12-hour MPA: A Must-Read for Public Management Elites in the New Century

Author: Gao Wang
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: MPA, which stands for Master of Public Administration, is a professional graduate degree. MPA education is a professional graduate education specifically designed to cultivate managerial talents for the government and public sector. It originated in the United States in the 1920s and quickly expanded from North America to countries around the world. Currently, MPA, along with MBA and Master of Laws, has together become one of the three pillars of professional graduate education in the humanities today. Since China resumed its graduate student admission system in 1978, graduate education has not only seen significant development in both level and scale but also become more diverse in disciplines and majors. MPA education is a product of the integration of public management practice and the development of the graduate education field.