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Significant Learning and Public Administration Education: The Impact of Short-Term Courses
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Atkinson, Christopher L. – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
This paper considers online courses in human resources, public budgeting, and public procurement, within a public administration program, developed and taught during one calendar year at a public regional university in the southeastern United States. Each course had an underpinning of required reading, but also included individual and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Learning Processes
Looking beyond the Undergraduate Classroom: Factors Influencing Service Learning's Effectiveness at Improving Graduate Students' Professional Skills
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Lu, Yi; Lambright, Kristina T. – College Teaching, 2010
This study provides a greater understanding of which factors influence the effectiveness of service learning projects at improving graduate students' professional skills. Data for this study was gathered from students in eight Master of Public Administration (MPA) courses taught during two semesters at a large state university. Younger students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Group Activities, Public Administration Education, Service Learning
Faculty, Graduate Student, and Graduate Productivity in Public Administration and Public Affairs Programs, 1986-1993.
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Douglas, James W. – Public Administration Review, 1996
To measure the productivity of faculties, graduate students, and graduates of public administration and public affairs programs, 11 journals were analyzed. Results indicated a relationship between programs with productive faculties and those with productive students and faculties. (JOW)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Faculty, Educational Research, Graduate Students