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RefundsTUITION REFUND SCHEDULE It is your responsibility as a student to be aware of the refund deadlines posted on the NYU Bursar's website and on NYU’s Academic Calendar . In the fall, spring, and summer terms, course drop and refund deadlines vary and are …
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Co-Lead LabThe first Collective Leadership Laboratory (Co-Lead Lab), a semester-long leadership laboratory, launched in Fall 2017. It offered Wagner students the frameworks and tools to become more impactful and collaborative leaders. The program included an …
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Public Policy & Management MinorIn an age of increasing public-private cooperation, with the traditional lines between government, business, and the nonprofit sectors blurred, NYU Wagner and the NYU Stern School of Business offer a collaborative undergraduate minor in Public Policy and …
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Communication Skills for Policy AnalystsOpen only to students in the MSPP program. Communication Skills for Policy Analysts is a seminar course that simulates a fast-paced public policy environment where different stakeholders require a constant flow of written and oral communication work …Publication
Housing Production Subsidies and Neighborhood Revitalization: New York City’s Ten Year Capital Plan for HousingA perennial question in housing policy concerns the form that housing assistance should take. Although some argue that housing assistance should be thought of as a form of income support and advocate direct cash grants to needy households, others favor …
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NYU Wagner Graduates Gather in New E 17th Street Home for AlumNite 2025On June 12, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted AlumNite—the first time this celebration and fundraiser was hosted in its new home on East 17th Street—welcoming graduates ranging from the Classes of 1976 to 2025. Following a reception for the Host Committee …
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Social Entrepreneurship MinorThe heart of entrepreneurship is learning not merely to survive but to flourish in a world of change. The joint Stern/Wagner minor in Social Entrepreneurship gives you the preparation you need to flourish in our rapidly changing world while focusing your …
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ADVANCING EQUITABLE BUILDING DECARBONIZATIONThe Institute of Sustainable Communities (ISC) has collaborated with organizations nationwide to implement sustainable decarbonization pilots in Oakland, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, in order to address the exclusion of low-income communities of color …
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An Intellectual History of Institutional Theory: Looking Back to Move ForwardAlong with the advancement and growth of institutional theory over the past seven decades has come increasing plurality in its theoretical and empirical approaches, along with a number of critiques about its coherence and impact. We address these …
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The True Size of GovernmentThis book addresses a seemingly simple question: Just how many people really work for the federal government? Official counts show a relatively small total of 1.9 million full-time civil servants, as of 1996. But, according to Paul Light, the true head …
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Narrowing the Gender Gap in Mobile BankingMobile banking and related digital financial technologies can make financial services cheaper and more widely accessible in low-income economies, but gender gaps persist. We present evidence from two connected field experiments in Bangladesh designed to …
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A Fresh Look for Governors IslandIn the past, various plans have been proposed to develop Governors Island, however all have relied heavily on government support. This study intends to present a plan that will create a public space devoid of any outside financial support so that …
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Migration Choices of the Boomerang Generation: Does Returning Home Dampen Labor Market Adjustment? This paper documents a linkage between two empirical trends: the low levels of out-migration from weak labor markets, and the increasing rate at which young adults return to live with their parents (‘boomerang’). Using the American Community Survey, we …
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Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience Global Practice Supporting the Global Lab on Metropolitan Strategic PlanningIn April 2013, the World Bank and the Regional Plan Association (RPA) of New York launched the Global Lab on Metropolitan Strategic Planning (MetroLab) in New York City. The MetroLab community of practice is part of a program of activities and services …
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An Unconventional Path: Seung Hyun Moon’s (MPA-HPAM 2006) Journey from NYU Wagner to BioTech ExecutiveGrowing up in Korea, Seung Hyun Moon (MPA-HPAM 2006) would have never imagined where his career would take him. Once a burgeoning physician, Moon then graduated from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service with an MPA degree in health …
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Numbers and stories: demonstrating valueThe Time In Children’s Arts Initiative is an art-centric educational program designed to improve children’s intellectual, aesthetic, and social-emotional capacity. Each week, Time In brings children from some of the city’s most under-resourced public …
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Communicating the contribution: a plan to leverage social services dataSince 1986, Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) has helped Harlem residents rebuild and sustain their community by providing economic development and empowerment opportunities. Focusing on the Bradhurst neighborhood, HCCI develops …
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Strategies to increase revenueBuilt in 1976, the Brooklyn Sports Club (BSC) is a membership-based fitness center and pool located on the property of Spring Creek Towers, the largest federally-assisted rental property in the United States. The combination of underutilization and a …
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Recapturing the West ShoreThe Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) is a nonprofit organization focused on bringing public and private investment to Staten Island to enhance the local economy. Staten Island’s West Shore has long been overlooked by the region’s …
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Affordable Housing Models for the Justice-involved PopulationEnterprise Community Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity by investing in affordable housing solutions through public and private partnerships, and scaling these solutions through political advocacy. Nationwide, …
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Strategies to Engage a Wider ConstituencyTake Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation encourages young people to learn more about the workplace and potential future careers—working with schools, companies, and community organizations to make its signature programming a success. The Foundation …
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Enhancing Accountability Through Results-oriented Monitoring and Evaluation SystemsSonia M. Ospina, Nuria Cunill-Grau, and Claudia Maldonado …
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Alain BertaudAlain Bertaud is an urbanist, who recently joined the team of the NYU Marron Institute and NYU Stern Urbanization Project as a Senior Research Scholar. Prior to his assignment with NYU in October 2012, he had been working as an independent consultant for …
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Streamlining Expansion of Primary Education in Latin AmericaProject Alianza is an international nonprofit whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty in rural coffee communities by bringing educational resources to children living and working on coffee farms. Approximately 2.6 million school-aged children in …