Elective or Compulsory Requirement? The Role of Public Administration Program Curricular in Promoting Diversity
If public administration programs continue to offer diversity courses as an elective, forget it, we are not ready to move the needle.…
Universities Can Play A Key Data Role in Supporting Equity
If you listen for it, the topic of equity is inescapable in current political, policy and administrative debates. In many cases, for equity to be discussed more widely, someone needs to bring up the concern and have the data to show decisionmakers where current policies are…
Cultural Diversity in the Community and the Workplace
Lately, it seems that the word “diversity” is oozing from everywhere — sometimes positively, and some others, negatively. …
Comfort with Ambiguity: Why it Matters and Ways to Teach it
Recently my undergraduate Public Administration students completed their unit on leadership. I lecture on theory, the specifics of how to construct a work plan, the importance of culture, etc. But I always return to the subject of comfort with ambiguity, which I believe to be both the…
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