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SCALING THE ARUNODAYA (“SUNSHINE FOR THE BLIND”) PROGRAMEk Kadam Aur (EKA) is a nonprofit organization that works with blind children and their families and schools in the states of Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, India to remove barriers to their attainment of quality education. In 2020, the Government of India …
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Creating Sustainable Solutions in Developing Countries through Gender Equality… the analysis and research of the organization’s impact evaluation projects focusing on women's economic empowerment …
Publication
Budgeting for Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities at the US State LevelState governments in the United States are well placed to identify opportunities for mitigation and the needs for adaptation to climate change. However, the cost of these efforts can have important implications for budgets that already face pressures from …
Capstone Projects
DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMBroadway for Arts Education (BAE) is a nonprofit organization that provides arts education to underserved youth by engaging volunteers from the Broadway community. BAE strives to shape a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community for its students …
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Expanding Global UR's online presenceGlobal UR, developed by the Education Development Center (EDC), is an online learning network for international development practitioners. The website features a quarterly magazine, job postings, a calendar of events, publications, links to related …
Publication
Evidence-Based Management in HealthcareToo often in the fast-moving healthcare field, decision makers rely primarily on what has worked before. Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare explains how healthcare leaders can move from making educated guesses to using the best available information …
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Running on Empty: The Operating Reserves of US Nonprofit OrganizationsOperating reserves allow nonprofit organizations to smooth out imbalances between revenues and expenses, helping to maintain program output in the presence of fiscal shocks. We know surprisingly little about why nonprofits might save operating reserves …
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Diagnostic Tools to Estimate Consequences of Terrorism Attacks Against Critical InfrastructureDiagnosing historical incidents of terrorism events within a risk management framework is an important tool for understanding the likelihood and form of future terrorist attacks and their consequences, particularly for critical infrastructure. Critical …
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Pension Reform and Self-Employment in Latin AmericaPublic pension systems in Latin America have historically suffered from low coverage, with a relatively small percentage of the labor force eligible for benefits in retirement. In recent years, many governments have implemented reforms aimed at expanding …
Capstone Projects
The Opportunity of Transition: Executive Leadership Services as a Framework for Change… this economic crisis. The Capstone team conducted an evaluation looking at both the academic perspective on …
Capstone Projects
Improving Health Outcomes Via Affordable Housing Provision… improves health outcomes of residents and informing their evaluation of housing proposals. The team first completed a …
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Developing a Wage Negotiation Platform to Narrow the Gender and Race Wage GapWomen earn 54 to 87 cents for every dollar earned by their Caucasian male counterparts. Most of this wage gap is "explained" by characteristics such as experience, education, and occupation. However, over 20 percent of the wage gap is "unexplained" and …
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Strategies for Increasing Alumni EngagementHOSA-Future Health Professionals (HOSA) is an international organization that supports students pursuing careers in healthcare through leadership training and competitive events. Despite having served over two million members, HOSA lacks a robust alumni …
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Examining the Internal Validity and Statistical Precision of the Comparative Interrupted Time Series Design by Comparison With a Randomized ExperimentAlthough evaluators often use an interrupted time series (ITS) design to test hypotheses about program effects, there are few empirical tests of the design’s validity. We take a randomized experiment on an educational topic and compare its effects to …
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Difference-in-Differences Methods in Public FinanceRecognizing that cross-sectional data are often insufficient to address the identification problems associated with estimating the effect of government taxation or spending, economists engaged in public finance research often utilize longitudinal data …
Capstone Projects
New York University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine… survey and conducted a pilot for implementing a 360-degree evaluation of the Internal Medicine Residents by the …
Capstone Projects
Ambulatory Care Unit AssessmentLong Island College Hospital (LICH) is a 516-bed teaching hospital located just over the Brooklyn Bridge in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. The senior management at LICH charged the Capstone team with evaluating the operations of …
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Improving Service Delivery and Client Coordination for a Nonprofit, Intermediary Service Organization in New York CityThe Community Development Project (CDP) of the Urban Justice Center (UJC) provides legal, technical, research, and policy assistance to groups in New York City working on social justice issues such as affordable housing, workers and immigrants rights, …
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Improving Substance Abuse Treatment Communication Protocol and Process at Palladia… issues currently facing the organization, and provide an evaluation of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities …
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Improving Supply Procurement on Nursing Units… conducted surveys and focus groups with nursing staff. An evaluation of the flow of supplies both from the central …
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Managed Care Organizations and the Improper Denial of Claims to Healthcare Providers in the New York Metropolitan AreaThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
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10-Year Capital Plan… all five boroughs. These statements were the basis for the evaluation of the facilities and requests from each …
Capstone Projects
Managed Care Organizations and the Improper Denial of Claims to Healthcare Providers in the New York Metropolitan AreaThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …
Capstone Projects
10-Year Capital Plan… all five boroughs. These statements were the basis for the evaluation of the facilities and requests from each …