TY - JOUR TI - The Role of the Questionnaire of the Commission for the Improvement of Public Administration of 1929 in the Evaluation of the Education of Candidates to Become Senior Officials of Administration AU - Przygodzki, Jacek TI - The Role of the Questionnaire of the Commission for the Improvement of Public Administration of 1929 in the Evaluation of the Education of Candidates to Become Senior Officials of Administration AB - This elaboration deals with the issue of the education of senior officials of public administration as it was evaluated in the questionnaire carried out by the 1928 Commission for the Improvement of Public Administration, established in. The Commission prepared a questionnaire about the described issues and sent it to prominent representatives of the Polish scientific community. All respondents interviewed by the Commission found that higher education must be the basis for employing people for these positions. The appropriate institutions for their education were to be faculties of law at the universities.The majority of the respondents stated that legal studies programs should be slightly modified to provide greater knowledge of administrative law and social science. The replies to the questionnaire opposed the creation of separate administrative institutes for educating senior officials.A matter of clerical practices was included in the described document, however most respondents took positions against their introduction. They argued that it could extend the duration of legal studies and that the candidates would learn the practical aspects of administrative activities during their preparatory service after completion of education at the university. VL - Volume 8 (2015) IS - Volume, 8 Issue 2 PY - 2015 SN - 2084-4115 C1 - 2084-4131 SP - 185 EP - 198 DO - 10.4467/20844131KS.15.011.3817 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kshpp/article/ksztalcenie-kandydatow-na-wyzszych-urzednikow-administracji-w-ankiecie-komisji-dla-usprawnienia-administracji-publicznej-z-1929-roku KW - the Second Republic of Poland KW - improve administration KW - clerical corps KW - reform of administration KW - Commission for the Improvement of Administration.