University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Dissertations UMSL Graduate Works 8-19-2016 “MIND THE GAP”: THE STANDARDIZATION OF MASTER-LEVEL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES AMONG HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS Polina Kadatska University of Missouri-St. Louis,
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[email protected]. “MIND THE GAP” “MIND THE GAP”: THE STANDARDIZATION OF MASTER-LEVEL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES AMONG HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS Polina Kadatska M.S., Community and International Development, Andrews University, 2009 B.A. in Linguistics/Philology, Ukrainian College of Arts and Sciences, 2004 B.A., Management, Kiev National Economic University, 2004 A Dissertation Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Education August 2016 Advisory Committee Carl Hoalgland, Ed.D. Chairperson Natalie Bolton, Ph.D. Keith Miller, Ph.D. Margaret Scordias, Ed.D. Copyright, Polina Kadatska, 2016 “MIND THE GAP” ABSTRACT Quality education of international development/humanitarian professionals is of high importance due to increased donor demands for projects’ transparency, accountability, and efficiency. However, there is a lack of standardization of learning outcomes among the educational institutions that train the workforce for the non-profit sector.