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Converging Evidence for Neighborhood Effects on Children’s Test Scores: An Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Observational Comparison… segregation at the neighborhood level, generating concern about whether neighborhood environments themselves may … question for research and public policy is to learn more about the conditions under which neighborhoods matter for … sufficiently strong research designs to support inferences about neighborhood effects on children’s outcomes, and by the …
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What Do We Know About Housing Choice Vouchers?… effective as the program is, there is still much to learn about its operation and how we might improve it. … What Do We Know About Housing Choice Vouchers? …
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Student Spotlight: Ana Gabriela Cerón-Oviedo… Ana Gabriela Cerón-Oviedo, MPA-PNP 2025 Can you share a bit about yourself and what motivated you to attend a school of … pursuing my master’s degree has made me more critical about certain issues and more strategic in allocating my time … for getting involved with these organizations? I learned about ALAS before coming to pursue my master’s degree, as I …
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Jacob Berman… a graduate degree, and I was kind of lost. I had heard about Wagner from a friend, and after researching it online …
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Transitioning to a Solar-Powered Bus Fleet: Gauging the Potential of Solar Power in the MTA’s Zero-Emission Fleet Transition… new potential pathways forward. One of these ideas is about the role of renewable energy such as solar; the MTA has …
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Jacob VictoryJacob Victory is Associate Clinical Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, Director of MPA-Health Policy and Management Program, and Director, MS in Health Law and Strategy Program, a joint graduate degree sponsored by NYU Law and NYU Wagner. …
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The Rules of the Intergovernmental Game in East Asia: Comparing Decentralization Frameworks and ProcessesAlthough political forces have largely driven decentralization in East Asia and most countries face similar reform challenges, their decentralization experiences are far from uniform. Countries have adopted different intergovernmental structures, …
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Cherrelle Hall… during my time at NYU Wagner. I learned so much about myself as a leader and how I want to show up in the … What advice would you give to someone considering or about to enter the EMPA Program? The advice I would give is …
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NYU Wagner Graduates Are Finalists for Robin Hood Foundation College Success Prize… child guardians to keep track of and readily communicate about tardiness and absences. Good luck, Kinvolved! …
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Student Spotlight: Kartika Fuentes (MPA 2023)… undergraduate studies in Ecuador where I became passionate about social justice. I became involved with the Indigenous … Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez where I learned more in depth about how community organizing can be translated into legislative advocacy efforts. Learning about community work within the nonprofit sector and the …
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Advocacy & Political Action Specialization… While we prefer applicants to have about two years of relevant professional experience, such as … individual lending institutions. Please think carefully about your obligations as a borrower before pursuing any … in public and nonprofit management and policy. Learn More About the Curriculum Program Requirements Below is an …
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Alumni Voices: Razakh Abukar Abdirahman (MPA 2019)… the NYC Schools Survey. During this period, Razakh learned about obtaining data and utilizing results to illustrate …
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Student Spotlight: Abdulla Alhussam (MPA)… Degree Program and Specialization: (MPA-PNP) 1. Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in Dubai during a time …
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Seun Owolabi… Can you tell us about your employer and job responsibilities? I work in … year at Wagner allowed me to explore topics I didn’t know about, or if I did, didn’t know the name of, like complexity … impressive lady. I did and we had a great conversation about operations, capturing metrics, and the impact on its …
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Environmental and individual factors affecting menu labeling utilization: a qualitative research study… and time constraints, confusion and lack of understanding about caloric values, as well as the priority of preference, …
Capstone Projects
Inputs to Development: How the Millennium Development Goals Affect Nonprofit ResourcesA set of eight global priorities to eradicate extreme poverty, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were met with great optimism in 2000. While many studies have examined developmental progress in the intervening 15 years, how much of …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017… Valley Health Care System, recently co-authored a book about empowering students. Oliver Wise (MPA 2008), Director … Thad Calabrese (PhD 2009) was quoted in Marketplace about the effect on towns when shopping malls run into … Ingrid Gould Ellen spoke on the Us & Them podcast about gentrification and the evolution of a neighborhood. …
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About Walter Stafford… policymaking that this project was conceived. Read more about Professor Stafford's approach to research. Click here … for Walter Stafford's publications. Click here to read about Walter Stafford's Approach to Poverty Research and … About Walter Stafford …
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Erin Longbothum… project manager on a day-to-day basis. What do you enjoy about your job? One of the greatest things about my job is that I get to see the direct impact of my … one distinct career trajectory in mind, but when I think about the future at this point in time, I think I would like …
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Madina P. Ouedraogo… legacy much greater than yourself. Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? The role of the Policy Team …
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Kate Chandler… public as part of the UK civil service. Can you tell us about your current job duties? I lead an inspection and …
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Laurie Price… Tell us about your current public service work. Can you briefly … and my level of preparation, I felt incredibly frustrated about understanding how decisions were made in or out of my … to change but didn't know where to start. After reading about public administration, I thought that this would be the …
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