User talk:Gary Hoggatt

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MPA article
After looking over your addition, I'm not sure if it is wise to add that Cal State Sacramento offers a different degree. Though they may call it something different, the accrediting body for PA schools sees it simply as an MPA pdf description. Further searching shows other schools offering a degree in most aspects the same as an MPA, but call themselves something else. In reality, the MPP and MPA are fairly similar anymore, with MPA students (being the larger group) focusing on policy from day one, and intensively in the second year. Rkevins82 - TALK 03:07, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Rkevins82! Thanks for taking an interest in my comment. The pdf you linked to is for CSU Stanislaus, not CSU Sacramento, and I couldn't find Sacramento on the page you linked to. The reason I added the Sacramento MPPA program (from which I graduated, if you checked my info) was to illustrate the convergence of the Policy and Admin sides of the discipline. In that regard, I think the inclusion of CSU Sacramento serves a purpose. Gary Hoggatt 20:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)