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A Constitutional Standard to End Gerrymandering
To cure the corruption of gerrymandering, take the profit out of it. The Constitution provides the standard for doing so by specifiying that representatives are to be chosen “by the…
Confidence in the American Future: The Terrible Unrecognized Cost of the Government Shutdown
During the four plus weeks of partial government shutdown—the 21st government shutdown since 1976 and the longest in our history—both politicians and pundits have spoken at length about the variety…
Simple Solutions for Polarizing Paralysis
It is an injustice that while the government continues to collect most revenues during a political shutdown, and essential employees continue to work, the money does not get to the…
Ethical Considerations in Public Administration
For public administration to regain much of the lost respect and trust, administrators must shy away from structural idealism as a basis for their decisionmaking and ensure a strong ethical…
Survey Says?
As I write this column, the federal workforce is entering 2019 with a partial government shutdown and a pay freeze. This same workforce was subjected to two very short shutdowns…
Honest Social Conflict or Dishonest Harmony? The Time for a Decision
What of honest social conflict? What are the benefits, the dangers? The great Dr. W.E.B. Dubois once wrote, “either ignorance will destroy America or America will destroy ignorance.” We are…
Realistic Public Administration: Revisiting Amelioration
When working with public administrators at any level, or when listening to the concerns of our communities, we often hear the sentiment that all problems should be fully addressed, as…
To Teach or Not To Teach—Insights from a Practitioner Instructor
If your last contact with higher education was as a student or a brush with the system as a guest lecturer, you may find the educational environment to be different…
Comfort with Ambiguity: Why it Matters and Ways to Teach it
Recently my undergraduate Public Administration students completed their unit on leadership. I lecture on theory, the specifics of how to construct a work plan, the importance of culture, etc. But…
Overconfidence and Government Failure – Decision Traps in Public Service
Overconfidence is common in many aspects of public service, from overly optimistic intelligence estimates and military campaigns, to tax cuts that fail to generate promised growth, to assumptions that we…
Do School Districts Close the Right Schools?
When Chicago closed 49 schools in 2013, this decision drew national attention. What factors could have led to the selections of the schools fated to close?…
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