PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PROFESSIONALISM Over the years since the introduction of the first graduate program in public administration, the field has gone through various scrutiny and evolutions. From the debate on whether to make it a profession or not to present where a local district has been forcing its employees in the public administration to choose between their job and the positions on elected school boards. This follows a policy prohibiting the government employees from taking political positions. Further, the policy prohibits employees from the municipal from serving on the associations in the local community, federal as well as the provincial constituency associations. Reeve said that the policy is in efforts to ensure put a clear distinction between the municipal district and the organizations it deals with in terms of finances and politics (Negoita, Palade, & KES. 2003).