Title

Diversity across the Curriculum: Perceptions and Practices

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Public Affairs Education

Abstract

One step toward generating social equity in public policy and administration is to expose future leaders within the field to a variety of discourses from historically marginalized groups. The new Diversity Across the Curriculum standard recently passed by NASPAA requires MPA/MPP programs to incorporate diversity into the curriculum and other program activities. Through the use of a survey of program directors and a separate content analysis, this study examined the extent to which stand-alone courses on diversity are offered, the instructional strategies used to incorporate the subject of diversity into existing courses, and MPA/MPP program directors’ perception of the standard. Results indicate that race, ethnicity, and gender continue to receive more attention than other elements of diversity. Most programs also attempt to integrate issues of diversity into existing courses rather than offer stand-alone courses. Program directors emphasized the need for flexibility because of variations in size, composition, and resources of graduate public policy and administration programs.

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

79

Last Page

90

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2008.12001511

ISSN

2328-9643

Comments

Antwi-Boasiako, Kwame Badu and Wyatt-Nichol, Heather (2008). Diversity across the Curriculum: Perceptions and Practices. Journal of Public Administration Education 14 (1) 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2008.12001511

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