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CAP Selects Fellows for Measurement Research

Five individuals have been selected to receive the inaugural Social Equity Fellowship offered by the American Society for Public Administration’s Center for Accountability and Performance and the National Academy of Public…

Culture and Values in a Globalized World: Immigration in America

Culture and Values in a Globalized World: Immigration in America

Culture is a design for living. Values are ideas about what is right and wrong, desirable and undesirable, normal and abnormal, proper and improper. Our world comprises many different cultures…

Cities Fiscal Conditions Improving

Cities Fiscal Conditions Improving

  Things are looking up for the nation’s cities. In 2014, the nation’s city finance officers report that fiscal conditions are improving as the Great Recession recedes.1  That’s according to…

How a Governance Approach Empowers Regional Policy Making

How a Governance Approach Empowers Regional Policy Making

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Mehmet Yesilbas October 17, 2014 Globalization, in combination with…

Happy Conflict Resolution Day

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Lisa Beutler October 17, 2014 What is the number…

SWPA 2015 Annual Conference Scholarships

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA) annually awards up to three $500.00 scholarships (practitioner, master’s and doctoral) to help defray the costs…

Effective Communication Tips for Collaborative Networks: Lessons from the Malaria in Pregnancy Program

Effective Communication Tips for Collaborative Networks: Lessons from the Malaria in Pregnancy Program

Malaria is considered the number one public health challenge in more than 90 countries inhabited by 40percent of the world’s population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the situation…

Valuing Risk as a New Strategy for Public Higher Education

Valuing Risk as a New Strategy for Public Higher Education

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Kenyatta Lovett October 14, 2014 The current circumstance for…

The Importance of Political Capture: Lessons Learned From the Affordable Care Act

The Importance of Political Capture: Lessons Learned From the Affordable Care Act

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Ferd H. Mitchell and Cheryl C. Mitchell October 14,2014…

Sustainable Coastal Restoration and Stabilization: Living Shoreline Project on Florida’s East Coast

Sustainable Coastal Restoration and Stabilization: Living Shoreline Project on Florida’s East Coast

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Claire Connolly Knox, Linda Walters and Melinda Donnelly October…

Volunteering Means More Than Clicking “Like”

Volunteering Means More Than Clicking “Like”

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Brandon Danz October 7, 2014 Perform an Internet search…