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Designing a Public-Private Partnership Framework for 21st Century Workforce DevelopmentCiti Ventures is the innovation and venture capital team of Citigroup, a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation. Citi Ventures employs a discovery mindset to bring forth new ideas by exploring the startup landscape and …
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Developing Smart City Initiatives to Drive Local Government OutcomesHoboken, New Jersey is a compact city of 55,000 people located directly across the Hudson River from NYC. The City of Hoboken’s municipal leadership enlisted a Capstone team to support the identification and incorporation of cutting-edge smart city …
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Designing Optimal Grandfathering Provisions in a Regulatory ContextThe Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan think tank working to deliver economic and legal analysis in support of optimal policy implementation across many environmental issues. Policies and regulatory actions often include …
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Performance Measurement And Management Recommendations The Arthur Project seeks to end generational poverty through relationship-based learning. It transforms traditional mentoring by using professional mentors to work intensively with at-risk youth through the duration of middle school. Through its …
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Survey and Analysis of Community-Based Supportive Housing NonprofitsNazareth Housing is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting housing stability, helping families out of poverty, and preventing homelessness in the communities it serves. Nazareth manages several programs, including supportive housing, emergency …
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Converging Evidence for Neighborhood Effects on Children’s Test Scores: An Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Observational ComparisonRising income inequality has been found to be associated with rising segregation at the neighborhood level, generating concern about whether neighborhood environments themselves may influence children’s life chances, independent of other individual child …
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Faculty & ResearchOverview Background Articles Download list of ICD-9 codes Download list of ICD-10 codes Background/Introduction With support from the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the United Hospital Fund of New York, the NYU Center for …
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Capstone: Advanced Lab in Social Innovation IICouples with CAP-GP.3301 As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or working on a pre-approved, team-generated …Capstone Projects
MEASURING AND COMMUNICATING IMPACT IN COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDINGThe Majira Project seeks to build wealth in communities of color through entrepreneurship, by helping small business founders access capital and build strategic connections to advance their work. The organization pairs small business owners with …
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Online MHA: ImmersionLearn more about our two-and-a-half day in-person immersion, a core feature of the Online MHA curriculum where students have the opportunity to network, build relationships with healthcare leaders, and gain core skills they need to advance their …
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The Path Not Taken: How Does School Organization Affect 8th Grade Achievement?Although rearranging school organizational features is a popular school reform, little research exists to inform policymakers about how grade spans affect achievement. This article examines how grade spans and the school transitions that students make …
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Transportation Recovery in an Age of DisastersDisasters from terrorism, natural hazards and accidents are now becoming commonplace and may be increasing as a major threat against the viability of transportation infrastructure and the invaluable social services it provides. The paper first sets forth …
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Social Security and the Politics of AssumptionsThis article addresses the importance of economic and demographic assumptions in framing the public policy process. It examines functions of such assumptions as an important aspect of government and as a new challenge for public managers. Using Social …
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Long-Term Associations of Homelessness with Children's Well-BeingTo analyze long-term consequences of homelessness, the authors compared 388 formerly homeless children 55 months after shelter entry with 382 housed peers, birth to 17, using mother- and child-reported health, mental health, community involvement, …
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Enacting Labor Management Cooperation: New Competencies for the New TimesThe public sector currently employs around 40 percent of all union members in the United States. Pressures for cost-effective and quality government services have placed new demands on the labor-management relationship. A fluctuating set of expectations …
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Replicating Microfinance in the United States: Opportunities and ChallengesMicrofinance was pioneered in the developing world as the lending of small amounts of money to entrepreneurs who lacked the kinds of credentials and collateral demanded by banks. Similar practices spread from the developing to the developed world, …
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A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO INTERRUPTING CYCLES OF VIOLENCE AND INCARCERATIONThe Trenton Police Department (TPD) has partnered with local organizations to launch Trenton Community Street Teams (TCST), a community-based violence intervention and prevention initiative designed to eliminate the cycle of violence in Trenton, New …
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UNGUARANTEED LOAN SECURITIES: A COMPARATIVE MARKET ANALYSISGuidehouse is a public-sector advisory firm that provides loan servicing, technology modernization, and financial services for US Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs. Guidehouse tasked a Capstone team to explore the possibility of a …
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INCREASING IMPACT BY IDENTIFYING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KEY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) is committed to promoting human dignity and protecting the planet. With support from corporate funding, BKMC highlights international issues in the areas of climate and sustainability, public health, and …
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Cities—faced with climate change—must prove resilientNYU Wagner hosted its annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum bringing together policymakers and thought-leaders to explore this year’s theme: Cities, Climate Change, and Resilience. Industry expert Amy Chester and NYU Wagner professor Gernot Wagner led …
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Development of a predictive model to identify inpatients at risk of re-admission within 30 days of discharge (PARR-30)Objectives To develop an algorithm for identifying inpatients at high risk of re-admission to a National Health Service (NHS) hospital in England within 30 days of discharge using information that can either be obtained from hospital information systems …
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State and City Government Ethics Are the Focus of One-Day Conference at NYU WagnerNumerous states and cities have experienced a cascade of criminal and ethical violations by public servants in recent years. What can policy makers and professionals who interact with city and state government agencies and legislatures do to limit …
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Luciana MermetTell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly describe your employment organization and position responsibilities, as well as any relevant volunteer or entrepreneurial activities? I currently work with the United Nations Development …
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Student Spotlight: Gabriel Negrón Torres (MUP 2026)In celebration of the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re shining a light on the Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) —a student-led organization at NYU Wagner that builds community and advances professional …