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Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the AnalysisRacial segregation in America's schools remains persistently and disturbingly high, despite decades of institutional and policy changes. This paper considers one recent change common to many urban school districts - immigration - and examines whether and …
Faculty Profile
Rae ZimmermanRae Zimmerman is Research Professor and Professor Emerita of Planning and Public Administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Prior to that she was on the full-time faculty as Professor of Planning and Public …
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Facing the Challenge of Evaluating a Complex, Multi-Site InitiativeTo overcome some of the limitations of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, evaluators have employed a "theory of change" (TOC) approach to evaluate comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs). This approach helps identify underlying assumptions, …
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Health Services Management: Readings and CommentaryManagers of a healthcare organization have numerous demands on their time, their skills, their knowledge, and their budgets. They are responsible for adapting to change, managing their office, making effective decisions, among countless other tasks. This …
Alumni In Action
Astrid C. Del RosarioAs a Managed Care Contract Analyst at Valley Health System, what are your main responsibilities, and how do they impact the healthcare system? As a Managed Care Contract Analyst, I oversee and negotiate NSA (No Surprises Act) claims, ensuring compliance …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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Palladia Supportive Housing: A Family Reunification StorySeveral recent federal, state and city policy changes have added to existing challenges facing recovering substance abusers who are trying to reunify with their children. Those changes include new family reunification laws, conflicting housing and social …
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PADM-GP.2214
Constructing National Development StrategiesIn this course, students examine the challenges and opportunities of national development. Following Lant Pritchett, we define national development as the lockstep improvement in (i) economic productivity, (ii) political representation, (iii) public …Alumni In Action
Aicha Benmansour RoseWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I received the Fulbright Scholarship and had to choose four universities in the US to apply to—and I could only pick one in New York State. I knew that I wanted to learn more about international development, …
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Wagner Policy AllianceMission The Wagner Policy Alliance (WPA) seeks to foster critical thinking, dialogue, and debate around policy issues. WPA fosters a broad and vibrant policy community by facilitating meaningful discussions and events with various individuals and groups …
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Arden LevineWe'd love to learn more about your journey in affordable housing and what drew you to this field. So, there I was, a teenager in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, watching 60 Minutes with my parents (born-and-raised New Yorkers with careers in community …
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Assessment of a government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and children's dietary intakes.Objective: To assess the impact of a new government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and dietary habits in children. Design: A difference-in-difference study design was utilized. Setting: Two neighbourhoods in the …
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Household Asset Portfolios and the Reform of the Housing Finance MarketWhen individuals or families make retirement planning decisions, including asset allocation choices, it is important for them to consider how all of the assets they own fit together to form an overall portfolio of house-hold wealth. Surprisingly often, …
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Calorie Labeling, Fast Food Purchasing and Restaurant VisitsObjective Obesity is a pressing public health problem without proven population-wide solutions. Researchers sought to determine whether a city-mandated policy requiring calorie labeling at fast food restaurants was associated with consumer awareness of …
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Destination Effects: Residential Mobility and Trajectories of Adolescent Violence in a Stratified MetropolisTwo landmark policy interventions to improve the lives of youth through neighborhood mobility—the Gautreaux program in Chicago and the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiments in five cities—have produced conflicting results and have created a puzzle with …
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Transport, the Environment and Security: Making the ConnectionEffective means of transport are critical under both normal and extreme conditions, but modern transport systems are subject to many diverse demands. This path-breaking book uniquely draws together the typically conflicting arenas of transport, the …
Capstone Projects
ASSESSING SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEWYORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SANITATIONThe New York City Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Council (MaiiC) is a program within the Mayor’s Office of Talent & Workforce Development that partners with the City’s trade sectors. As the City’s real estate landscape shifts away from industrial …
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The Federalist Papers Revised for Twenty-First-Century RealityPublic administration scholars answer the question: What might Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison, who between October 1787 and August 1788 penned the Federalist Papers promoting ratification of the U.S. Constitution, add now to the pamphlets, …
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The patient double bind: Seeking outsiders while creating insidersIncluding patients and their ideas is critical for helping organizations better serve patients. Yet patient partners are often tokenized, which limits the scope and impact of their contributions. In this 23-month longitudinal inductive study of patient …
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2021 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONSPresented for leadership capacity and exceptional contribution to public service. …
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Vanessa LecorpsVanessa is an international organization development practitioner with 25 years of experience across industries in organization effectiveness, leadership development and employee engagement. She is the inaugural Vice President of Engagement and Belonging …
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Better than Raw: A Guide to Measuring Organizational Performance with Adjusted Performance MeasuresLike oysters on the half shell, some things are better when they're raw. In evaluating the performance of organizations and providing guidance for improving performance, however, raw performance measures, such as test scores or success rates, are often …