Improving public service education programs through assessing the performance of MPA alumni
By: NEWCOMER, Kathryn
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Contributor(s): ALLEN, Heather | BARADEI, Laila El.
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, May 2010International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 33, 6, p. 311-324Abstract: Educational outcomes assessment can improve public service education programs. This article applies the Model of Learning Outcomes for Public Service Education which suggest that enabling characteristicsfactors that mediate the relationship among immediate, intermediate, and longer term outcomescan improve our understanding of public service education. A survey was conducted of alumni at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and the American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The responses from the two groups of MPA program alumni were striking: curriculum understanding and application were markedly similar, suggesting that this model is appropriate for use in different contexts
Educational outcomes assessment can improve public service education programs. This article applies the Model of Learning Outcomes for Public Service Education which suggest that enabling characteristicsfactors that mediate the relationship among immediate, intermediate, and longer term outcomescan improve our understanding of public service education. A survey was conducted of alumni at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and the American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The responses from the two groups of MPA program alumni were striking: curriculum understanding and application were markedly similar, suggesting that this model is appropriate for use in different contexts
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