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Title: Assistant Professor Organization: Graduate: Home Country: |
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| What do you enjoy about your job? What aspects of your job are the most exciting or interesting? | ||
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enjoy learning new things, searching new subjects,
spending some time in the library, etc. The issues
that are discussed in the literature but are not an
important part of my country's academic world are
the most interesting ones for me to underline and
elaborate for specific conditions of my country's
public sector. If these subjects have a chance of
changing the daily activities of the public servants
and/or making a difference in terms of public
service provision, it becomes more important to work
on them. |
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| Why did you choose to pursue an MPA/MPP degree? | ||
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I chose to pursue an MPA degree to continue my
academic career. Second, it is important for me to
have an international academic perspective in terms
of what are the current issues, ongoing debates,
what could be transferred to my own country, etc. |
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| How did you select your graduate school? | ||
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didn't have much choice because of time limitation
and acceptance conditions. It is not easy as a
foreigner to get an acceptance for graduate
education and be subjected to the same conditions as
an American student. |
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| How do you feel your MPA/MPP is helping you to make a difference? | ||
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MPA degree is making a difference in helping me gain
new perspectives and fresh ideas. For example, when
I was there [University of Kentucky], I concentrated
on quality management issues in the public sector.
When I returned my country, I still worked on this
subject academically and at the same time, I work
professionally as an advisor to the Minister of
Health on quality and accreditation. |
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| How would you characterize your personality? | ||
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Rigorous * Creative * Organized * Committed *
Curious * Independent * Service-Oriented * |
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| Contact Asim Balci with questions regarding his graduate experience: | ||
| Email Asim | ||