Students entering Master of Public Administration (MPA) or Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs are not often historically oriented. However, a historical approach can be extremely useful in the classroom. This essay describes three guidelines for bringing history into the building of syllabi and lectures for an MPA/MPP course: teach theoretically, make the historical lessons relevant, and invoke history judiciously.
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