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Do Good High Schools Produce Good College Students? Early Evidence From New York CityWe examine variation in high school and college outcomes across New York City public high schools. Using data on 80,000 students who entered high school in 1998 and following them into the City University of New York, we investigate whether schools that …
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Capstone Eligibility… real-world problem. In the other type of Capstone project (called "Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative …
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Leveling the Playing Field: The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and Tax-Exempt Borrowing by Nonprofit Colleges and UniversitiesAs part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, non-hospital nonprofit organizations were subject to a $150 million cap on tax-exempt debt outstanding. This federally-imposed constraint was lifted by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. This paper examines how this …
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Doris ZahnerDr. Doris Zahner is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is also the Chief Academic Officer at the Council for Aid to Education (CAE), a non-profit educational assessment …
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Debates of the Century: Should Public College be Free?Debates of the Century: Should Public College be Free? …
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WSA Executive Board… Wagner, I spent two years at a non-profit organization called City Year New York, where I mentored students in …
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Event Recap: Public Science is for The People with Jason Coupet… and directly engage with real-world challenges. Coupet called for scholars to adopt community-driven approaches to … research must lead to public benefit. To achieve this, he called for greater institutional support for community …
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Unique BrathwaiteUnique Brathwaite is a nonprofit leader and educator with 25 years of experience in leadership development, change management, and fundraising strategy. She brings her extensive professional expertise into the classroom, integrating systems thinking and …
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Spotlight Archives… felt so personal to her. In the book, there is a character called Andy who is helping Señora Dominguez carry her … invoked the Chinese Exclusion Case in upholding Trump’s so-called Muslim travel ban. Recently, however, Texas and other …
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A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It… executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called “the true test” of a good government. This book …
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Patrick SpausterPatrick Spauster is a data journalist and urban planner. He graduated from Wagner’s urban planning program in 2022 where he was an inaugural Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellow. He is the Data Fellow at the Furman Center for Real Estate …
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Student Veteran Alexander Marte Shares His Story and Goals for the Future"How can we change our systems to focus on specific veterans issues, like homelessness and mental health?" – Alexander Marte (MUP 2017), U.S. Marine Corps …
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Health Degree ProgramsNYU Wagner's Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Health Policy & Management and Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) prepare you to make a long and lasting impact on the health sector. Learn more about what makes each program …
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Book Review of Inclusive teaching: Strategies for promoting equity in the college classroomBook Review of Inclusive teaching: Strategies for promoting equity in the college classroom …
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Alumni Spotlight: Joi J. Rae (MPA-PNP 2018)… My classmate, Whitley Richards, works for an organization called Cause Strategy Partners (CSP). CSP runs a program called BoardLead that I learned about through Whitley. … part of the BoardLead process, I matched with a non-profit called the Ya-Ya Network. Ya-Ya is a New York based …
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Health Degree Programs at NYU WagnerThe MS in Health Law and Strategy (jointly conferred with NYU School of Law) and NYU Wagner's Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Health Policy & Management and Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) all prepare you to make a long and lasting …
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Melissa BeckMelissa M. Beck is the inaugural executive director of the Sozosei Foundation. She has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, having managed and grown large-scale nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Before she joined the Sozosei …
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Hedieh FakhriyazdiHedieh Fakhriyazdi is the Chief Diversity Officer at White & Case where she is responsible for accelerating the Firm's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts to further build a diverse work environment and nurture a culture of inclusion across their global …
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Recommending Strategies for the Repurposing of Gould Memorial LibraryBronx Community College is a community college within the City University of New York system. The Bronx Community College Foundation (BCC Foundation) provides support for scholarships, research, and program development at the college. Gould Memorial …
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Student Spotlight: Maya Koehn-Wu (MUP 2026)… studies, I helped develop a community-led initiative called Cville Tulips, which focused on building community …
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Rudin Center Report: Expanding One Law Could Save New Yorkers Billions on InfrastructureA report released June 24 by the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management (housed at NYU Wagner) shows New York could save taxpayers billions of dollars simply by authorizing widespread use of Design-Build procurement practices on public …