Project Details

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  • Developing an Undergraduate Degree in Public Transportation Administration and Management

    NCDOT Research Project Number: 2006-21

Executive Summary
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    Experiences and results of research by the North Carolina Central University Department of Public Administration while a conducting feasibility study for establishing a new multidisciplinary undergraduate degree in public transportation administration and management are shared. Multiple research methods yielded information about the perspectives of employees in managerial, supervisory and non-supervisory occupations in the North Carolina public transportation industry. ​

    Methods used included a literature review of education and curriculum planning for transportation degrees at public colleges and universities; focus groups (qualitative research) to acquire an understanding and perspectives of employees and stakeholders in the public transportation industry for establishing a degree; interviews and surveys of directors of North Carolina public universities and select University Transportation Centers.

    Some of the key findings include overwhelming support for establishing a new four-year degree at a public North Carolina University. Public transportation employees described the conditions and support they would need to enroll in a four-year program. Managers and supervisors described the kinds of support they would be willing to give to employees enrolled in a four year program. Other interest expressed for certification or short-courses, online courses, and availability of courses within 30 miles of employee¿s residence.
Principal Investigator
  
Researchers
  
Cassandra Atkinson
Committee Chairman
  
Miriam Perry
Project Manager
  
Mustan Kadibhai, PE, CPM

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Report Period
  • August 2005 - July 2006

Status
  • Complete

Category
  • Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal

Sub Category
  • Management

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