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Durant, Robert F.; And Others – Public Personnel Management, 1986
Reports on a survey of 183 midcareer Master of Public Administration students to determine their perceptions of the content, effect, and curriculum development needs of their educational experience. Argues for the adoption of a service delivery ethic stressing knowledge coproduction in the educational process. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Graduate Students, Outcomes of Education
New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education. – 1996
This report presents the results of an interim assessment of the Higher Education Restructuring Act of 1994. The report is based primarily on two surveys. In the first, various state agencies were asked to indicate whether tasks assigned to them as a result of the Restructuring Act have been addressed. Results from that survey indicate that of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Governance

Buck, J. Vincent – Scholar and Educator, 1982
Observations of faculty fellows (of the National Association of Schools of Public Administration and Affairs) who interned during 1978 and 1979 at federal agencies in Washington, D.C., are summarized. Observations concern the policymaking process, individuals in organizations, the use of research and analysis, and the political milieu. (PP)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bureaucracy, College Faculty, Faculty Fellowships

Strauss, Peter L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1996
Argues that the main contribution of the Administrative Law course to law students is that it presents problems which contrast with those of the standard court-centered curriculum and can illuminate other areas of law, repeatedly confronting students with doctrinal differences. Offers several examples from civil procedure, constitutional law, and…
Descriptors: Administration, Civil Law, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law
Blaschke, Charles; And Others – Educational Technology, 1989
Summarizes factors contributing to successful federal research and development (R&D) funding for educational technology, and provides policy recommendations based on these findings. Topics discussed include the role of industry; public policy issues; legislative initiatives; executive branch administration; staff continuity; procurement…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Federal Aid
Perrin, Don; Perrin, Elizabeth – ED, Education at a Distance, 1995
Reports on the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and its role in furthering the use of distance learning technology. Highlights include activities; telecommunications; educational media; training; planning and advice; strategic alliances and outlooks; public administration; student record/management system; institutional and material development; a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Instructional Development

O'Leary, Rosemary; Wise, Charles R. – Public Administration Review, 1991
The Supreme Court's Missouri v Jenkins decision changed the role of school administrators as well as their ability to set priorities and control implementation. By sanctioning court-ordered taxation, it also involved legislators in the partnership, although the courts are clearly senior partners in the relationship. (SK)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation, Legislators

Young, Dennis R. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1999
Chronicles the evolution of management education for the nonprofit sector from the early 1980s, and discusses program design. No one dominant model has emerged, but four scenarios for future development of the field are explored: integration with business administration; integration with public administration; development of a separate field of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Educational History, Educational Needs

Donovan, Craig P. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 1998
An approach to public-management instruction based on the classroom use of work groups or teams is described. Conditions conducive to high performance teamwork, a model team-learning instructional activity sequence, team selection and group dynamics, the reward or grading system, use of mini-tests, application-oriented activities, and peer…
Descriptors: Grading, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Group Membership
Coles, David; Welch, Deborah – History Teacher, 2002
Public history encompasses many fields of study--historic preservation, archival management, museum work, editing, archaeology, genealogy, public administration of historic resources--and is one of the fastest growing areas of departmental curriculum development on college and university campuses. Programs in public history are designed to produce…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, United States History, Historic Sites, Campuses
Platte Technical Community Coll., Columbus, NE. – 1980
These Project TEAMS (Techniques and Education for Achieving Management Skills) instructional materials consist of five units for use in training public administrators. Unit 1 contains materials designed to help public administrators increase their management skills in the areas of leadership, management theories, time management, stress…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Objectives, Budgeting, Committees
Oakerson, Ronald J. – 1992
Jurisdictional consolidation of local governments and school districts is a controversial and persistent subject for rural communities. Consolidation proposals are usually based on the assumption that larger jurisdictions are necessary to capture economies of scale. This paper argues that the effect of size depends on the function that a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs in public service education offered at the secondary or postsecondary level as a part of Florida's comprehensive vocational education program.…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Entry Workers
National Commission for the Principalship, Fairfax, VA. – 1990
A framework for the professional certification and preparation of principals is developed in this report. Contents include discussions of the context of school leadership, implications for school leaders, expanded leadership roles, suggestions for preparation programs, and principals' domains. Based on the premise that principal preparation…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Wright, Marjorie Brown – 1975
This paper constitutes a summary progress report on a short-term training course designed to provide social work bachelor's degree practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary for administrative and managerial positions. Increasingly, social work graduates have reported moving into social service administration and managerial positions…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Management Development