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Indiana State University offers a master of public administration (M.P.A.) for working professionals who have experience in public or nonprofit organizations and now seek a graduate-level degree for career advancement.
- The M.P.A. is a 36-credit-hour program (39 credit hours if an internship is required).
- The program includes a focus in public and non-profit organizations. The program requires a three-credit-hour internship with a public agency, but only of those students without public or non-profit work experience.
- Although the program may be completed in just over two calendar years of full-time study, most students complete the program in about three years of part-time study. The University allows part-time students to take up to seven years to earn the degree, although the program is typically completed in far less time.
- The department may approve up to 9 credit hours—3 semester courses—or the equivalent for transfer into the student's program from other universities.
- All seven core courses and the final capstone course are offered by political science department faculty. With approval, students may take elective courses outside the department. Both core and elective courses may be transferred from other institutions with the approval of the program director. The capstone course must be completed at ISU.
- The program now offers elective concentrations in four other ISU online master's programs. They are nonprofit management, criminology/criminal justice, human resources development, and public health.
Most of our students are mid-career, full-time employees of public or non-profit organizations. The M.P.A. is meant to enhance their ability to:
- Implement public and social policy to improve the lives of the general public
- Deliver services to citizens through plans that are transparent, efficient, and ethical
- Influence the direction of both public and private organizations
- React to the complexities of government, configure budgets, and advocate for public services
In addition to the M.P.A., the University offers online graduate certificate programs in public administration and public personnel administration. Courses in either of these certificate programs can be applied toward completion of the master of public administration.
Courses are delivered via the Internet by two methods: by purely asynchronous web format and by web-based videoconferencing. The elective course may be offered in either format.
Web Format
Four core courses (PA 601, 605, 606, and 607) are entirely asynchronous Web courses.
Three other core courses (PA 600, PA 602, PA 604) require students to log in as participants in a Web-based conference during weekly class meetings. However, these courses are also posted in the online platform, Blackboard, used by all Web-based programs at ISU.
Students may log into courses in Blackboard at any time to send and receive emails, view assignments, and join class discussions. Students must have access to the following to enter classes with web-based videoconferencing components:
- Access to high-speed Internet
- Headsets (or microphones and speakers)
- PC- or MAC-compatible speakers
- Web cameras are optional
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All courses are offered online. On-campus visits are not required. High-speed Internet access is required.
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This program is open to in-state and many out-of-state students. This program is closed to all students residing abroad (including international students) except for U.S. military and State Department personnel and their family members with APO/FPO addresses.
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum requirements:
- Hold a bachelor's degree in any academic field from a regionally accredited college or university.
- Hold a minimum undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.00 scale.
- Have administrative or managerial experience in either the public or nonprofit sector; this requirement does not apply to students who plan to attend scheduled courses on campus in Terre Haute.
- Submit official transcripts of undergraduate and any graduate work from an accredited institution.
- Submit or have sent three letters of reference from past or present employers, professors, teachers, and/or colleagues.
- Write and submit a brief one- or two-page statement of purpose.
- Complete the TOEFL and submit a score of at least 600 (or the equivalent) as evidence of English proficiency if the applicant's first language is not English. See the note below for exemptions.
Please note that while the minimum accepted GPA is 2.75, the average GPA of students accepted into the program is higher. Also note, however, that GPA is just one of several variables the M.P.A. admission committee considers when reviewing admission applications. We may admit conditionally students who have promise but whose undergraduate GPAs may fall under 2.75.
Applicants who do not possess the public or nonprofit experience (listed above) required of all online students are invited to complete the M.P.A Program on the Indiana State University campus, located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The on-campus M.P.A. Program enables students to satisfy the work experience requirement by completing a three-hour, semester-long internship at a site determined by the M.P.A. director. This internship option is open only to on-campus students.
Applicants may submit unofficial transcripts to the department during the application process. However, unconditional admission may only be granted if official transcripts from the applicant's undergraduate institution have been submitted and are on file with ISU.
Contact Indiana State Online (below) for more information. The program may require evidence of experience as a part of the admissions process. Evidence may be included in letters of reference from past or present employers and colleagues; in resumes or curricula vitae; or in written statements from employers.
The Political Science Department regards a TOEFL of 600 (or the equivalent) as evidence of English proficiency from students whose first language is not English. Please note that this is higher than the default standard 550 TOEFL required for admission to graduate study by ISU's graduate school. International students with undergraduate degrees from certain countries, or whose undergraduate study was done in English, may be exempt from the TOEFL requirement.
