Predictors of Graduate Student Satisfaction in Public Administration Programs Academic Article

abstract

• 2016, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Existing public administration masters degree programs face challenges of reduced federal funding, increasing competition among programs, and high student expectations of tangible career benefits. Student satisfaction is one characteristic of public administration masters degree programs that can help enhance the benefits of masters degree education and improve program quality. Student satisfaction in public administration graduate degree programs has not been extensively studied. Given this gap in the literature, the socialization experiences of students in public administration programs were studied. Approximately 500 current graduate students from various public administration masters degree programs across the nation participated in the study. Major findings regarding the predictors of student satisfaction are reported in this paper.

authors

• Bright, Leonard
• Graham, Cole

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION

author list (cited authors)

• Bright, L., & Graham, C.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Bright, Leonard||Graham, Cole Blease Jr

publication date

• January 2016

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Public Affairs Education  Journal

keywords

• Climate
• Education Socialization
• Student Satisfaction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/15236803.2016.12002226

start page

• 17

end page

• 34

volume

• 22

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2016.12002226