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Peer reviewedWilliams, David G.; Plein, L. Christopher; Lilly, Ryan – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1998
The Master of Public Administration program at West Virginia University has adopted a portfolio approach to connect program experience more effectively to professional preparation and career development. Although the portfolio is intended to enhance the learning experience, it also assists in assessment of curriculum and program needs. Form,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Peer reviewedCohen, Steven; Eimicke, William; Kamlet, Mark; Pearson, Robert – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1998
The Information Resource Management program designed cooperatively by Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) and Columbia University (New York) schools of public administration is a six-course, one-year curriculum designed to strengthen managerial and analytical skills and improve understanding of information technology's role in work, home,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Curriculum Design, Distance Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFontaine, Sherry J. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1998
Describes the use of a class project production of a radio program to help public-affairs students acquire insight into the influence of the media in disseminating public-policy issues in a comprehensive and balanced manner, and examines the media's role in public policy. Areas in which the project was effective and lessons learned from the…
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
The twelve continuing education programs for government officials are described to exemplify the broad range of activities that can be afforded by institutions of higher education. (All but one were funded by Title I, Higher Education Act of 1965.) Four of the programs have full descriptions including focus, audience, activities, cost/staffing,…
Descriptors: City Government, College Programs, Community Services, Continuing Education
Mohrman, Kathryn, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This bulletin on undergraduate public policy programs includes an article on public policy studies as liberal education by Joel L. Fleishman, and descriptions of the following college programs: public policy analysis at the University of North Carolina, public service studies program at Oberlin College, urban and metropolitan studies major at…
Descriptors: Bulletins, College Programs, General Education, Graduate Study
Helm, Ted – American Jails, 1993
From the mid-1970s to 1982, Washburn University of Topeka (Kansas) offered training programs for jail employees and other interested public officials, beginning with topical seminars and later, extending to courses for academic credit at a number of sites. In 1992, the university will begin offering courses again. (MSE)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Faculty Recruitment, Government Employees, Higher Education