International students who, in the opinion of the admissions committee, do not meet the program's minimum standards for spoken and written English, may choose to take intensive language training at the InterLink Language Center at Indiana State before entering the program The department may admit international students to the program provisionally, on the condition that they successfully complete English training at InterLink. Provisionally admitted students who fail to complete their InterLink programs successfully may not be admitted to M.P.A. study. Students who complete InterLink training will be enrolled in M.P.A. courses during the next semester or summer term after they complete InterLink.
The University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
The Public Administration Program was established as a semi-autonomous unit within ISU's Department of Political Science in 1976. The full-time director of the public administration program manages both the M.P.A. degree program and the two PA certificate programs, and advises students. The program is currently a member of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and is associated with the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).
Application Instructions:
- Apply online.
- The applicant must submit official transcripts from all colleges previously attended. Transcripts must be sent from the applicant's undergraduate institution (and any graduate institutions) directly to ISU's Graduate Admissions Office. To be official, transcripts must be sent directly from one institution to another.
- Applicants may also send unofficial (or official) copies of their transcripts to the M.P.A. director, or upload them into the university's admission system. In some cases, sending transcripts to both the graduate school and the M.P.A. director will help expedite the process. However, official transcripts MUST be sent to the admissions office at the address provided.
- Three letters of recommendation are required. Applicants should identify referees who may be able to comment on applicants' potential for graduate work. Letters may originate either from academic or professional referees. These might include current or past professors, or colleagues with graduate degrees, for example. Letters should address applicants' motivation and ability to perform academically at the graduate level. Referees may also comment on applicants' academic preparation and career goals, and how graduate work in public administration fits with those goals. Letters will be requested from referees listed by applicants on their online application forms. However, the referee may also send letters directly to the MPA directly, if that method is preferred.
- A written statement of purpose is required that details the applicant's reasons for applying to the M.P.A. program and explains how the degree fits in with the applicant's career goals. The statement should be one to two pages. The document should be double-spaced, and typed in either ten- or twelve-point type face. Applicants should upload the document into their online admissions files.
- Graduate Record Examination test scores, or scores from other standardized examinations, are NOT required, although the applicant may at his or her discretion submit test scores for consideration.
- International applicants, unless exempt (as noted above), must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or provide equivalent evidence of language proficiency.
- Submit a nonrefundable application fee of $45.00 (U.S. citizens and permanent residents) or $65.00 (international students) payable by Visa, MasterCard, or check or money order payable to Indiana State University.
IMPORTANT: Official transcripts, admission application, application fee, and (if applicable) language proficiency test scores such as the TOEFL should be submitted directly to Indiana State University, Graduate Admissions, Welcome Center, 318 North 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809. E-transcripts should be sent to email@example.com All other documentation (including unofficial transcripts, letters, statement of purpose, and unofficial scores from tests such as the GRE) should be uploaded into the online admission system. Letters of recommendation may be uploaded into the system or sent directly to Dr. Stan Buchanan, Associate Professor, Director, M.P.A. Program, Indiana State University, Holmstedt Hall, room 306, Terre Haute, IN 47809.
Note: Students who are admitted will be notified by the University. Admitted students will also receive information that will permit them to enter and use the MyISU Portal, the University's Sycamore Login information system. After consultation with the M.P.A. director, students may then use the system to enroll online. For further information about using the MyISU Portal, contact Indiana State Online at (812) 237-2345 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The M.P.A. Program accepts applications for student enrollment throughout the year. There are no application deadlines. The M.P.A. admissions committee meets on a monthly basis, except for August and December, to review applications completed in the previous 30 days. Admission requests are then reviewed by the Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (CGPS). But normally, applicants should receive word of the final admission decision within a few days after the admissions committee meets.
Fees & Expenses:
[ current fee rates ]Financial Aid & Assistance:
Graduate students may be eligible for federal student loans if they are admitted into graduate degrees (or first-time teacher certification programs) and meet other eligibility requirements. Certificate programs are not eligible for financial aid. Private alternative loans can help students pay college expenses that may not be covered by federal loan programs or other financial aid. For more information, visit financial aid.
In addition, students may be eligible for payment plans and veterans benefits.
Further Information:
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The Astros will host the Royals in a battle of struggling teams at Minute Maid Park on Monday.
For Houston, however, manager Bo Porter is encouraged by what he has seen from his team recently. The Astros just narrowly missed a split on their six-game trip through Detroit and Pittsburgh with a 1-0 loss Sunday.
"These guys are doing a tremendous job," Porter said. "That's the one thing about baseball is it's such a long season, it's 162 games, that there's going to be highs, there's going to be lows, but at the end of the day, you have to put everything aside and continue to play and continue to grind each and every game."
For the Royals, the problem has been a lack of production from the offense.
Kansas City has scored more runs than only two teams in the American League this season entering Sunday and scored two or fewer runs in five of its last eight games.
