Public Service Values Education: A Call to Service for Public Affairs Programs

27 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2022

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R.J.

Indiana University

Mary K. Feeney

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs

Date Written: July 15, 2022

Abstract

Public affairs programs have long aimed to advance public service education. First defined as preparing public servants for government employment, public affairs programs have expanded to advancing the public interest and governance across all sectors. While modern public affairs programs have become more expansive in how they define public service education and the mechanisms they use to advance education (e.g. applied learning, skills training, professionalization, service learning), they continue to follow a general model of limiting training to those who select into a singular disciplinary track. We outline a new approach to public service education – Next Generation Service– which seeks to cultivate public service education to undergraduates outside the core discipline and across campus. We call on public affairs programs to expand their service to the university and broader community by advancing public service values across campus regardless of major.

Keywords: Public service, education, public affairs

Suggested Citation

Woodring, R.J. and Feeney, Mary K., Public Service Values Education: A Call to Service for Public Affairs Programs (July 15, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4164116

R.J. Woodring

Indiana University ( email )

Department of Economics
100 Woodlawn Ave., Wylie Hall
Bloomington, IN 47405

Mary K. Feeney (Contact Author)

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs ( email )

Farmer Building 440G PO Box 872011
Tempe, AZ
United States

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