The growth and development of nonprofit management education as a recognized institution has been the parallel establishment of academic programs that serve the nonprofit sector. Post-baccalaureate programs, including master’s degree programs, certificate programs, and even doctoral concentrations in nonprofit management, are now found in many universities in the United States and in institutions of higher learning around the world. The questions several writers continue to ask is how relevant are these programs in our world? Will the programs be accessible to the entire universe?
This paper synthesizes three kinds of literature that analyzes the nonprofit management education (NME) during the past decades. The paper will first, examined the …show more content…
In his essay titled “the future of nonprofit management education,” Michael O’Neill predicts that nonprofit has come to stay (O’Neill, p. 170). Obviously, a number of indicators have long-established why the field will remain. First, the number of graduate and undergraduate degree programs and courses have increased. Second, the number of students enrolling in these programs is overwhelming, and third, the number of faculties dedicated exclusively or comparatively to nonprofit sector has continued to escalate. For instance, after more than 20 years existence, these numbers are still going up (at least in the United States). Thereafter, O’Neill predicts that the last two decades have seen the solid establishment of the professional careers into the masters-level programs. According to him, in the future the NME program will expand into the doctoral and undergraduate levels (O’Neill, p. 173). Conclusively, there will be a modest increase in the number of doctoral courses and dissertations on nonprofit and philanthropic topics done in a comprehensive variety of disciplines such as history, economics, sociology, political science, and management. Regrettably, his subsequent point appears like a divergence where he underlines that the challenge for the next 10 to 20 years will be the danger of success (O’Neill, p. 174). However, the good news is that the education of nonprofit managers is accepted as a valid university
This paper synthesizes three kinds of literature that analyzes the nonprofit management education (NME) during the past decades. The paper will first, examined the …show more content…
In his essay titled “the future of nonprofit management education,” Michael O’Neill predicts that nonprofit has come to stay (O’Neill, p. 170). Obviously, a number of indicators have long-established why the field will remain. First, the number of graduate and undergraduate degree programs and courses have increased. Second, the number of students enrolling in these programs is overwhelming, and third, the number of faculties dedicated exclusively or comparatively to nonprofit sector has continued to escalate. For instance, after more than 20 years existence, these numbers are still going up (at least in the United States). Thereafter, O’Neill predicts that the last two decades have seen the solid establishment of the professional careers into the masters-level programs. According to him, in the future the NME program will expand into the doctoral and undergraduate levels (O’Neill, p. 173). Conclusively, there will be a modest increase in the number of doctoral courses and dissertations on nonprofit and philanthropic topics done in a comprehensive variety of disciplines such as history, economics, sociology, political science, and management. Regrettably, his subsequent point appears like a divergence where he underlines that the challenge for the next 10 to 20 years will be the danger of success (O’Neill, p. 174). However, the good news is that the education of nonprofit managers is accepted as a valid university