"Just wait it out; it turns," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "It just takes one hit. Don't ask me how. It goes in cycles for some reason.
"When it does kick in, we'll be in pretty good shape."
That's because Kansas City has quietly become one of the better rotations in the Majors, sporting a staff ERA of 3.74, good for fifth in the Majors entering Sunday.
"We definitely need to score runs the way the pitching has been -- it's been amazing," center fielder Lorenzo Cain said. "So we definitely got to do our part as an offense and start getting it done."
The Royals will try to get it going against Dallas Keuchel, who is looking for his first win of the season in his third start of the year.
Last time out, against Detroit, Keuchel allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.
He will be up against Jeremy Guthrie, who is coming off a loss against the Angels -- his first in 18 starts.
Guthrie allowed four solo home runs in that loss, giving up 11 hits and three walks in his seven innings.
"It was one of those nights when I just didn't have a good feel and wasn't able to execute pitches and got frustrated out there," Guthrie said afterward.
Astros: Singleton back to baseball shortly
• Astros top prospect Jonathan Singleton is nearing the end of his 50-game suspension after violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse for the second time.
He will begin his season sometime next week at Class A Quad Cities before moving to Triple-A Oklahoma City, general manager Jeff Luhnow said Sunday.
Singleton was suspended Jan. 9 after testing positive for what he said later was marijuana.
The left-handed-hitting first baseman hit .284 with 21 homers and 79 RBIs in 131 games last year at Double-A Corpus Christi and was expected to push for playing time on the Major League club this year. The Astros acquired him and three other players from the Phillies in the Hunter Pence trade in 2011.
Luhnow did not have an exact date for Singleton's return, saying it would happen next week. He would most likely be eligible to return May 28, which would be the 51st game on Corpus Christi's schedule, and he was on its roster when suspended.
"Right now, it looks like we're going to send him to Quad Cities for a short period of time, and from there go to his next assignment, which will probably be Oklahoma City," Luhnow said. "Just give him a chance to play under the lights somewhere else, and Quad Cities is our newest affiliate and we love the ballpark and we love the management team, and it's a good opportunity.
"Whenever we have a chance to send a big leaguer, or close to a big league player there, it strengthens the bond between us and our affiliate."
• With the loss to the Pirates on Sunday, the Astros are 4-13 in May.
Royals: Cain reminded of injury-filled 2012 after nice grab
• Cain bumped into the center-field wall while making a catch on a long drive by the A's Derek Norris on Saturday night, and he was reminded of the time he ran into the wall last season.
During his fifth game of the season, Cain ran into the wall at O.co Coliseum and sustained a groin injury while making a spectacular catch. That was just the first of three leg injuries that limited him to 61 games last year.
"It was a rough season after that, to say the least," Cain said. "You definitely want to avoid those walls as much as you can, but sometimes you can't help it."
• The Royals have scored more than three runs in only four of their last 13 games, going 3-10 during that stretch.
Worth noting
• Guthrie's loss Tuesday halted his club mark for consecutive starts without a defeat at 18. With 10 wins over the span, he ended a victory short of another Royals record for number of wins without a loss, held by Paul Splittorff (Aug. 13, 1977, to April 22, 1978) and Rich Gale (June 17 to Aug. 23, 1980).
Evan Peaslee is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If I am making a recipe that calls for butter, how do I decide whether to use salted or unsalted butter? Is there a general rule of thumb to make this decision? (For instance, would cookies normally get salted butter, while vegetables get unsalted? Or is it determined by other ingredients in the recipe?) asked 14 Oct '09, 16:32 Tim |
Most recipes specify, but if it does not then there is not necessarily a rule of thumb, it is more of common sense. If the recipe uses a leavening agent (baking powder, baking soda) and it calls for salt, use unsalted butter. If it does not call for a leavening agent it becomes a matter of taste. I always by unsalted butter. That way i will not over salt a recipe. answered 14 Oct '09, 16:39 dblbigd |
If the recipe doesn't specify, then you can use whatever you choose. If you want low-sodium food, use unsalted. For baked goods, unsalted is also sometimes better. For frying, if you are not on a low-sodium diet, salted butter might give your food more flavor. answered 14 Oct '09, 22:32 Judoix |
I generally use unsalted butter when a recipe does not specifhy which one to use. Unsalted butter is better for your health. Generally most foods are made with a lot of salt and my family tries to cut down on the salt that we eat. Unsalted butter is better for you and your family. answered 14 Oct '09, 22:49 Elicia Maxwell |
salt is added in part as a preservative, possibly to turn second rate product to something that keeps longer on the store shelves. I think there is a higher standard for freshness for the unsalted butter in food industry, so I'd never buy salted variety. answered 11 Nov '09, 00:03 Evgeny |
I think you should use unsalted butter becuase if you are cooking a recipe you put salt in it & when you add salted butter it can give the dish extra salty taste,it can even make your dish bitter so try using unsalted butter as there is no risk in using unsalted one. answered 27 Nov '09, 09:56 visa 4 |
Wrong - buckwheat recipes don't always specify which to use. And some salted butter has as much as a teaspoon of salt per STICK. That means that a recipe calling for two sticks of butter (not specifying unsalted) and a teaspoon of salt could wind up with three times the amount of salt needed. Which of course is way too much and ruins the taste (go ahead ask me how I know this)! I don't need to ask, really. But I'm voting for your answer, having adjusted your spelling and formatting, because lots of recipes don't specify about this point. In Europe, you would not be able to sell salted butter over 0.5% salt, because local taste is accustomed to buying butter up to this level of saltiness. You only get that over-salted butter in US. In times past, it was a cover for a slightly rancid product. These days, it is just pandering to people who should have their taste buds adjusted.
