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A Surprising Look at 2016 Faculty Applicants

A Surprising Look at 2016 Faculty Applicants

Today’s new faculty members undoubtedly will influence the future practice and scholarship of our field. A look at a group of current faculty applicants reveals surprises, some encouraging and others…

Weaving Critical Thinking with Experiential Learning in Public Administration

Weaving Critical Thinking with Experiential Learning in Public Administration

The Association of American Colleges & Universities defines critical thinking as “a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating…

Comparing Urban Sprawl to Gentrification

Comparing Urban Sprawl to Gentrification

In the field of urbanism and city planning, much has been written about demographic changes over the last century and its effect on our cities. While pockets of conversations about…

Administrative Ethics After McDonnell

Administrative Ethics After McDonnell

One of the many and serious problems with James Madison’s arguments for representative democracy is that elections result in the selection of the best people to serve as our leaders.…

Volunteers: Camouflaged Leadership

The role of volunteers in public service delivery has a long and satisfying history. Whether the tasks are helping distribute meals to those who have transportation challenges or serving on…

Is Public Administration Research Adequate?

This column is in response to the March/April 2016 Public Administration Review (PAR) editorial that considers whether public administration may be “vanishing” due to a lack of “robustness of public…

A Slow Death for Water Systems

A Slow Death for Water Systems

Problems with water systems sparked national attention in Flint, Michigan. It wasn’t a water main break. It was water contamination, resulting from a management failure to operate the system in…

Managers Are the Key to High Performance

Managers Are the Key to High Performance

Performance can be tracked and studied at three levels: the organization level, the unit or team level, and of course the individual level. Leaders as well as laws commonly focus…

State Interference in University Governance

State Interference in University Governance

In the wake of our nation’s economic recovery, state funding for higher education is still anemic. States are waking up to the fact that the recession is over at a…

Our Umpiring Obsession: A Public Administration Perspective

Our Umpiring Obsession: A Public Administration Perspective

American society is obsessed with our umpires. Analysis of presidential debates—from the participants, the pundits, and the general public—goes beyond the substance and articulation of the candidates to the performance…

Speaking Truth to Power

Speaking Truth to Power

"Nobody likes the messenger who brings bad news," said the palace guard, afraid to tell King Creon that Antigone had buried her brother, against his orders. Twenty-five hundred years after…

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