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NYU Wagner Dean's issue paper for Commonwealth Fund examines CBO's Forecasts about Affordable Care ActThe Commonwealth Fund has just published an issue paper by Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner, that examines how well the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast the effects of the Affordable Care Act. The new study is entitled “The CBO’s …
Alumni In Action
Zainab AliHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? New York City has the largest school system in the country. When I was at Wagner the system had already been undergoing reform for several years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, so there truly …
Capstone Projects
Implementing Performance Measurement Tools at an NYC After-School Performing Arts ProgramOpening Act is a free, after-school theater program operating in 33 underserved New York City public high schools. Opening Act requested assistance from a Capstone team to refine and implement a newly developed performance measurement system. After …
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Process Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for a New York City After-School ProgramOpening Act is a free, year-long, after-school theater program that provides students attending New York’s most under-served public schools with weekly theater instruction from an experienced teaching artist. After eleven years of operation, Opening Act …
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The New York Transportation JournalThis issue includes an editorial on the Bond Act by NYU Wagner Rudin Center Director, Elliot G. Sander. Also included is an interview with former Mayor of Bogota and Presidential Candidate in Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, on important transportation …
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Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)… with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). I served as a Program Manager at the NYC Department of …
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Implementing the Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004Jonathan Morduch …
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Assessing the Adequacy of the Federal Employee Compensation Act: A Study of Federal Civilian Employees Deployed to Iraq and AfghanistanIncreasing numbers of federal civilian employees (FCEs) are being deployed to help aid reconstruction and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Working side by side with troops, FCEs engage in work that can put them at similar risk for injury …
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The War at Home: Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Postwar Household Stability… tenure, and extended family residence. While in the ACS white veterans are less mobile, veteran status has no … living for whites in the Census but increases it for ACS veterans of "other" races. …
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EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF NEW FINANCIAL AND SERVICE MODELS Opening Act is committed to advancing arts equity in New York City and beyond by providing free, high-quality theater programming to the city’s highest need schools. The organization works in 57 schools throughout NYC and has served over 5,000 young …
Alumni In Action
Amy HolmesCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? At Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, we advise donors of all different kinds on their charitable giving. As Director of Advisory Services at our New York City location, I oversee a team of six …
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Surgical Decompression is Associated with Decreased Mortality in Patients with Sepsis and Ureteral CalculiPurpose : The combination of sepsis and ureteral calculus is a urological emergency. Traditional teaching advocates urgent decompression with nephrostomy tube or ureteral stent placement, although published outcomes validating this treatment are lacking. …
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NYU Wagner External Scholarships DirectoryScholarships/Grants The Sarawak Foundation - The Tunku Abdul Rahman Scholarship Description: To assist students studying in either local or overseas institutions. Priorities are given to students doing their first degree, masters, doctorate or …
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Add/Drop & Course WithdrawalsThrough the start of each term, students have the ability to drop and add courses via Albert . The length of the Add/Drop period varies. Specific deadlines and dates for each term are listed on NYU's Academic Calendar . Please note: Students need …
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Strengthening the Highway Trust Fund: Short-Term OptionsIn existence since 1956, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is the source of all Federal highway funding and roughly four-fifths of all Federal transit funding. With budgetary firewalls in place since 1998 as a result of the Transportation Equity Act for the …
Faculty Profile
Katherine GraingerKatherine Grainger is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service. She is also a respected attorney, has worked on civil rights, women’s rights, labor, and education issues. Currently, Katherine is Partner of Civitas Public Affairs Group. She has …
Capstone Projects
The State of Cancer in Developing Countries of Asia and Latin America… and access to care; identified potential partners for ACS to collaborate with (mainly government agencies and … within the U.S. were also analyzed to determine how ACS can best conduct outreach to immigrant groups for …
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The State of Cancer in Developing Countries of Asia and Latin America… and access to care; identified potential partners for ACS to collaborate with (mainly government agencies and … within the U.S. were also analyzed to determine how ACS can best conduct outreach to immigrant groups for …
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Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Work Environments and Hospitalizations and ED Use among Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries… environment and 3 outcomes: Ambulatory Care Sensitive (ACS) ED visits, all-cause ED visits, and all-cause … increase in the work environment score, the risk of an ACS-ED visit decreased by 4.4% [risk ratio (RR)=0.956; 99% … There was no relationship between NP work environment and ACS hospitalizations. Conclusion : Favorable NP work …
Alumni In Action
Amy FaustHow did your Wagner experience prepare you professionally for what you are doing today? The theoretical and practical training from Wagner was key to advancing my previous position in international development and pivoting to deeper work on design and …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Service Expansion and its Impact on Sharsherets Financial Infrastructure, Marketing, and Program DevelopmentSharsheret is a national nonprofit organization of Jewish breast cancer survivors that pairs young women facing breast cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s with volunteers who can share their experiences and provide a strong support network. Sharsheret …
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IMPM-Rx Malaria Medicines for AllMalaria is responsible for 1 million deaths globally each year. With already weak health systems, sub-Saharan Africa shoulders 90% of the global burden of this deadly, yet easily treatable disease. In Cameroon, there is a 67% resistance rate to …
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IMPM-Rx Malaria Medicines for AllMalaria is responsible for 1 million deaths globally each year. With already weak health systems, sub-Saharan Africa shoulders 90% of the global burden of this deadly, yet easily treatable disease. In Cameroon, there is a 67% resistance rate to …
Faculty Profile
Amy Ellen SchwartzAmy Ellen Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Education, and Economics. During her tenure at NYU, Dr. Schwartz held the role of Director of the NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy. She also taught courses in public finance and …