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Lessons Learned: Delivering a Professional Master's Degree at an HBCU

Lessons Learned: Delivering a Professional Master's Degree at an HBCU

Jason Bourke, Bina Daniel
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668446003|ISBN10: 1668446006|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668446041|EISBN13: 9781668446010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4600-3.ch002
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Bourke, Jason, and Bina Daniel. "Lessons Learned: Delivering a Professional Master's Degree at an HBCU." Elevating Intentional Education Practice in Graduate Programs, edited by Abeni El-Amin, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 20-39. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4600-3.ch002

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Bourke, J. & Daniel, B. (2023). Lessons Learned: Delivering a Professional Master's Degree at an HBCU. In A. El-Amin (Ed.), Elevating Intentional Education Practice in Graduate Programs (pp. 20-39). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4600-3.ch002

Chicago

Bourke, Jason, and Bina Daniel. "Lessons Learned: Delivering a Professional Master's Degree at an HBCU." In Elevating Intentional Education Practice in Graduate Programs, edited by Abeni El-Amin, 20-39. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4600-3.ch002

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Abstract

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) serve racially, ethnically, economically, and academically diverse populations of students. The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, a professional master's degree program at one HBCU, has positioned itself to attract highly experienced mid-career professionals, recent college graduates with little experience, those with lots of relevant coursework, and others with very little exposure to the basics. This necessarily requires careful consideration of learning objectives and the methods used to reach them. This chapter highlights the ways in which intentional construction of learning objectives, formal and informal assessment, and closing the loop by correcting findings have enhanced this MPA program as part of a continuous improvement model. A sampling of these experiences will be shared in this chapter as well as some key takeaways for administrators of similarly oriented programs.

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