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New Age Teaching “Urges” Meeting in the Middle
I believe successful teaching today is enhanced by our ability to use a two-way street of learning expectations voiced by both the student and the teacher. Teachers should take…
Autumn for the Public Administrator: Evaluation, Service and Reform
For public service, autumn is another season of work and attention. It is another opportunity to slow down and lessen the distance between ourselves and the public we serve. In…
Putting Plans into Action
One of the challenges we face in public administration is putting our plans into action. Most planning projects begin with great enthusiasm. Much time and effort are then devoted to…
Diversity in the Workplace: Are there Lessons to Learn from the University of Illinois Springfield?
What I found after a quick glance at the University of Illinois Springfield senior leadership team was quite fascinating! The representation of the senior leadership team defies prevailing record of…
Academics and Legislators Come Together to Learn About Mental Health
One in five adults in the United States is impacted by a mental illness, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness. Policymakers, researchers and the public recognize a need…
Confirmation Bias: Decision Traps in Public Service
Confirmation bias—the tendency to find evidence for one's existing views and to discount contradictory evidence—shows up in arguments about the safety of vaccination, gun control, climate change, the death penalty,…
Public Safety as a Multidisciplinary Endeavor
Ensuring public safety is inherently a multidisciplinary endeavor. For decades, we have depended on on local police agencies alone to ensure public safety, but this thinking is changing to reflect…
From Trump to Minnowbrook: Navigating Current Issues in PA
No doubt politics, disruptive technologies and many other factors having nothing to do with PA contribute to declining trust in government, but those of us teaching and working in PA…
Assessing Rock Island County
This series of articles continues the theme that government is the solution, not the problem, based on building an appreciation and understanding of its 90,056 local components. To refine the…
Alternative Facts are the Enemy of Health Security and Resilience
Lack of funding and political pressure seemed to stem more from disagreements over deficit spending and a focus on more immediate political priorities. The dispute over the number of deaths…
Back to Flat?
This blog discusses the current opportunities and dangers in a global economic context affecting national, state, and local economic development. …
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