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Direct linkOverton, Michael; Kleinschmit, Stephen – Teaching Public Administration, 2023
Mass adoption of advanced information technologies is fueling a need for public servants with the skills to manage data-driven public agencies. Public employees typically acquire data skills through graduate research methods courses, which focus primarily on research design and statistical analysis. What data skills are currently taught, and what…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Data Science, Information Literacy, Masters Programs
Carroll, John J. – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
A purpose of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is to translate theory into practical concepts to prepare leaders of the public and nonprofit sectors. The practice continues to employ entrepreneurial activities throughout the world. The academy has researched, written, and published extensively about entrepreneurship to build…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Entrepreneurship
MPA/MPP Programmes and the Future of Work: Does MPA Curriculum Align with Civil Service Requirements
O'Neill, Michael A. – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
In recent decades civil services worldwide have experienced exogenous forces that are transforming their work and workplace. In turn, these changes are altering the skills set associated with civil service employment. As professional degrees oriented towards careers in civil service these changes can have important ramifications on the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Public Administration Education, Public Policy
Mitchell, David; Buckingham, Gregg – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
Service-learning is highly praised as a successful pedagogical tool for students' learning. Benefits are attributed to students, the university, and the community. However, the literature also cautions that the benefits of service-learning are largely assumed without empirical testing, warranting a closer review of this pedagogical method. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Service Learning, Educational Benefits, Public Administration Education
Capobianco, Stephen; Chen, Ximeng; Líppez-De Castro, Sebastián; Rubaii, Nadia – Teaching Public Administration, 2018
In the 21st century Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs need to meet the challenge of preparing public affairs professionals for an increasingly global and interdependent world in which complex social problems often span national boundaries and cultural differences. In that context, various internationalization strategies can be helpful…
Descriptors: Intercultural Programs, Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Public Affairs Education
Briggs, Ian; Raine, John – Teaching Public Administration, 2013
Leadership forms a key component of the curriculum of most Master of Public Administration and other public management programmes, usually doing so on the basis of assumptions that leadership is (a) both a subject and a responsibility that all such students might expect to embrace in the course of their careers; and (b) in some respects at least,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Administration, Public Administration Education, Leadership Training
