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Oosterhuis-Geers, Joke – 1993
The Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Twente in Enschede (Netherlands) asked for a course in study skills to improve the passing rates of public administration (PA) students. Interviews with students and a questionnaire about study skills confirmed the need for such a course, but the University's previous experience suggested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Evaluation, Cutting Scores
Smith, Christopher A.; Russo, Robert – 1989
Intended to help rehabilitation facility administrators increase organizational income from manufacturing and/or contracted service sources, this document provides a decision-making model for the development of a production consortium. The document consists of five chapters and two appendices. Chapter 1 defines the consortium concept, explains…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Institutional Cooperation
Reed, Robert R. – 1989
The Emergency Administration and Planning program at the University of North Texas (Denton) is the only undergraduate degree-granting program in emergency management and training in the country. It is a 128-hour program based on a public administration curriculum, with additional coursework in behavioral analysis, sociology, rehabilitative…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Bachelors Degrees, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This hearing was held to obtain testimony on H.R. 3859, a bill to authorize assistance to the Washington Center for Internship and Academic Seminars. The Center operates a partnership program that enables colleges and universities to extend their campuses to Washington, D.C. The Center provides an academic program that combines seminars and course…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Extension Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Hayden, Linda – 1985
A concept-based introduction to rural public transportation is provided in this instructional module for undergraduate and graduate transportation-related courses for disciplines such as engineering, business, sociology, and technology. Rural public transportation involves systems in rural and small urban areas with populations under 50,000…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Engineering Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Jones, Kelsey A. – 1987
An integrative approach to departmental design proposed for the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of the District of Columbia is described. The proposed curriculum classification framework for faculty assignment consists of three matrices: social behavior and humanities courses, technical courses, and philosophical courses. For the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, College Faculty, Criminology
Frautschi, Richard L. – 1987
Pennsylvania State University's Department of French and Institute of Public Administration have responded to the need for language-trained civil servants by developing a dual master's degree program in French and public administration. Degree requirements include the full requirements for each program, with six credits from each curriculum…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, French
Horan, Richard V.; Kendrick, Keith S. – 1983
Established by Executive Order 12369 on June 30, 1982, the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (PPSSCC) carried out its mandate through an executive committee of 161 high-level private sector executives. The committee set up a management office and 36 task forces with 1,300 members. The task forces were co-chaired by members of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Federal Government
Trotsky, Ivan – 1978
The extent to which research training is needed by Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduates at the University of Oklahoma, Advanced Programs, was investigated through the administration of a questionnaire to 38 August 1977 MPA degree recipients. The questionnaire contained 13 questions concerning where the student took most of his courses;…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Perez, Monte E. – 1980
Social change goals and objectives may be achieved by social change advocates through the policy development process. Policy is defined as a set of decisions governing the behavior and actions of institutions and individuals. The legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government comprise the major policy institutions. The bureaucracy of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
The twelve continuing education programs for government officials are described to exemplify the broad range of activities that can be afforded by institutions of higher education. (All but one were funded by Title I, Higher Education Act of 1965.) Four of the programs have full descriptions including focus, audience, activities, cost/staffing,…
Descriptors: City Government, College Programs, Community Services, Continuing Education
MOSHER, FREDERICK C. – 1965
IN 1964, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INVITED PLANS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS AT THE MAXWELL SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, AND THE METROPOLITAN FUND IN DETROIT. THIS REPORT IS THE PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION IN METROPOLITAN PROBLEMS AT BERKELEY.…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Faculty
Mohrman, Kathryn, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This bulletin on undergraduate public policy programs includes an article on public policy studies as liberal education by Joel L. Fleishman, and descriptions of the following college programs: public policy analysis at the University of North Carolina, public service studies program at Oberlin College, urban and metropolitan studies major at…
Descriptors: Bulletins, College Programs, General Education, Graduate Study
Carrig, Gloria L. – 1975
Reflections on the fundamental problems of teaching political science in community colleges are outlined. Facing the stark reality of a student population deficient in reading and writing skills, the teacher must make difficult concepts and material comprehensible in order to create a sense of attachment for the nation, its Constitution, laws, and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Educational Problems
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. – 1966
This annotated personnel bibliography on planning, organizing, and evaluating training programs covers the following areas: Training Programs and Activities in the Federal Government; Philosophy, Policies, and Objectives of Training; Organization of Training; Program Development and Implementation; Determining Needs for Training; Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business, Educational Needs, Federal Government