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Our HistoryFrom the very beginning, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service has always been about preparing people to serve the needs of others. We trace our roots back to 1938 when NYU—in response to overfilled public service-oriented …
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NYU Wagner honors 375 graduating students at 2018 ConvocationIn a time when, as Dean Sherry Glied put it, “well-funded propaganda machines pump out click-bait headlines, and partisans of all stripes shout ‘fake news!,’” the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU proudly heralded the success of …
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Julia LaneJulia Lane is a Professor Emerita at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a NYU Provostial Fellow for Innovation Analytics. She cofounded the Coleridge Initiative, whose goal is to use data to transform the way governments access and use …
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Student Spotlight: Shannon Flores (MPA 2024)As a second-year Master of Public Administration student and Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, Shannon is drawing from her personal experience with California State Legislature and the NYC Mayor's Office of City Legislative Affairs as well as her desire to …
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NYU Wagner students win Healthcare Makerthon, advance to prototyping competitionNYU Wagner Health Policy and Management students Danny Silk and Sabina Braverman (MPA Candidates 2018), and their cross-disciplinary NYU team, were selected on December 7 as the overall winners of the Phase III of the NYU Healthcare Makerthon . Their …
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Certificates & Non-Degree ProgramsIf you're looking to make a quick pivot in your career and need a deeper understanding of a particular area, or just want to take a few courses across a spectrum topics to enhance your knowledge, consider our Advanced Certificate and Non-degree programs. …
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Book Review: Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in AmericaAnthropologists are well-known for their tendency to think small (by focusing on local communities), engage in what Clifford Geertz (1973) called “thick description,” and grasp for broader insights and conclusions. In this respect, Mara Buchbinder’s …
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Alumni Spotlight: Janelle M. Sauz (HPAM 2020)Janelle M. Sauz (HPAM 2020), population health management quality strategy lead, national Medicaid & state programs, Kaiser Permanente Can you share your journey into Kaiser Permanente? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU …
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#MyWagnerLife: Erin Connell (MPA-PNP) TODAY! Follow @Erin_M_Connell for an exciting behind-the-scenes look at life as an @nyuwagner student. #MyWagnerLife pic.twitter.com/u1LFTaAvIf — NYU Wagner (@NYUWagner) April 11, 2016 Started Monday by submitting my application for @nyuwagner ’s …
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NYU Wagner’s Sonia Ospina and UK Collaborators come out with SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and InquiryNYU Wagner’s Professor Sonia Ospina, along with Danny Burns and Jo Howard from the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) in the United Kingdom, are the coeditors of the just-published SAGE Handbook of Participatory Inquiry . The Handbook arises from …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a DayAbout forty percent of the world's people live on incomes of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? How would …
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MPA-MS, Applied Statistics… (3) CORE-GP 1022 Introduction to Public Policy (3) 6 Public Policy Analysis specialization credits PADM-GP 2140 … Practicum in Applied Statistics: Statistical Computing (3) 6 Data Science for Social Impact Concentration credits …
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Contextual Competence: Multiple Manifestations Among Urban AdolescentsThe authors develop and validate multidimensional and contextual profiles of competence among low-income, urban, middle adolescents (N = 560). The assessment of contextual competence was based on youth self-reports of involvement, performance, and …
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Reforming Poverty Alleviation PoliciesIn the world today, about one billion people live on less than one dollar per day, and about two to three billion live on less than two dollars per day (World Bank 1997). Thirty years ago, the numbers looked very different. Broad-based economic growth in …
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Microfinance: Analytical Issues for IndiaPoor households face many constraints in trying to save, invest, and protect their livelihoods. They take financial intermediation seriously and devote considerable effort to finding workable solutions. Most of the solutions are found in the informal …
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Transforming Practice: From Performance Measurement to Outcome Performance Management"The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Services (OTDA) provides and/or oversees programs administered through 58 local districts: temporary cash and heating assistance; assistance in paying for food; child support enforcement; eligibility …
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Evaluating the Impact of an Educational Enrichment Program on Young Students and their Community in Adama, EthiopiaIn Ethiopia, 39 percent of the population is below the international poverty line, the total adult literacy rate is 36 percent, and the primary school net enrollment is 45 percent. Seeds of Africa is a nonprofit international organization based out of New …
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REVAMPING RECRUITMENT AND SIMPLIFYING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONSThe South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) is a youth development organization that aims to “foster a strong sense of belonging in youth and provide them with tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.” SAYA has grown into a $3.9 million …
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Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21 st Century Qatar and BeyondSkill—specifically the distinction between the “skilled” and “unskilled”—is generally defined as a measure of ability and training, but Does Skill Make Us Human? shows instead that skill distinctions are used to limit freedom, narrow political rights, …
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Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessmentSafety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures contains the plenary lectures and papers presented at the 11th International Conference on STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY (ICOSSAR2013, New York, NY, USA, 16-20 June …
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Global Inclusion at NYU Wagner Learning objectives Distribution across curriculum Co-curricular activities …
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In-Person Immersion in New York City "Going to immersion and meeting all my professors and students in person was something I was really looking forward to and it solidified that interaction that we have weekly through live classes." Daniel John, Online MHA …