Continuing to build knowledge: Undergraduate nonprofit programs in institutions of higher learning

Weber, Peter; Brunt, Carol

doi:10.1080/15236803.2019.1607804

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“…In addition, the literature covers challenges and opportunities facing the faculty leaders of public administration programs (Brainard 2017; Killian & Wenning 2017), not least challenges presented by the Covid‐19 pandemic (McDonald III 2021). In contrast to the United Kingdom, in recent years, there has been an increase in public affairs at the undergraduate level in the United States (Weber & Brunt 2020), a trend covered in the literature on the delivery of public administration programs. At the undergraduate level, courses are mostly full time, and in contrast, at the postgraduate level, courses are part time with regular weekly sessions, block delivery or online sessions.…”

Section: Themes In Public Administration Educationmentioning

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Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education

Farrell

Hatcher

Diamond

2021

Public Administration

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Public administration education has an interesting history rooted in numerous scholarly disciplines, such as sociology, political science, economics, and engineering. The article reflects on the last 100 years of scholarship on public administration education, starting with an article on the topic in the first issue of Public Administration in 1923. We provide a concise review focused on the development of public administration education over this time. Next, we discuss scholarship in top journals on public administration education, Journal of Public Affairs Education and Teaching Public Administration. We use Denhardt's (2001) big questions in public administration education as a framework to examine this scholarship. We conclude by discussing the future of public administration education and advocating a community-based approach to pedagogy practice and research in the field.

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Section: Themes In Public Administration Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education

Farrell

Hatcher

Diamond

2021

Public Administration

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“…As a result, there is a healthy industry of educational offerings, management support organizations, and consultants focused on helping these organizations and their volunteer boards to implement both sound management and strong governance practices. For example, nonprofit management as an educational degree or concentration is fairly common (Mitchell & Schmitz, 2019), as evidenced by the growing numbers of undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs at colleges and universities in the U.S., as well as internationally (Mirabella et al, 2007;Mirabella & Wish, 2000;Weber & Brunt, 2020). Other degree programs, such as social work, business, leadership, and community studies, also offer specialized content relating to nonprofit management and governance (Mirabella et al, 2022).…”

Section: Nonprofit Board Best Practicesmentioning

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Using Self-Assessments to Improve Board Performance and Build Nonprofit Capacity

Carman

Millesen²

2023

J. Public Nonprof Aff.

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This paper presents the nonprofit board self-assessment tool as a valuable, formative addition to the toolkit of nonprofit stakeholders, including evaluators, who are focused on improving both board and organizational performance. Using self-assessment data from a study of 156 nonprofits, the study tested five hypotheses about the effectiveness of five nonprofit governance best practices: strategic planning, reducing ambiguity on the board, board giving, strong internal controls, and evaluating the chief executive officer. The study finds that some nonprofit management best practices are more effective than others when it comes to assessing board performance. Moreover, consistent with previous research, board members and CEOs occasionally view performance differently. The paper concludes with a discussion about how nonprofit organizations, evaluators, and others can use these findings, as well as self-assessment tools, to improve nonprofit board governance and strengthen organizational capacity.

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“…The field's infrastructure grew rapidly over the following three decades with the growth of professional associations, conferences, and symposia providing micro socializing opportunities, academic journals and books contributing to the knowledge infrastructure, and academic opportunities for faculty as tenure track positions, endowed chairs, and teaching (Hall, 1993;O'Neill, 2005;Smith, 2013). As a result, universities adopted an incremental approach to developing academic majors in the field (Weber & Brunt, 2020).…”

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Building Nonprofit Management Education in the US: The Role of Centers in Supporting New Academic Disciplines

Weber

Brunt

2022

J. Public Nonprof Aff.

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Nonprofit and philanthropic studies (NPS) is a visible presence at American universities and has achieved academic credibility. This study analyzes the role of academic centers devoted to the nonprofit sector in institutionalizing NPS as a distinctive academic field. It relies on a survey and selected case studies to map nonprofit academic centers and assess their field-building efforts. We find 55 US-based nonprofit academic centers that vary in size, revenue streams, and institutional location. Centers offer a broad range of services that span academia and practice supporting the local and regional nonprofit communities. Both endogenous and exogenous factors supported the founding of these centers, whose sustainability relies on interdisciplinarity, internal and external funding, and institutional support. We propose an evolutionary explanation for NPS’s institutionalization.

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Continuing to build knowledge: Undergraduate nonprofit programs in institutions of higher learning

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education

Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education

Using Self-Assessments to Improve Board Performance and Build Nonprofit Capacity

Building Nonprofit Management Education in the US: The Role of Centers in Supporting New Academic Disciplines

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