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Pan Asian Student AllianceMission PASA is committed to raising visibility and awareness regarding AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) social and policy issues, both domestic and international, within the public service sector and the wider community. We strive to provide a …
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MHA Program and Beyond: Sehrish Mazhar's Career Redefined… and weathered the momentous challenge of balancing family, education, life and work with grace and perseverance. Early … professional journey she saw the benefit of continuing her education with a masters. “Continuing my education has always been of interest to me, but I never had …
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Leadership, Spirituality, and Social Innovation Minor… students for careers in community development, healthcare, education, social work, policymaking, journalism, law, human …
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Who is Enrolled in For-Profit vs. Nonprofit Medicare HMOs?We compare the characteristics of enrollees in for-profit and nonprofit Medicare health plans using nationwide data from the 1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. We find few differences in overall health status, limitations in activities of daily …
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Measuring School Performance Using Cost Functions… next section presents and overview of the literature on education cost functions. In the third section we present the …
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Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for Practice… Estimating efficiency and productivity in education involves confronting and addressing a host of …
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Panel Explores School-to-Prison Pipeline… On November 4, Wagner Education Policy Students Association (WEPSA) brought forward … have dedicated their lives to criminal justice reform and education reform, working throughout the city with …
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Ethical Standards in the Professions… in an IRB-type framework; and resources relating to ethics education. Codes from Social Science Professional …
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Calvin Hadley… roles in industry. