This article aims to discuss the health of the public administration discipline in the US higher education system. In particular, it debates two possible alternatives: decline or reposition. The paper analyzes the academic offers of political science, public policy, and public administration programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The Results highlight that the public administration discipline is currently at a crucial point. The core attention within both governments and higher education is more focused on politics and policies than on management. Accordingly, this scenario has two main effects. First, it creates an imbalance between the political discourse, the formulation/execution of public policies, and the managing of effective public sector organizations. Second, it might lead the discipline of public administration into a decline. Nevertheless, public administration can find a reposition within social sciences by developing more openness and a process of cross-contamination with other humanistic disciplines.

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公共管理在高等教育中挣扎吗？来自美国情景的证据

本文旨在探讨美国高等教育系统中公共管理学科的健康状况。特别是，它讨论了两种可能的选择：拒绝或重新定位。本文分析了本科和研究生阶段的政治学、公共政策和公共管理课程的学术课程。结果强调，公共行政学科目前正处于关键时刻。政府和高等教育的核心注意力更多地集中在政治和政策上，而不是管理上。因此，这种情况有两个主要影响。首先，它在政治话语、公共政策的制定/执行和有效的公共部门组织的管理之间造成了不平衡。第二，它可能导致公共行政学科走向衰落。尽管如此，公共行政可以通过发展更多的开放性和与其他人文学科交叉感染的过程，在社会科学中找到重新定位。