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Reflections on Building an MPA Program: Faculty Discussions Worth Having

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Reflecting on a four-year experience building an MPA program from scratch, the author suggests that five fundamental principles should guide MPA programs, particularly those with a regional focus serving pre- and in-service students: remember your roots in political theory; promote public service as a vocation and career; embrace perceived dichotomies; design the MPA as an integrative, not a specialized, degree; and align faculty and program needs.

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