate these perspectives in "reality" versus "ideally." Addressing…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Public Policy, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Rinfret, Sara R. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
An integral part of a public affairs education is our ability as educators to adapt and respond to the skills needed for a diverse and changing workforce. Historically, public administration programs have been responsive to an ever-changing workforce by the way we deliver curriculum (e.g., face to face, online, hybrid). This paper invites us to…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, Public Administration Education, Access to Education, Online Courses
Jong, Wouter – Communication Teacher, 2021
Courses: Public Relations, Public Administration, Crisis Communication, and Crisis Management. Objective: Students explore crisis communication in a public setting, where public leaders are supposed to communicate the impact of a crisis to citizens, the media, and other stakeholders.
Descriptors: Leadership, Crisis Management, Communication Strategies, Learning Activities
Thomas Downes Ed.; Kieran M. Killeen Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024
Faced with the problem of how to measure the magnitude of economic disadvantage in the populations served by schools or districts, researchers addressing school finance topics have invariably turned to the fraction of students eligible for free- or reduced-lunches (FRPL). But the facile dependence on FRPL may be problematic. A large and growing…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Students, Measurement Techniques, Lunch Programs
Miller, Michael T., Ed.; Gearhart, G. David, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Higher education has changed significantly over the past 50 years, and the individuals who provide leadership for these institutions has similarly changed. The pathway to the college presidency, once the domain of academic administration, has diversified as an increasing number of development officers, student affairs and enrollment management…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Change, College Role, College Administration
Hamidullah, Madinah F., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
Public affairs and nonprofit program administrators and directors interested in (or tasked with) implementing undergraduate programs require a resource where they can find information for recruiting and retaining the next wave of public and nonprofit workers. While similar to graduate public affairs programs, undergraduate programs may differ in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Affairs Education, Personnel Selection, Outcomes of Education
Wigfall, Patricia Moss; Hall, Paula Quick – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
This paper focuses on the role of gender in faculty choice of teaching methodologies at colleges and universities in North Carolina. We replicate research conducted by Hartlaub and Lancaster who examined pedagogical preference among a national sample of political science instructors. In revisiting that inquiry, published in 2008, we have explored…
Descriptors: Political Science, Research Methodology, Public Administration, Public Policy
Johnson, Roberta Ann – 1993
This document describes a public administration internship course. The paper illustrates how student intern experiences can be used as a base in a public administration internship course to teach about public administration, and to show how students' practice can help them learn, understand, and remember theory. In the course the students worked…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Internship Programs, Political Science, Public Administration Education
Lee, Dalton S. – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Describes a survey sent to 210 member schools of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) concerning attitudes toward obstacles to teaching ethics in public administrations courses. Lists 10 barriers preventing the offering of such courses in colleges and universities. (NL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Higher Education
Klemanski, John S.; Heubel, Edward J. – Political Science Teacher, 1988
Describes a course taught at Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) that provides specific information on, and preparation for careers in public administration and political science. Outlines course assignments and organization. Concludes that guest speakers representing a variety of career settings are an important feature of the class. (LS)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Course Descriptions
Vasu, Michael L.; Garson, G. David – 1986
General information utilities and specialized networks, such as PoliNet, provide educators and researchers in public administration and allied fields with a diversity of new tools which include: (1) bibliographic searching; (2) international teleconferencing; (3) electronic news clipping services; (4) electronic mail; and (5) free public domain…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Information Networks
Crotty, Patricia McGee – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Describes the use of an implementation module in public administration or policy analysis classes. Involves developing a framework to measure implementation effectiveness, quantifying elements of the framework, forming hypotheses, and testing the framework. Concentrates upon framework development and operationalization components. (KO)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decision Making, Governance, Graduate Study
Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Reports on major current research questions addressed by those in biopolitics. Notes how this research material can be introduced into graduate and undergraduate courses. Suggests introducing these materials into courses dealing with political behavior, public policy and public administration, political philosophy, international relations, and…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Class Activities, Course Content, Curriculum Development
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Jordan, Steven; Yeomans, David – Studies in Higher Education, 1991
A study of the processes of curriculum and instructional development in the first-year public administration program at Melchester Polytechnic (England) drew on interviews with faculty. It is concluded that curricular and instructional change is intensely political and dependent on the organizational climate for change. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Applied Tech., Adult, and Community Education. – 1997
This document contains vocational education program course standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs offered at the secondary and postsecondary level as part of the public service education component of Florida's comprehensive vocational…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Exploration, Civil Engineering, Competency Based Education