Public Administration and International Affairs Department News, Media Commentary and Research
Banks discusses Biden's transition with WAER
Professor Emeritus William C. Banks thinks the delay by the Trump Administration to share information to Biden will be "negligible to none." However, he feels it comes with other costs. "I feel a great deal has been lost symbolically and I believe our democratic institutions have been severely beat up by the bruising battles that have been fought for no good reason," Banks says.
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Murrett talks to Government Executive about presidential transition activities
Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, says he "would be more concerned" if the president-elect was someone other than Biden since he "is so familiar with the national security arena" from his tenure as vice president and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Ajello Fellows create open data repository of electric grid in Vietnam
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Banks comments on election results in China Daily
William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, says it is highly unlikely that Trump can do anything to change the outcome of the election. "It remains to be seen how his supporters react," Banks says. "It is too soon to tell."
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Online pivot offers new options for Executive Education programs
“We were fortunate to have some experience with online education prior to the pandemic. Our work with the online executive master of public administration and other online training programs enabled an easier transition,” says Steven Lux, director of the Executive Education Program.
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Heflin, Lopoo study on collaboration across social programs published
Banks discusses election scenarios in Associated Press, Medium, Military Times
According to Professor Emeritus William Banks, sending uniformed troops to the polls, including the [National] Guard, would be unwise. "The overriding point is that we don’t want the military involved in our civilian affairs. It just cuts against the grain of our history, our conditions, our values, our laws."
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New threats, familiar challenges: Maxwell responds to COVID-19
“The COVID pandemic is a great example of a current event that is changing every aspect of society—from how families are organized to how we deliver education and the structure of work,” says Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin.
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Peace Corps, Fulbright evacuees find community, opportunity at Maxwell
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Hamersma uses a statistical lens to explore uncertainty in Comment
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Heflin article on food insecurity and educational attainment published in Social Problems
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Banks featured in WAER piece on COVID-19 in the White House, national security
"Attention on the domestic political situation and the president’s dominance of the news and his well-being is obscuring what else might be going on in the world that should be drawing some of our attention," says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
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Banks expresses concern about election aftermath in Spectrum News article
"On a scale of one to 10, I’d say my worry is about a nine," says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. "There are several plausible scenarios that could cause this election to go off the rails."
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Rothbart paper on school finance reform and the race gap in school funding published in Edu F&P
X Lab article on improving SNAP recertification published in JBPA
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Duncan protects the electrical grid from cybercrimes at NERC
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Heflin, Lopoo, Boskovski study on behavioral interventions & SNAP recertification published in JBPA
Burman named to advisory committee within the Commerce Department
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Heflin, Lopoo study on child support income exclusion for SNAP published in Social Science Quarterly
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