Bringing institutional betrayal into public administration helps reframe how we think about fairness, accountability, and support for survivors.
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These processes can unintentionally reinforce harm instead of promoting justice.
The key insight: when institutions prioritize compliance over care, they risk deepening mistrust.
This study examines how universities respond through Title IX using the lens of institutional betrayal. Drawing on Department of Education agreements and interviews with Title IX officers, the findings show that responses are often bureaucratic and institution-centered rather than survivor-centered.
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What if the way institutions respond to sexual violence is part of the problem?
Sexual violence on college campuses remains widespread, with an estimated one in five women experiencing assault.
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and civic engagement, their integration into academic programs remains uneven and often informal.
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Research centers and institutes are increasingly shaping public affairs education, yet a new study reveals that despite their role as key infrastructure for applied research, experiential learning,
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On this #ThrowbackThursday, we revisit one of the articles currently trending, originally published in 2014. This study examines experiential philanthropy, an approach in which students learn about philanthropy by making grants to nonprofit organizations.
It advances understanding of PA education’s relevance in Ethiopia and broadens the literature beyond Global North contexts.
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Using Resource Dependency Theory, the study finds that PA education contributes meaningfully to governance competencies, with resource access and faculty expertise as key drivers, while some teaching methods show unexpected negative effects.
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Public Administration education in Ethiopia, introduced in the 1950s, has received limited scholarly attention despite ongoing challenges in the Global South.
Students face barriers like disclosure concerns and rigid assessments, while faculty report limited knowledge and resources. It highlights effective inclusive strategies and calls for improved training, support, and accreditation standards.
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The study finds that although MPA and MPP programs include disability accommodation statements, fewer than 12% use proactive UDL practices.
Drawing on in-depth interviews, this study shows how strong commitments to students and equity both drive and strain faculty, while resilience emerges through boundary-setting, peer support, and purpose-driven work.
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Underrepresented Public Administration faculty face distinct identity-related stressors, including hypervisibility, tokenization, and cultural taxation, which intensify emotional burden and burnout in higher education.
And how do we ensure that public administration doctoral programs adapt to respond to societal realities, which in our times are rapidly changing?”
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How do we ensure that doctoral programs in public administration are educating, developing, and socializing students to address our current moment when so many people who should be benefiting from the public good are facing different forms of oppression?
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“I wrote this article to invite our programs to set a proper course for the future of doctoral education—to ask:
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Sina Jangjoo reviews "Introduction to Procurement in the Public Sector", showing how it makes the full procurement life cycle teachable and underscores procurement’s central place in public affairs education.
It also reflects on how public affairs education can acknowledge these internal motivations to better prepare resilient and purpose-driven public servants.
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This article explores how personal spirituality can serve as an important source of meaning that sustains public service motivation and ethical commitment in challenging public sector work.
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This review examines "Organizational Design for Public Managers" by Mary E. Guy and highlights its practical insights for structuring and leading effective public organizations.
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It finds some evidence of UDL practices, especially in engagement and communication, but fewer strategies related to representation, and offers recommendations to strengthen inclusive course design.
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