Institute of Public Administration, University of the Philippines

BOTH the United Nations and the United States technical assistance programs are giving increasing attention to the establishment of training and research centers in public administration. In sponsoring these centers, such as the new Institute of Public Administration in the Philippines, those concerned with project priorities should be commended for supporting some projects with broad, long-term educational objectives rather than only those having immediate impact. American foreign aid administrators, responsible to a Congress restive for early dividends, have not always been so sympathetic toward the idea of establishing public administration centers as at present. The public administration center at the University of the Philippines, being established with the technical cooperation of the University of Michigan and with financial support of the United States and Philippine governments, must perhaps be justified on faith at this point. Because of its long-term potential rather than prospective short-run returns, the new Institute of Public Administration in Manila is a