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Youth and Rites of Passage in Sierra Leone: An Evaluation of UNESCO Foresight’s Local Scoping Exercise… field within UNESCO, contributing to UNESCO’s mission of achieving sustainable development throughout the world in the form of Local Scoping Exercise (LSE) workshops. LSEs are workshops … LSE in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which focused on the issues of youth empowerment and rites of passage. With roughly 60 …
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Developing a Prototype Financial Health Report for Nonprofit Managers… requested a Capstone team to develop an analytic tool for use by nonprofit managers to assess their organizations … financial health. Research included an exhaustive review of financial measures used in the private, public and … literature and websites that present large amounts of data in a succinct manner. The information was analyzed …
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Assessing Health Care Priorities in C?te d'Ivoire… The primary focus of this project was to help the United Methodist Committee on … (UMCOR) identify and assess the health care priorities of national and local governments, the Methodist Church, and … administrators as well as leaders in the Methodist Church of Texas, who have established a partnership with the …
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EXPLORING THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF FAMILIES IN CHINA… explored the Composite Financial Status (CFS)-a measure of overall financial health-of families in China using datasets from the Chinese … income level and asset holdings to gain a robust picture of a household's financial well-being. The four CFS … EXPLORING THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF FAMILIES IN CHINA …
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Making Volunteers Work: Best Practices in Volunteer Management… research methods to better understand volunteer use and best practices at MOUSE and similar organizations. The team performed a literature review of volunteer management, program design, and best practices, … as the basis for recommendations about the appropriateness of integrating volunteers into MOUSE's programs, focusing on …
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Program Updates… GWSLP Cohort 4 graduated after the successful completion of all the program requirements. The graduation ceremony was … past year. More than 35 people, including a large number of GWSLP Alumni and key stakeholders attended the online … GWSLP leaders to be confident that they will know how to use their leadership skills to work with others, help their …
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Understanding Your Audience… to provide dynamic experiences for all ages. The diversity of programming and attractions at Snug Harbor poses a unique … As a result, Snug Harbor gained a deeper understanding of the demographics and behaviors associated with its …
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DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR DATA ANALYSIS ACROSS FLORIDA STATE HOSPITALS… Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, a global organization of member firms that provides audit, tax, and advisory … of a framework for data analysis and a series of use cases that illustrate the applicability of each developed …
Faculty Profile
Alexander Shermansong… Alexander Shermansong is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He earned his M.Phil in Classical …
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Capacity Assessment Research, Development, and Implementation… The primary goal of the International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) is … designed to promote young children’s understanding of and respect for the differences that exist among … based on research, surveys, and pilot testing for ICTE’s use with its grantees. Taking into consideration the focus of …
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Capacity Assessment Research, Development, and Implementation… The primary goal of the International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE) is … designed to promote young children’s understanding of and respect for the differences that exist among … based on research, surveys, and pilot testing for ICTE’s use with its grantees. Taking into consideration the focus of …
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Numbers and stories: demonstrating value… capacity. Each week, Time In brings children from some of the city’s most under-resourced public schools to either Time In’s Chelsea art studio, or one of the city’s art museums and galleries. Time In requested a … Time In’s outcomes. These metrics were then adapted for use in a survey to teachers, staff, and parents, the results …
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An analysis of a scholarship program… In 2008, the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women (JFEW) changed its scholarship strategy by moving … criteria. JFEW asked for a retrospective evaluation of this new grant-making strategy to ensure that scholarships are being put to their most productive use. It also asked for an evaluation plan moving forward. In …
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Defining and Identifying Expertise: A Model for Better Governance Using ExpertNet… a Capstone team to determine the essential components of a successful expertise identification system for NYU that … in collaboration with the LivingLabs project and the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conceived as ExpertNet, the pilot … a public e- Resource of outcomes and recommendations for use by GovLab and external stakeholders. …
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The impact of 340B in NY… and managing the 340B programs in New York. As part of recent NY Medicaid redesign, NY State has allowed 340B … managed care prescription coverage into 340B. The goal of the Capstone team was to provide NYCRx with … for how stakeholders can best leverage the benefits of the program. The Capstone team completed a literature …
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Examining Metropolitan Governance and Finance in Cairo and Manila… The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy provides a nonpartisan forum for discussion of the use, regulation, and taxation of land and related issues. The … Lincoln Institute of Land Policy …
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World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty… The World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) is a global network of municipal governments established in 1996 by the United … The team subsequently used this analysis to develop a set of recommendations to improve several areas of WACAP … World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty …
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MPA-MBA… degrees. Your MBA coursework will reduce the total number of credits you need for the MPA to 33 (from the standard 45), and your MPA coursework will reduce the total number of credits needed for your MBA to 51 (from the standard 60). To finish the program, you will earn a total of 84 credits (33 MPA + 51 MBA) across three years of …
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Hinchliffe Stadium Rehabilitation… that examined how to reopen the facility for athletic use, preserve and celebrate its historic and cultural … site development, the Capstone team examined case studies of comparable historic stadiums to identify appropriate … The final report provided a roadmap for stakeholders to use when moving forward with this project. …
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Improving NYC Schools through Innovative Best Practices… Under the outdated "industrial model" of education utilized in New York City public schools, many … To partially mitigate these problems, the NYC Department of Education seeks to implement programs at individual schools and at the district level to use technology to promote student achievement by tailoring …
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Ambulatory Patient Groups Behavioral Health Revenue Projection Model… a 70 percent Medicaid population. They offer a wide range of integrated family support and youth focused programs, … families build a more hopeful future for themselves. As of October 2010, mental health clinics such as Safe Space, under the direction of New York State’s Office of Mental Health, must adhere to …
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Evaluating Impact of Humanitarian "Edutainment" in the Great Lakes Area… operating in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benevolencija requested a Capstone team to … applicable evaluation model that the organization could use to continuously assess its impact. The Capstone team … a random sample that measured respondents' understanding of and assimilation to La Benevolencija's messages on a range …
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Unrepresented Litigants' Bill of Rights for New York City Family Court… LIFT develop the first Unrepresented Litigants' Bill of Rights and provided recommendations for the implementation and dissemination of the document. Using surveys, interviews, and focus groups … know about their rights, and whether the Litigants' Bill of Rights could be used in Family Court. The Bill of Rights …
Alumni In Action
Catherine Ang… enrollment teams across geographies to enroll 100% of cohorts of young adults within multiple markets. I directly manage … career? I learned invaluable skills that I consistently use and have built upon since I graduated. Moreover, I …