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Improving Competency-Based Education through Empirical Evaluation: A Mixed Methods Study of A Masters of Public Administration Program

Eugenia KuterginaDepartment of Strategic Planning and Development, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, RussiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-8849
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Anna SaninaDepartment of Public Administration, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, RussiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Aleksey BalashovDepartment of Public Administration, North-Western Institute of Management of the Russian Federation Presidential, Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, St.Petersburg, RussiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3219-085X
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James E. Willis, IIIDepartment of Philosophy and Religion, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-2961
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Pages 1-16 | Published online: 12 Apr 2019

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