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Social justice, this familiar, but arduous to define topic, impacts many aspects of our lives. The difficulty in describing social justice is because of our personal perspectives on justice, equality…
Congress is currently considering enacting a full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While much has been said about the policy implications of repeal legislation—for example, its…
We hear many comparisons between Donald Trump and Reagan and Nixon. Reagan is held out as the ideal conservative and Nixon is held out as the impeached president. This neglects…
Public Administration educators and other academics in higher education must be active participants in the policy dialogue and debate what is needed to shape the future of our nation. There are…
The demographic shift is looming for the next 150 years. In roughly a decade, the older population is projected to begin outgrowing the younger population due to low fertility rates…
The field of public administration is progressively—and I believe unwittingly—shifting into a new philosophical paradigm. This paradigm is the antithesis of the historical philosophical foundations established by George Frederickson in…
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, American soldiers were returning home. General MacArthur remained in Japan to oversee its reconstruction. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson was one…
Refugee resettlement in the United States is a contentious issue, and debates over resettlement policies seem likely to continue for the foreseeable future. In this article, I discuss how refugee…
Research shows despite decades of progress, women hold few government senior management positions. A 2012 article in The Journal of Public Affairs Education notes women only hold 12 percent of…
So, how are we really thanking Vietnam War, Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom, (OIF/OEF) and other military veterans for their service? Of course, we have a massive federal agency, the…
Motivation: A Requirement for Success
Motivation is a requirement for success. Motivation is hard to assess and harder to influence. I’ll write more about that, but first, let me remind you of the formula: Success…
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