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Your Alumni News for July 2017… Wise (MPA 2008), Director of New Orleans' Office of Performance and Accountability, was featured in The Wall … Martha Stark will teach MPSO, Financial Management, and Performance Measurement & Management. Travis St. Clair will …
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Intervening Pre-Admission for Elective Bariatric Surgery… identified practices that could be shared to improve the performance of both campuses and recommended using this …
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Developing Affordable Housing with EB-5The Capstone team worked with McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS), a leading national developer of low- and mixed-income housing, to ascertain the viability of securing funding from the EB-5 immigrant investor program to urban residential development. The EB-5 …
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Improving Data Collection Methods at FEGS to Optimize EfficiencyFounded in 1934, FEGS is one of the largest and most diverse nonprofit health and human services organizations in the US. FEGS Behavioral Health Division, responsible for tracking and submitting financial and statistical information to outside funding …
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Evaluating and Planning for ExpansionCatholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers (CBSBB) is a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring services to New York City’s children regardless of religious affiliation. The unique program focuses on strengthening each child’s entire family by providing …
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Donor Research and Service DesignThe Jewish Communal Fund (JCF), a publicly supported foundation, promotes charitable giving to sectarian and non-sectarian organizations through donor advised funds. JCF engaged a Capstone team to determine which factors influence a donor to invest …
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Analyzing Data to Evaluate the Success of the Community Renaissance Strategy Model… for the design and implementation of an evaluation and performance measurement framework for the Community …
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Executive Master of Public Administration Application Checklist… come from an individual who can objectively assess your performance and your potential for success in your NYU Wagner …
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Strategic Direction in Mission-Related Investing Confluence Philanthropy advances mission-aligned investing by supporting a community of 200 foundations, families, individual donors, and investment advisors committed to moving philanthropic assets towards mission-related investments. Confluence …
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Don WaisanenDon Waisanen is an Adjunct Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is also a Professor in the Baruch College, CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, where he received the Presidential …
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Issues of Climate Change and Its Impacts on the Infrastructure in the Metro East Coast (MEC) Region of the US… jurisdictions. Unclear funding mechanisms, spotty economic performance, and deferred infrastructure maintenance are …
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Contextual Competence: Multiple Manifestations Among Urban Adolescents… competence was based on youth self-reports of involvement, performance, and relationship quality in the peer, school, …
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Learning from Diversity: A Theoretical Exploration… the role of cultural diversity, moderates diverse group performance. One perspective, the integration and learning …
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Small Schools, Large Districts: Small School Reform and New York City’s Students… engagement, school culture, and, ultimately, student performance has drawn many supporters. However, educators, …
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The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client AgenciesMany schools have experiential learning projects, often termed “capstones,” where students combine theory and practice for the benefit of an outside agency. New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (NYU Wagner) has devoted …
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ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF NYC HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICY ON SCHOOL FUNDRAISING… on factors such as student attendance and past academic performance. The Capstone team explored the impact of this …
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Institute for Urban Family HealthThe Resident divided her residency between the Administration Department and Bronx Health REACH, a CDC funded initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Southwest Bronx. In Administration, the Resident was responsible for …
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Reducing Length of Stay on General Medicine UnitsThe effective management of Length of Stay (LOS), or the duration of a single episode of hospitalization, is critical to ensuring positive patient outcomes as well as managing hospital resources effectively. In order to reduce LOS, it is imperative to …
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Evaluating the New York State Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program… a Capstone team to conduct an assessment of BOA program performance. To assess the efficacy of the BOA program, the …
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An Interview-Based Case Study Analysis of UNEAD Electoral Assistance in Liberia and Nigeria… focus of this Capstone project was to examine the role and performance of EAD in the 2005 Liberian and upcoming 2007 …
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Determining Correlates of Perceived Effective Communication between Attending Physicians and House OfficersEffective interactions between attending physicians and house officers in a teaching hospital are of great importance to patient care quality and successful medical education. The Capstone team worked with the Chief of Medicine at the New York University …
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Paying for Government through Cost Recovery… economic efficiency, recover costs or improve management performance. …
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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentIn 1998, New Jersey enacted the Rehabilitation Subcode, which simplified all construction codes pertaining to the rehabilitation of buildings and spurred a significant statewide increase in rehabilitation. The New York City Department of Housing …
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The Analysis of Planned Parenthood of New York Citys First Client ContactPlanned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) has been in operation for 85 years, providing advanced services and education as well as powerful advocacy to expand reproductive freedom. Following a 2001 customer satisfaction survey that indicated that the …