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Understanding Your Audience… The team used current audience data and information about peer organizations to craft recommendations for Snug …
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ReEngineering the Immigrant Student Aid ProgramHebrew Free Loan Society (HFLS) promotes economic selfsufficiency in New York by providing interestfree loans. One of its largest programs, Immigrant Student Aid, helps immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union finance higher education for their …
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The utility of social capital in studies on health determinants… or empirical justification for their use, conclusions about the likely role of "social capital" on population …
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Using GIS to Examine Environmental Injustice in the South Bronx. The Case of Waste Transfer Stations… the analysis of demographic and socioeconomic data about people living in close proximity to waste transfer …
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Decentralization in Africa: Goals, Dimensions, Myths and Challenges… linked. Next, a few popular myths and misconceptions about decentralisation are explored. Finally, a number of …
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Teaching Future Healthcare Financial Managers to Use Evidence… provide more education regarding the goals of research and about the different types of research methods, then …
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Identity and Diversity in Public Service: The Personal, Professional, and Political … co-author of "The Color Bind: Talking (and Not Talking) About Race at Work hosted Identity and Diversity in Public … of the discussion and how candid Martha and Erica were about talking about their journeys. Erica noted how her upbringing made her …
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Projects… to help Fellows think intentionally and strategically about their own leadership and careers. Learn more … The …
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Childhood lead exposure after the phaseout of leaded gasoline: an ecological study of school-age children in Kampala, Uganda.… lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the …
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Understanding the Unintended Effects of Youth-Targeted Alcohol Control PoliciesAfter many studies conducted during the 1970s found that a lower drinking age had an effect upon the number of motor vehicle crashes involving teens, many stakeholders began to call for an increase in the minimum legal drinking age. While many states …
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NYU Wagner Double Major Kelsey Moore Named Valedictorian at CAS… We couldn't agree more! “Truly be unapologetic about who you are, and what you want,” she's quoted saying. …
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The Price of Promises Made… up a tab of more than $95 billion and continue to charge about $5 billion more annually to this bill. The current debt equals about $30,000 for each household in New York City, and the …
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The Merit and Reputation of an Administration: Presidential Appointees on the Appointments Process… leaders would enact. “There is nothing I am so anxious about as good nominations,” Thomas Jefferson wrote at the …
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The Search for Social Entrepreneurship… themselves. The copious information available about each has yet to be mined for lessons on making social …
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WSA Executive Board… with like-minded peers who are equally passionate about public service. I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to organizing engaging …
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Connect With Us… (via Zoom or phone). Get answers to your questions about NYU Wagner's degree programs and admissions process. … with an admissions representative … Hear first-hand about the NYU Wagner student experience and the value of our …
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Should Capstone Activities Be Subject to the Human Subjects Review Process?… the projects might involve interviewing service recipients about sensitive issues. Other projects would give teams …
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Bob WinthropWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? At the time I was considering graduate school, I was working for MDRC in NYC - focused on low income and youth development issues - and the senior staff there advised me that Wagner was the best public …
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A Bold Vision for School Desegregation… Urbanist Richard Buery presented a series of conversations about public policy in New York City. The third and final … forum featured Council Member Brad Lander , who talked about his efforts to promote integration in New York City …
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Evaluation Plan and Implementation Strategy… a report that included a logic model, and information about best practices in outcome evaluation, program …
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Child and Adolescent Fast Food Choice and the Influence of Calorie Labeling… consumption of children. However, we know very little about how children or their parents make fast-food choices, …
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Identifying Practices that Increase Ethnic and Racial Diversity of Senior Management… of member organizations. Although much has been written about workplace diversity in general, little research has …
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Aruba's Prime Minister Mike Eman Shows Path to a Sustainable Future… in government planning. These and other efforts brought about the reshaping of the streetscape, the refurbishment of …
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Women in Consulting Panel… own careers and sections of the industry. When asked about navigating "imposter syndrome" that often accompanies … During the open Q&A, student attendees asked questions about how to start their own consulting businesses, such as …