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The Big Con: How Serving Leadership Underprepared a Generation of College Students

The Big Con: How Serving Leadership Underprepared a Generation of College Students

Educating millennials has been part of a national debate as evidenced by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. These efforts, however,…

Millennials and Government – Is There an App for That?

Millennials and Government – Is There an App for That?

As the first generation to be digital natives, millennials have spawned a rush to create digital platforms that provide greater transparency, connectivity and information access to public services. Their attitudes…

Orlando Tragedy Sparks Multiple Fundraising Sites

Orlando Tragedy Sparks Multiple Fundraising Sites

When tragedy strikes a community, people want to help. The 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in over $7 billion being raised in support of victims. But 15 years later, the world…

Remembering Charleston One Year Later

Remembering Charleston One Year Later

Last Friday marked one year since the tragic mass shooting at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Tragically, the Sunday before the Charleston observance, the nation…

Creating a Better World: The United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals

Creating a Better World: The United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, 193 world leaders convened at United Nations Headquarters and committed to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Following an extensive multi-year deliberation, member states identified 169 targets designed to…

Understanding Generational Differences: Millennials’ View of Ethics

Understanding Generational Differences: Millennials’ View of Ethics

Public and private organizations must take steps to safe-guard assets, promote effective and efficient operations and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Management is charged with creating an appropriate control…

Social Equality in Public Administration

Social Equality in Public Administration

Public administrators, and the institutions they serve, have advanced the course of an equitable, fair and just society. Despite this, America continues to experience a decline in equality as the…

The Imminent Change in Transportation Infrastructure

The Imminent Change in Transportation Infrastructure

Imagine a world where there are no traffic jams, no auto accidents, no wrong turns or being late to an appointment. Apparently that time is already here. We now head…

How Changing Demographics Affect Front Line Workers

How Changing Demographics Affect Front Line Workers

We now live in a democracy that is becoming more heterogeneous. By 2050, the majority population in America will be nonwhite Latinos with a stark increase in the total black…

What Makes the Next Generation of Public Servants So Different?

What Makes the Next Generation of Public Servants So Different?

Today’s newly minted public servants understand the challenges they face will rarely come with an easy solution or a demonstration of appreciation. Yet they remain committed to making a difference.…

The Flint Water Crisis: Looking Back…and Ahead

The Flint Water Crisis:  Looking Back…and Ahead

It is a story that has made the front page of every major newspaper and led national news broadcasts nightly: the lead contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan that…