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Public Administration Education in Chile: History and the Current State-of-the-Art
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Pliscoff, Cristian – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
Chile's Public Administration Education (PAE) is not a new academic domain. Its origin dates to the second part of the 19th century. However, it was not until 1954 that the University of Chile decided to open an academic program in the subject. The current article is an effort to share the Chilean experience with the public administration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Administration Education, Educational History, Public Administration
Understanding the Need for Planning for Public Administrators: An Examination of Planning Courses and Concentrations in NASPAA Member Programs
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Meares, Wesley – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021
Public administration scholarship of teaching and learning has given little attention to planning curriculum, despite that planning is becoming more relevant to public administrators. This notion of increasing importance can be perceived at all levels of government, but it is most visible at the local level. The purpose of this research is to…
Descriptors: Planning, Public Administration, Public Administration Education, Curriculum
Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration in Public Affairs Scholarship: An Empirical Analysis of the Contributions of Public Administration, Policy Sciences, and Nonprofit Studies
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Megan LePere-Schloop; Rebecca Nesbit – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
The multidisciplinary fields of public administration (PA), public policy sciences (PP), and nonprofit studies (Nonprofit) contribute in different ways to interdisciplinary knowledge integration in public affairs. At the field and topic level, we examine the variety and coherence of the disciplinary knowledge that each field draws upon when…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Public Administration, Public Policy, Nonprofit Organizations
Deconstructing the Racial Structure of Public Service through Critical Participatory Practices
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Dantzler, Prentiss; Yang-Clayton, Kathleen – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
The renewal of efforts to disrupt or dismantle White supremacy in public service organizations and society has been met by strong cross-currents from the current political and policy climate in the United States. We see efforts by public administration faculty to incorporate more critical perspectives around pedagogy and public service as very…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, Racism, Social Justice, Public Administration
An Analysis of Gender Differences in Public Administration Doctoral Dissertation Research
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Yun, Jung Ah; Hamidullah, Madinah F.; McDougle, Lindsey M. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
Using data provided in "ProQuest: Dissertations and Theses: Global" (PQDTGlobal) database from 1890 to 2016, in this study we explore gender differences in historical and contemporary trends in public administration doctoral dissertation research in the United States. Our analysis reveals that not only has the number of women completing…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Public Administration Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students
Ranking Scholarly Publishers in Public Administration
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Sungdae Lim; Hyunseok Hwang; Bruce D. McDonald III; William Hatcher – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Public administration has dedicated much discussion to the ranking of academic journals, but little to no research focused on the quality and contributions of publishing academic books. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed public administration scholars who have published books. We used the data from this survey to establish a…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Authors, Decision Making, Reputation
Why Gender and Research Productivity Matters in Academia: Exploring Evidence from NASPAA-Accredited Schools
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Knepper, Hillary J.; Scutelnicu, Gina; Tekula, Rebecca – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
This study is the first to examine the research productivity of public administration faculty by gender through the perceptions of full-time faculty members at NASPAA-accredited schools. It specifically examines how research productivity varies by gender according to faculty tenure status and academic rank. This study extends previous research by…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Public Administration Education, College Faculty, Educational Research
Where Theory and Practice Meet: Good Government, Merit-Based Civil Service, and HRM Courses
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Guy, Mary E.; Mastracci, Sharon – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
MPA programs are the only place where public sector human resource management (HRM) is taught. When HRM is not among the list of required courses, programs forgo their responsibility to teach the next generation of public servants why merit-based civil service is crucial to a functioning democracy. The danger of ignorance is reflected in an…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Masters Programs, Human Resources, Public Sector
Seeing Gender and Its Consequences
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Bishu, Sebawit G.; Guy, Mary E.; Heckler, Nuri – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2019
Every MPA student learns about organization theory but too few learn to "see" gender, both within the public service workforce and among clientele of the agency. Because organizations employ gendered structures and processes, it is incumbent on faculty to teach students not just about organizational architecture, but also how to identify…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Public Administration Education, Gender Issues, Sex Fairness
Integrating Emotive Competencies in Public Affairs Education
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Awasthi, Pallavi; Mastracci, Sharon H. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021
Emotion is the "how" of NASPAA competencies related to leading and managing in a culturally-conscious manner. In this article, we describe the role of emotion in public service and we detail the mechanism by which emotion fosters a collective mind-set for effective public service leadership and cultural literacy. We indicate specifically…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, Emotional Intelligence, Public Service, Humanistic Education
Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: Findings from a Survey of Public Administration Faculty and Practitioners
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Ancira, Jesse; Rangarajan, Nandhini; Shields, Patricia – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
The academic practitioner divide and strategies to close that gap have been important lines of inquiry in the fields of public administration and public affairs. This study contributes to that significant body of work by reporting results from two surveys of faculty in NASPAA accredited programs and of practitioners affiliated with the…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Public Administration
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Public Administration: An Agenda for Future Research
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Bruce D. McDonald III; William Hatcher; Hunter Bacot; Michelle D. Evans; Sean A. McCandless; Lindsey M. McDougle; Sarah L. Young; Ian C. Elliott; Rachel Emas; Elaine Yi Lu; Michaela E. Abbott; Domonic A. Bearfield; RaJade M. Berry-James; Brandi Blessett; Erin L. Borry; John Diamond; Amiee L. Franklin; Tia Sheree Gaynor; Ting Gong; Doug Goodman; Mary E. Guy; Jeremy L. Hall; Megan Hatch; Myung H. Jin; Meagan M. Jordan; Jamie Levine Daniel; Jeannine M. Love; Craig S. Maher; Charles Menifield; Janine O'Flynn; Rosemary O'Leary; Peng Liu; Cristian Pliscoff; Gabriel Puron-Cid; Sara R. Rinfret; Jessica E. Sowa; Edmund C. Stazyk; Kendra Stewart; Ador R. Torneo; Kimberly K. Wiley; Yahong Zhang – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
Two essential questions for those leading the field of public administration are: What do we teach our students, and how do we train them? As scholars, we pay significant attention to our research, often to the detriment of recognizing the potential for merging our research with teaching through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Scholarship, College Faculty, Educational Research
Changes in Public Affairs and Administration Doctoral Research, 2000 and 2015
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Slagle, Derek; Williams, Adam M. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2019
The study collected data from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database for years 2000 and 2015 in order to explore shifts in public affairs doctoral research. Results indicated a dramatic increase for online doctoral dissertations with 20% of all public administration and public policy dissertations produced from online, for-profit institutions…
Descriptors: Public Affairs Education, Public Administration Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Training Future Professors in Public Budgeting, Finance, and Financial Management: The Inter-University Consortium for PhD Courses
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Yilin Hou; Philip Joyce; Kurt Thurmaier; Katherine Willoughby – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
The Inter-University Consortium for Doctoral Courses in Public Budgeting, Finance, and Financial Management is the first collaborative project for online doctoral courses in public affairs. This article provides an account of the consortium's initiation, establishment, and operation for the pilot round. The consortium fills a niche in doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Consortia, Institutional Cooperation
Enhancing Professional and Practical Experiences for MPA Students: Lessons from a Manager-in-Residence Program
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Rangarajan, Nandhini; Lottman, Mark; Earp, James – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to various efforts aimed at preparing graduate students for careers as practitioners of public administration. One such approach is hiring practitioners-in-residence (PIR) or employing professors of practice. This paper first reports results of a web content analysis of 355 NASPAA programs that…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Masters Programs, Public Administration, College Faculty
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