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Public Administration Quarterly
Public Administration Quarterly is a magazine focusing on Politics
Articles from Vol. 35, No. 4, Winter
Enhancing Academic Achievement by Identifying and Minimizing the Impediments to Active Learning*
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ABSTRACTAlthough active learning strategies are the most effective means for promoting deep learning and understanding, implementation is impeded by student and faculty preferences for stimulus-response learning. The paper therefore identifies the bases...
Increasing Student Engagement and Learning: Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals as an Empowering Semester Project
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ABSTRACTEmpowering students in ways that significantly increase their engagement and learning is challenging. This paper describes how Collins and Porras' (1994) concept of the Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG, pronounced bee-hag) functions as an empowering...
Mode-Neutral and the Need to Transform Teaching
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ABSTRACTEven as public administration programs are beginning to come to grips with online education and the "death of distance" (Cairncross, 2001), there comes another shift in how we think about teaching and learning. We have somewhat reluctantly moved...
Nonprofit Board Effectiveness, Private Philanthropy, and Financial Vulnerability
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ABSTRACTNonprofit organizations rely heavily on their governing board of directors to provide leadership, strategic guidance, and financial oversight. As such, the extent to which effectiveness of the board shapes the financial health of an organization...
The Implementation of Strategic Management in Local Governments. an International Delphi Study
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ABSTRACTStrategic management in the public sector is a controversial issue. Both supporters and detractors coincide in the difficulties of introducing the changes that it involves. This paper analyzes the different factors involved in the implementation...
