The Southern Regional Education Board special reports on manpower and education are designed to aid the decisionmaking of two audiences: prospective students and institutional planners. The series attempts to fulfill the projects mission of exploring ways in which postsecondary education can adjust its offerings and degrees output to the fluctuating opportunities in the world of work. This report addresses itself to the future prospects for careers in government service and the issues of the several educational pathways students have taken and which civil service systems have honored in staffing public administration positions. Some students have completed programs offered through departments and schools of public administration. Sections of the report cover a description of public administration, prospects for administration graduates, the rising supply of master's in public administration, the outlook, and implications for higher education institutions. (Author/PG)