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Police Relations and Services in Town-Gown Cities are Changing in a Positive Way Throughout America
The public services provided by Police Departments to citizens and students in our nation’s town-gown cities are changing rapidly. This is due to the changing ethnic composition of our cities,…
Thoughts about Decision Making in Government
Public administrators go through a two-step process in making decisions. First, they determine what the applicable law requires. If they have discretion, they make decisions pretty much like everyone else.…
Academic Inequality in the Urban School Setting: Funding Disparities that Lead to Educational Disadvantages
Education is key in the formation of a well-educated society where dreams are met, goals are achieved and the economic systems of our country flourish as students’ graduate college and…
Public Administrators Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce
Effective leadership cannot afford to have unconscious bias affecting the goals of the organization and the cohesiveness of teams within the organization.…
Practicing Public Service Values: Inclusion and Diversity in the Classroom
As public service educators, it is increasingly important we exemplify and embody those key public values that we seek to instill in our students. While concepts like accountability and ethics…
Lessons from the Government Shutdown
Needs are infinite, resources are finite and values are contested. Such is the reality of public administration in a democracy, and public employees are used to working effectively under this…
Advancing the Research and Practice Agenda on Local Government-Nonprofit Relationships in Developing Countries
The work of scholars and practitioners has not thoroughly examined the relationships between local governments and NGOs in developing countries. For most part, the focus primarily is on developed countries…
The Crisis of Meaning
When employees don’t feel valued and don’t feel their work is valued, or can’t see how their work ties into the bigger picture, they lose meaning. Because work feels like…
Public Administration in Today’s Troubled World
The profession of public administration is an ancient and high calling to service within the varied institutions of government. Since its creation in 1939, ASPA has been a consistent advocate…
Ask Not
Questions persist today about what motivates public servants. One columnist dismisses President Kennedy’s appeal as a “cloak” and asserts those who take his words at face value are “ignoring that…
Lagging and Leading Indicators of Government Performance Management
All performance indicators can be broadly divided into two categories – lagging indicators and leading indicators. Lagging indicators measure the current results of our past efforts, whereas leading indicators measure…
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