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You can follow the recipe, if it needs unsalted butter then do so. In baking, most of the time it requires unsalted butter. For savory cooking, its better to use unsalted butter to control the salt in the dish. answered 15 Oct '09, 02:57 cityslicker |


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1.1 This specification covers aluminum and aluminum-alloy extruded bar, rod, wire, profile, and tube in the aluminum alloys (Note 0) and tempers shown in .
Note 0Throughout this specification, the use of the term alloy in the general sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.
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B210 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes
B211 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rolled or Cold Finished Bar, Rod, and Wire
B234 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes for Condensers and Heat Exchangers
B241/B241M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Seamless Pipe and Seamless Extruded Tube
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E607 Test Method for Atomic Emission Spectrometric Analysis Aluminum Alloys by the Point to Plane Technique Nitrogen Atmosphere
E716 Practices for Sampling and Sample Preparation of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition by Spectrochemical Analysis
E1004 Test Method for Determining Electrical Conductivity Using the Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Method
E1251 Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
G34 Test Method for Exfoliation Corrosion Susceptibility in 2XXX and 7XXX Series Aluminum Alloys (EXCO Test)
G47 Test Method for Determining Susceptibility to Stress-Corrosion Cracking of 2XXX and 7XXX Aluminum Alloy Products
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Makes me kinda sad that there are so few Xorg developers that the release will get a one year delay
Phoronix: X.Org 7.4 Creeps Closer To Release
Earlier this month we had shared the progress of X.Org 7.4 with the features slated to be included in this next X release, what features have been postponed, and the repeated delays that always seem to plague the X.Org development community. Since then there still has yet to be any official update on its status, but the Wiki continues to claim a May 2008 release. Fortunately, yesterday Adam Jackson stepped up again and released a number of X package updates, which places us a bit closer to reaching this much-delayed release.
Makes me kinda sad that there are so few Xorg developers that the release will get a one year delay
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i think xorg is doing ok. such major piece of software doesn't need often release dates. they may be scarce bu they better be good.
same goes for glibc.
It is all well and good to have slow or few releases in a year, but I still think that it is a bad situation when features are cut and the realease is still delayed. Frankly it should be one or the other
Given that xorg is almost entirely a volunteer effort, I see it differently; I'm consistently impressed with what we *do* get.
It's indeed a volunteer effort, but the time line pressure makes for a worse release experience in my opinion, there's tons of projects that just bears the traditional phrase 'when it's done' and, in this case, I think it would be better for Xorg.
Once I pinged the xorg mailing list for a report on the status for 1.4.1 release, and it was nice because it ended generating a bit of traffic, but that's not enough... polling is not a bad method for requesting some real progress, but definitely not a solution. The real solution? just let them release the drivers and make the releases as soon as they're ready.
But don't take me wrong... it would be great if they could fit the release planning criteria, but they actually fail because some drivers are broken, discussions on whether the Xorg tree should be merged (ala Kernel or XFree86 to be more graphics-wise) or not, and a variety of reasons that slow down the actual progress... a good work for their part? absolutely. a good work on their planning? absolutely not.
(but that's just my opinion on the subject)
This comment is interesting also:
I hope something good comes out of that.
speaking of which, i would be nice if amd would hire a few programmers to have them work on x.org exclusively.
right now amd has recruited few x.org people but they are mostly occupied with x.org development side-quests ;-) [like helping with documentation releases, which is not a bad thing]
there are few x.org developers already working in that manner getting paid by various companies, but the more the better.
well, there's definitely a need for more x-coders. it is one of the most important piece of software in linux. i hope that companies like nokia get more devolopers to work on it...