The "Go-To" Page on Professor O'Hara's Web
Master of Public Administration Program
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The City University of New York
This page is designed to get you to Web Sites relevant to the study of public administration. I am not listing any page because of its ideological/political content. But I will list many pages because they represent a range of politics and ideologies, as in the Opinion and Source links. We have the right to look or not look at any point of view. More importantly, we are all capable of making up our own minds.
Click on the "take me" down below to get to Professor Benton's course by course list of public administration links. This is a great starting point for exploring the range of Web materials that can help you in the MPA Program.
Take me to Professor Benton's links.
Click on the "take me" down below to get to Professor O'Hara's "Opinion and Source" links designed to take you to "news" sites that offer a variety of perspectives on breaking news, as well as sites that offer the source material upon which the various stories are based.
Take me to Professor O'Hara's "Opinion and Source" links.
Similarly, other professors out there have created bang-up web pages to take you to a lot of useful sources. The one below is from a Professor in Ohio and also links to both opinion and source document sites.
Take me to Professor Rose's links
The links below relate to topics we have covered or will cover in PAD 700. I have only looked briefly at the sites. And I have not followed up on any links on these sites. The Web is a wild and wooly place. These sites can change daily. Today's innocuous site can be tomorrow's provocative site. Students are likely to encounter a wide range of perspectives, some of them outrageous. Remember, confronting positions diametrically opposed to yours help sharpen your defense of what you believe. If you discover anything that you think helps with the class, let me--
patohara@bellatlantic.net-- know. For each link below you will see a subject area, and a web address. Click on the address to get to the site.
Federalism --
http://www.utoledo.edu/~ddavis/prinfed.htmlxAffirmative action --
http://www.law.utexas.edu/hopwood/reaction.htmGovernment Finance --
http://www.financenet.gov/financenet/#top/Performance Measurement --
http://www.city.grande-prairie.ab.ca/perform.htm
ESSAY EXAM ANSWERS: Although your PAD 700 syllabus defines an "essay answer," the following link goes into more detail concerning the construction of an essay answer. I subscribe to this blueprint for a good essay answer. So does Professor Peters. In fact, this is what most of you professors are looking for when they give you an ESSAY EXAM. You MUST know how to construct ESSAY ANSWERS if you are to succeed in the public administration program. So click below.
http://msumusik.mursuky.edu/~rosew02/http/howto.htm
Click here for the version of the above adapted to PAD 700.
PLAGIARISM: Every student at John Jay is responsible for knowing what plagiarism is, and what the specific college and university definitions, penalties and rules are. Do not wait to consult the sources below until AFTER you have been cited for plagiarism. You may then be too late to avoid a failing grade on your assignment or in the class. Start below with John Jay's plagiarism policy. The next link defines plagiarism more directly and by example.
JOHN JAY POLICY: "Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else's ideas, words, or artistic, scientific, or technical work as one's own creation. Using the ideas or work of another is permissible only when the original author is identified. Paraphrasing and summarizing, as well as direct quotations, require citations to the original source.
Plagiarism may be intentional or unintentional. Lack of dishonest intent does not necessarily absolve a student of responsibility for plagiarism. It is the student's responsibility to recognize the difference between statements that are common knowledge (which do not require documentation) and restatements of the ideas of others.
Paraphrase, summary, and direct quotation are acceptable forms of restatement, as long as the source is cited.
Students who are unsure how and when to provide documentation are advised to consult with their instructors. The Library has free guides designed to help students with problems of documentation."
Advice from another campus: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~esimpson/Teaching/plagiar.html
Let me end this discussion of plagiarism with three quotes from a teacher at Colorado State University, Professor Williams. I subscribe 100% to every word.
"Course philosophy: I only want to grade your work."
"Cutting and pasting from the Internet is cheating."
"Appreciate the difference between using someone else's words and giving them credit (a citation) and using someone else's words and passing them off as your own. The former is acceptable (although its use should be relevant and reasonable) while the latter is never acceptable."