Public Administration

Public administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" whose fundamental goal is to "advance management and policies so that government can function". Some of the various definitions which have been offered for the term are: "the management of public programs"; the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day"; and "the study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies."

Public administration is "centrally concerned with the organization of government policies and programs as well as the behavior of officials (usually non-elected) formally responsible for their conduct". Many unelected public servants can be considered to be public administrators, including heads of city, county, regional, state and federal departments such as municipal budget directors, human resources (HR) administrators, city managers, census managers, state mental health directors, and cabinet secretaries. Public administrators are public servants working in public departments and agencies, at all levels of government.

In the United States, civil servants and academics such as Woodrow Wilson promoted civil service reform in the 1880s, moving public administration into academia. However, "until the mid-20th century and the dissemination of the German sociologist Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy" there was not "much interest in a theory of public administration". The field is multidisciplinary in character; one of the various proposals for public administration's sub-fields sets out six pillars, including human resources, organizational theory, policy analysis, statistics, budgeting, and ethics.

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Scholarships for Public Administration Majors

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Ohio LSC Legislative Fellowship

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

$42,000 Varies See Details
 

Ohio LSC Legislative Fellowship

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

award

$42,000

deadline

Varies
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PIRG Fellowship

National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups

$25,500 Varies See Details
 

PIRG Fellowship

National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups

award

$25,500

deadline

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Graduate Assistantships for Doctoral Students Scholarship - Nova SEU

Nova Southeastern University

$15,600 Varies See Details
 

Graduate Assistantships for Doctoral Students Scholarship - Nova SEU

Nova Southeastern University

award

$15,600

deadline

Varies
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Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women's History-PAID

National Archives Foundation

Up to $12,500 May 15, 2024 See Details
 

Cokie Roberts Fellowship for Women's History-PAID

National Archives Foundation

award

Up to $12,500

deadline

May 15, 2024
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Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship

Wellesley College, Graduate Financial Aid

Up to $10,000 Varies See Details
 

Margaret Freeman Bowers Fellowship

Wellesley College, Graduate Financial Aid

award

Up to $10,000

deadline

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Ally Financial Public Policy Scholars Program

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

$10,000 April 27, 2024 See Details
 

Ally Financial Public Policy Scholars Program

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

award

$10,000

deadline

April 27, 2024
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Herbert Roback Scholarship

National Academy of Public Administration

Up to $7,500 May 31, 2024 See Details
 

Herbert Roback Scholarship

National Academy of Public Administration

award

Up to $7,500

deadline

May 31, 2024
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Mat-Su Health Foundation Vocational Scholarship

Mat-Su Health Foundation

Up to $5,000 Varies See Details
 

Mat-Su Health Foundation Vocational Scholarship

Mat-Su Health Foundation

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

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Jennifer Curtis Byler Scholarship

National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association

$5,000 Varies See Details
 

Jennifer Curtis Byler Scholarship

National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association

award

$5,000

deadline

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Feinstein Scholarship

Providence College

Up to $5,000 Varies See Details
 

Feinstein Scholarship

Providence College

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

Varies
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