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Connecting Teachers Using Ed Tech via EdproconnectClassrooms have widely adopted educational technology (EdTech) as a means to offer more personalized learning. However, while there is a proliferation of solutions in the global ed tech market, which is estimated to reach $252 billion by 2020, little is …
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Capstone Engagement FeePayments for this program will be accepted by credit card only: VISA, MasterCard, AmericanExpress Capstone Client Information All fields marked with are required. First Name Last Name Project Liaison Organization Address Address 2 City State …
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Urban Policy - PhDThis field prepares students to undertake research related to urban areas. Fundamentally, cities are about proximity and heterogeneity, which bring both benefits and costs. Bringing large numbers of diverse people together in small spaces means …
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Mass Administration Reorganization, Media Attention and the Paradox of InformationHow does media attention influence government decisions about whether to terminate independent administrative agencies? We argue that an agency’s salience with partisan audiences has a direct effect, but a high media profile can disrupt normal government …
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The Role of Medicaid in Improving Access to Care for Homeless PeopleThis report examines the ability of homeless people to get the health care they need. In particular, it asks whether having health insurance increases access to care for homeless people, as it does for the housed population. Within the general rubric of …
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ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE ON PARENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIABecause the US is the only developed country that does not have a comprehensive Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, many states have considered establishing their own programs. California implemented a PFL policy in July 2004, and several other states are …
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The effect of changes in Medicare reimbursement on the practice of office and hospital-based endoscopic surgery for bladder cancerBackground : Procedures performed in the office offer potential cost savings. Recent analyses suggest, however, that a fee-for-service system may incentivize subscale operations and, thus, contribute to excessive spending. The authors of this report …
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Prediction of patient-specific risk and percentile cohort risk of pathological stage outcome using continuous prostate-specific antigen measurement, clinical stage and biopsy Gleason scoreObjectives : To develop a ‘2010 Partin Nomogram’ with total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) as a continuous biomarker, in light of the fact that the current 2007 Partin Tables restrict the application of tPSA as a non-continuous biomarker by creating …
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Sean MillerSean (he/him) is a former teacher and swim coach. His work in teaching, coaching, and education policy spans over a decade from New York and New Jersey to the Middle East to teaching middle school in Baltimore. He worked for four years in administration …
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The Emergence of the "Super-Commuter"The twenty-first century is emerging as the century of the "super-commuter," a person who works in the central county of a given metropolitan area, but lives beyond the boundaries of that metropolitan area, commuting long distance by air, rail, car, bus, …
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EXPLORING MIDWESTERN LABOR LAWS AND HOUSING POLICY DURING THE GREAT RECOVERYSix states passed Right-to-Work (RTW) statutes between 2001 and 2017 that made it illegal for employers to require their workers to pay union dues. The team theorized that the loss of union benefits such as regular wage increases, health insurance, and …
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Financial Performance and Outreach: A Global Analysis of Leading MicrobanksMicrofinance promises to reduce poverty by employing profit-making banking practices in low-income communities. Many microfinance institutions have secured high loan repayment rates but, so far, relatively few earn profits. We examine why this promise …
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The Homeland Security HashFour years after it opened its doors, the Department of Homeland Security is by general agreement one of the most troubled cabinet-level agencies in the federal government. Hardly a day goes by without some fresh report on a contract gone bad, a new …
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City Health Dashboard Expanding to 500 More CitiesThe City Health Dashboard—an innovative health data visualization tool created by the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU in partnership with the National Resource …
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NYU School of Professional StudiesOVERVIEW While we cannot guarantee capacity for Wagner students in NYU School of Professional Studies' (SPS) courses, you are welcome to request registration for an approved course. All courses taken must be credit bearing and must award a standard grade; …
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ADDRESSING FOOD WASTE AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETSThe goal of Veggie Fruitful is to minimize the amount of leafy greens and tomatoes that farmers harvest and take to local markets but cannot sell due to their short life span. To understand the market, the Capstone team identified farmers in New York who …
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Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in New York CityThe year 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), which has the authority to designate areas as historic districts and to designate individual, interior and scenic landmark sites. The LPC …
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Social Investment Through the Lens of MicrofinanceThe reality of social investment can be messy. How could it not be? The aim is to support a new sort of capitalist endeavor driven by pursuit of social progress rather than just pursuit of profit. Yet modern history has been shaped by the tensions between …
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Pathway to Insurance Coverage for Healthcare Wearable TechnologyCareBand is a healthcare wearable technology company that strives to reduce death and injuries due to dementia-related wandering and to keep patients with dementia living safe, independent lives. It does so by deploying location and activity monitoring …
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North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health SystemCompleting a project under the direction of senior leadership of the North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System Quality Management Department, the administrative residents had the opportunity to determine why the compliance rate for smoking cessation …
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Impressed to Inspired: A Conversation with the NYU Wagner Alum Behind New York’s Grassroots Housing Movement by: Rhea Almeida (MPA-PNP) “I spent three weeks looking for a place in Brooklyn and almost died,” a friend and fellow Wagner student said about his experience house-hunting in New York City. As a first-year graduate student, I faced my own challenges …
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Political Knowledge and Misinformation in the Era of Social Media: Evidence From the 2015 UK ElectionDoes social media educate voters, or mislead them? This study measures changes in political knowledge among a panel of voters surveyed during the 2015 UK general election campaign while monitoring the political information to which they were exposed on …
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PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT AND ADDRESSING RACIALLY DISPARATE IMPACTS IN PASCOPasco is a small city in eastern Washington with a majority Hispanic population where housing production has lagged behind rapid population growth. Lower-income households in Pasco have been disproportionately affected by displacement, overcrowding, and …
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Do Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Have Economically Integrated Schools?The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, …