Thursday, August 02, 2007

In this issue:


Academic Exchange Gets a New Name, Design, and Sponsor

Welcome to Academic Matters, the free monthly e-newsletter providing news, strategies, and tools for public administration educators.
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Full-Time Professors: First-Timers Come FREE to ICMA's Annual Conference

Never been to an ICMA Annual Conference? If you are a full-time professor, this year you can come for FREE.
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Alliance for Innovation Fosters New Research Activities

The Alliance for Innovation, a unique partnership formed among the Innovation Groups (IG), International City/County Management Association (ICMA), and Arizona State University (ASU), is developing a nationwide network of scholars.
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Where Is the Next Generation? Right Here.

The Local Government Management Fellowship aims to bridge the gap between opportunities for recent MPA graduates and the staff and experience needs of cities and counties.
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Textbook Review: Service Contracting

Michael Pagano, director of the Graduate Program in Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, reviews the new edition of Service Contracting: A Local Government Guide.
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Adjuncts' Corner

In this regular column, Adjuncts' Corner, Ray Cox III, Ph.D. discusses why MPA graduates still need generalist management skills, in "What Is Old Is New Again: Local Government Management."
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