Administrative Assistance Needs of Arkansas Local Governmment

Authors

  • Stanley Vanagunas
  • John Keshawarz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1984.5.0.93-99

Abstract

This is a summary of an Arkansas State University sponsored survey conducted in the Summer of 1983 whereby a sample of the state's county and city executives were asked about their administrative training and technical assistance needs and, generally, about the role of the universities in providing such services. Forty-nine percent (128) of the mailed questionnaires were returned. The respondents consist of 45 county and 83 city officials. Arkansas State University sponsored the study on the basis of strong evidence suggesting that academic programs in public administration are much improved through their systematic interaction with government practitioners (see bibliography). Consequently, the specific purpose of the study was to discover possible mutually productive links between ASU's program in public administration and the state's local government. The present research note reports on those aspects of the study which may be of interest to the overall Arkansas political science/public administration community.

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1985-01-01

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Vol. 5: Winter 1984

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