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Master's Program Dedicated to
Education for Careers in Public Management or Public Policy with
We offer
expertise in
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Nonprofit Management
- Nursing Management
- Public Safety Management
- Social Welfare Policy
- Local Economic Development Policy
Hello and Welcome!
to the web site for Kent State University's Master of Public
Administration
(Kent-MPA) program.
The
MPA degree is widely
recognized as advanced preparation for managers and other policy
professionals
in public and nonprofit agencies, policy institutes and legislative
committees.
Courses are oriented toward the special environment of these
organizations.
Why
should you be interested
in a Kent-MPA? Degree programs are distinguished by the curriculum
features they
offer,
and also by the faculty who teach the courses.
Curriculum Features of the Kent-MPA Program:
- Accreditation--The Kent-MPA program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of
Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), on the basis
of our curriculum and our performance.
- Career Options--The Kent-Master of Public
Administration program offers prospective students the option of majoring in either of two concentrations: one
in Public Management, the other in Public
Policy.
- Quality and Flexibility--Core courses in each
concentration provide a general foundation for management and or policy
skills. Students then customize their individual course of study
through electives and a final project.
- Online Degree Program-- The Kent-MPA program is not like
other web based degree programs. Our web degree features are supported
by state of the art home-based audio conferencing
built into each course. Throughout the semester, students participate
in live classroom sessions from their home, office or hot-spot.
Our students do not feel they are alone as is the case in most
web-based programs.
- Access to Graduate Education-- Our online degree program
offers an attractive option for students who are juggling
responsibilities other than graduate study, such as full-time work
commitments and or are the primary caregivers in their homes.
- Focus on Physically Disabled Students. The Kent-MPA is
the only MPA program in the United
States whose online program meets and or exceeds ADA-Section
508 accessibility requirements. The Kent-MPA has expertise
in adaptive hardware and software vital to students with physical
disabilities.
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Our Faculty:
Kent-MPA
faculty members bring
to the classroom qualities such as experience working in the public and
non-profit sectors, and solid scholarship. Here are some examples:
- Research Nationally and Internationally--Faculty are
engaged in collaborative projects ranging from work with local
governments in Northeast Ohio to international involvement with the UK
Cabinet Office, and universities in Russia, South Korea, and Western
and Eastern Europe.
- Professional Recognition--Award-wining faculty include
the recipient of Northern Ohio Live's 2002 Award of
Achievement for the online MPA program, and the recipient of a
national award from the American Political Science Association.
- Publications--Recent and forthcoming MPA faculty
publications include articles in top journals such as Public
Administration Review, the American Review of Public Administration,
Governance, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, Publius:
The Journal of Federalism, and Municipal Finance, as well as books
and book chapters published by Georgetown University Press, Marcel
Dekker, and Lynne Reiner.
- Affiliated Research and Outreach Center-- In addition, the
Center for Public Administration and Public Policy (CPAPP) provides
research in public policy issues as well as extensive training for
local government officials and contacts for our students.
If
you think the features the Kent-MPA program offers will help you in
meeting your career objectives, we invite you to learn more about our
program through the links on this page. There you can learn in detail
about our curriculum, our admissions criteria, view an online course
and certainly, apply online. And if you have anyquestions please feel
free to contact me directly.
Sincerely,
Joe Drew, Ph.D.,
MPA Coordinator.
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