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Where Theory Meets Practice: Researchers, Educators Agree With Lap Literacy
By Dana Rolison, Mae Daniel and Erica King Imagine for a moment that you are five years old again. It’s your first day of school. Your main concern is making new friends, playing…
Improving the Nexus Between U.S.-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean
By Vaughn Graham What Constitutes the Nexus? Development challenges have traditionally constituted the core link between public administration in the Caribbean, and its dependence on U.S.-based foreign aid. The last…
Theory and Practice: The Chicken or The Egg?
By John J. Carroll Hi, my name is John, and I am an academic [audience response: “Hi John”]. Before I became an academic, I was a practitioner. Yes, I was…
Turning Point: Are All Human Resource Theories Capable of Having a Practical Application?
By Horace Blake Theories are numerous in the field of human resources management. However, one of the most pressing theories to put into practice is how to manage the theory…
Agile Policy Making: How Complexity Theory, Big Data and Data Science Research is Changing the Practice of Policy Making
By William A. Brantley Big data and data science has revolutionized how commercial enterprises market and sell products and services. In a widely repeated story, Target was able to predict when…
Reinventing Phoenix’s Departments: Starting From Square One
By Ed Zuercher It has been 132 years since Phoenix, Arizona was incorporated as a city. Since then, the city has grown in so many ways. Population has increased from…
The Independent Woman Launches Free Financial Training Series for Metro D.C. Area
Defining financial freedom and providing financial security are at the heart of a brand new series of free workshops hosted by The Independent Woman. The workshops will be held in the Washington,…
A Poor Decision Made Worse? The Use of Capital Appreciation Bonds by School Districts
By Marc K. Fudge What alternatives do school districts have when faced with the need for new facilities yet insufficient funds to pay for capital projects? Over the past several…
An Emerging Innovation in Policy Evaluation: From Theory to Practice
By Steven E. Wallis Within the broad spectrum of social sciences, the world of policy is unique. There seems to be a refreshing candor here that is not found in…
Turning Practice Into Practice
By Robert (Sherman) Yehl Local governments continue to face the economic effects of the 2007-2009 recession. Revenues from a variety of sources are flat (or worse, reduced), employees have been…
NECoPA 2013 Focuses On Public Administration In An Information Society
Join an enthusiastic group of academics, practitioners, and students at the Trabant University Center at the University of Delaware on November 1 & 2 for the 2013 meeting of the…