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We promote the ideal of public service globally. We want the best prepared students to enter public service, and we want the best faculty to teach and research in our field. Everything we do focuses on these goals.
Events
2020 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition
Join peers and professors at competition sites around the world as they take on the challenge of achieving Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, specifically Transportation Policy. Learn more
#NASPAA2020 Call for Panel Proposals is Open!
The 2020 NASPAA Annual Conference theme is "Building the New Civic Square." NASPAA is pleased to be co-locating this year with the Section on Public Administration Education of ASPA’s Teaching Public Administration Conference (TPAC). Deadline is March 31, 2020. View proposal submission details
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NASPAA News
Recent JPAE Articles
Financial condition analysis: A key tool in the MPA curriculum
Understanding the need for planning for public administrators: An examination of planning courses and concentrations in NASPAA member programs
