Ready to Serve?: Understanding the Ski l ls Gaps in Publ ic Affairs Education Fri. 4:00 – 4:20pm EDT Field research has found that graduates of public affairs programs are often deficient in the practical skills required within the modern workplace. Commonly applied professional skills like project management and grant writing are conspicuously absent from many curricula, and the widespread adoption of information technology has shown an pressing need for data literacy. This panel explores the balance of hard and soft skills in professional programs, and the emerging gaps in public affairs education. Stephen Kleinschmit, The University of Illinois at Chicago convener Laura Littlepage, Indiana University, Bloomington Michael Overton, University of Idaho Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth Sarah Larson, University of Central Florida
The SDGs, Universities, and Growing Next Gen Public Policy/Public Administration
Circling the Civic Square: Exploring Curricular, Institutional and Pol icy Contours of Global Publ ic Affairs Education Fri. 4:30 – 4:50pm EDT Climate change, sustainability, and the global pandemic laid bare our inextricable connectedness, as well as the vulnerabilities of public and nonprofit spheres. In this context, the interplay of civil society, philanthropy and governance within civic space is at the heart of epistemic and policy concerns facing public affairs education. Yet these very dynamics impose financial, curricular, and administrative complexities and responsibilities now and ahead for global approaches in public affairs education. In this moderated roundtable, we draw on diverse faculty and leadership experiences to consider these tensions and potential pathways for better circling the civic square in our global work. Angela Bies, University of Maryland, College Park convener Cathie Carrigan, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Dyana Mason, University of Oregon Mary Kay Gugerty, University of Washington Thomas Hilde, University of Maryland, College Park Gil Latz, The Ohio State University
Creating and Sustaining
Undergraduate Education in the New Civic Square Fri. 4:30 – 4:50pm EDT Undergraduate programs train students for careers in public service and serve as feeder programs for accredited MPA programs. This panel discusses the importance of incorporating core competencies, utilizing dual modalities (online and face to face), linking undergraduate and graduate faculty, and navigating pandemics. Best practices are identified. Lorenda A. Naylor, University of Baltimore convener Ivan Sascha Sheehan, University of Baltimore Meghna Sabharwal, The University of Texas at Dallas Roger Hartley, University of Baltimore
Practitioners and Scholars: Exploring the Potential of the 16+ Agenda in a World Affected by Covid-19 Fri. 4:00 – 4:20pm EDT Universities around the world are increasingly recognized as important players in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through teaching, research, and collaboration. The global pandemic has made the SDGs more relevant as Covid-19 has laid bare the inequities that run through many societies. Public policy and public administration schools and programs have an especially critical role in growing the next generation that tackles these inequities head on. How are universities using the 16+ agenda to teach human rights, diversity, and inclusion? What are the challenges? How best to overcome them? What are the opportunities? How best to enable them? Sarah Mendelson, Carnegie Mellon University convener Christopher Koliba, The University of Vermont Carla Koppell, Georgetown University Shelley Inglis, University of Dayton
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[ These panels will be recorded to view ON-DEMAND. The listed time slot is for a Live Q & A with the panelists. ]
[ These panels will be recorded to view ON-DEMAND. The listed time slot is for a Live Q & A with the panelists. ]
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