Chet Newland is a teacher at the University of Southern California, where he is the Duggan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration. He is a fellow and a past trustee of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). He is a past national president of the American Society for Public Adminis- tration (ASPA). He is an honorary member of the International City/County Management Association. He was the editor in chief of the Public Administration Review, 1984-1990. Professor Newland was the initial director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. He served twice as director of the Federal Executive Institute, the U.S. Government's training and development center for top executives.

Chet Newland's professional activities outside North America have been in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Moldova, Poland, Russia, and Taiwan.