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Faculty in public affairs programs are steeped in the science of administration and management, yet when the time comes to serve as organizational leaders, they are frequently unprepared. The Public Affairs Faculty Manual addresses this paradox with smart, practice-based advice. This is a comprehensive handbook for deans, directors, and chairs - and for the academic administrators in waiting whose day will come. -- Matthew Auer, University of Georgia, USA This is a long overdue compilation of what an aspiring director of an MPA program needs to know before they step into the position. In one tome, Bruce McDowell and William Hatcher have pulled together insights and perspectives that often take months to learn just by doing. Read The Public Affairs Faculty Manual first, then accept the offer to be MPA director! -- Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, USA

""Faculty in public affairs programs are steeped in the science of administration and management, yet when the time comes to serve as organizational leaders, they are frequently unprepared. The Public Affairs Faculty Manual addresses this paradox with smart, practice-based advice. This is a comprehensive handbook for deans, directors, and chairs – and for the academic administrators 'in waiting' whose day will come."" Matthew Auer, University of Georgia, USA ""This is a long overdue compilation of what an aspiring director of an MPA program needs to know before they step into the position. In one tome, Bruce McDonald and William Hatcher have pulled together insights and perspectives that often take months to learn just by doing. Read The Public Affairs Faculty Manual first, then accept the offer to be MPA director!"" Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, USA ""The edited volume is explicitly written for PA faculty in new leadership roles in higher education, though it is a useful reference for administrators of all levels and even useful for regular faculty...The chapters are written by 19 different scholars with a staggering amount of administrative experience as directors, chairs, and deans."" Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs

Faculty in public affairs programs are steeped in the science of administration and management, yet when the time comes to serve as organizational leaders, they are frequently unprepared. The Public Affairs Faculty Manual addresses this paradox with smart, practice-based advice. This is a comprehensive handbook for deans, directors, and chairs - and for the academic administrators 'in waiting' whose day will come. Matthew Auer, University of Georgia, USA This is a long overdue compilation of what an aspiring director of an MPA program needs to know before they step into the position. In one tome, Bruce McDonald and William Hatcher have pulled together insights and perspectives that often take months to learn just by doing. Read The Public Affairs Faculty Manual first, then accept the offer to be MPA director! Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, USA

"""Faculty in public affairs programs are steeped in the science of administration and management, yet when the time comes to serve as organizational leaders, they are frequently unprepared. The Public Affairs Faculty Manual addresses this paradox with smart, practice-based advice. This is a comprehensive handbook for deans, directors, and chairs – and for the academic administrators 'in waiting' whose day will come."" Matthew Auer, University of Georgia, USA ""This is a long overdue compilation of what an aspiring director of an MPA program needs to know before they step into the position. In one tome, Bruce McDonald and William Hatcher have pulled together insights and perspectives that often take months to learn just by doing. Read The Public Affairs Faculty Manual first, then accept the offer to be MPA director!"" Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, USA ""The edited volume is explicitly written for PA faculty in new leadership roles in higher education, though it is a useful reference for administrators of all levels and even useful for regular faculty...The chapters are written by 19 different scholars with a staggering amount of administrative experience as directors, chairs, and deans."" Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs"

Faculty in public affairs programs are steeped in the science of administration and management, yet when the time comes to serve as organizational leaders, they are frequently unprepared. The Public Affairs Faculty Manual addresses this paradox with smart, practice-based advice. This is a comprehensive handbook for deans, directors, and chairs - and for the academic administrators 'in waiting' whose day will come. Matthew Auer, University of Georgia, USA This is a long overdue compilation of what an aspiring director of an MPA program needs to know before they step into the position. In one tome, Bruce McDonald and William Hatcher have pulled together insights and perspectives that often take months to learn just by doing. Read The Public Affairs Faculty Manual first, then accept the offer to be MPA director! Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, USA The edited volume is explicitly written for PA faculty in new leadership roles in higher education, though it is a useful reference for administrators of all levels and even useful for regular faculty...The chapters are written by 19 different scholars with a staggering amount of administrative experience as directors, chairs, and deans. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs

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Bruce D. McDonald, III is an Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at North Carolina State University and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He has served as the MPA director at both North Carolina State University and Indiana University South Bend. His research focuses on public budgeting and finance in the context of the fiscal health of local governments. His research has appeared in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and the American Review of Public Administration. William Hatcher is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and MPA Director at Augusta University. He also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He was on faculty at Eastern Kentucky University. His research focuses on health policy, community development, and public budgeting. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Public Affairs Education, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Mental Health, and Public Administration Quarterly.

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