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Going beyond Study Abroad: An Introduction to United States and Chinese Joint Undergraduate Degree Programs in Public Affairs Education
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Hamidullah, Madinah F.; Astudillo-Rodas, Mauricio – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
Public administration has continued to see the international increase on the graduate level and is beginning to have an increasing interest at the undergraduate level. This article focuses specifically on the development of US-Chinese joint undergraduate degree programs in public affairs education. Joint degree programs are a step beyond study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Public Affairs Education, International Cooperation
Talking about Antisemitism in MPA Classrooms and Beyond
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Levine Daniel, Jamie; Fyall, Rachel; Benenson, Jodi – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2020
On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven people attending Shabbat services in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. For many -- both Jews and non-Jews -- this tragedy served as a wake-up call about the persistence of antisemitism in the United States today. MPA curricula and public affairs research have rarely addressed contemporary…
Descriptors: Jews, Social Discrimination, Graduate Study, Critical Theory
Fifteen Years of Research on Graduate Education in Economics: What Have We Learned?
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Stock, Wendy A.; Siegfried, John J. – Journal of Economic Education, 2014
In this article, the authors summarize their 15 years of research on graduate education in economics in the United States. They examine all stages of the process, from the undergraduate origins of eventual economics PhDs to their attrition and time-to-degree outcomes. For PhD completers, the authors examine job market outcomes, research…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Economics, Educational Research, Graduate Study
Teaching Chinese Students: Understanding Their Public Sector Paradigm
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Conrad, Cynthia; Coleman, Charles – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
Teaching Chinese students in an American university can be both challenging and rewarding. Cultural and language differences can lead to some superficial confusion and interpretational problems. However, the vast differences in the ways Chinese students view the role of the public sector, as compared to the US, can mean that the instructors and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Public Administration, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Squaring Their Roots: Leadership Perceptions and Practices of Some U.S.-Trained African Professionals in the Public Sector
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Dant, William Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study looks at the leadership perceptions and practices of career professionals in the public sector across three countries of sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana and Madagascar). All participants were alumni of the Humphrey Fellowship program, a year-long mid-career fellowship in the United States for professional development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Leadership Training
GUIDE LINES FOR TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATORS.
STONE, DONALD C. – 1966
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE, HAS A DIFFERENT FOCUS AND COVERS DIFFERENT SUBJECTS FROM THOSE IN TRADITIONAL COURSES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, OR LAW. IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM, TRAINING CENTERS SHOULD STUDY THE TASKS AND PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE OBSTACLES, AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Administration, Community Development, Developing Nations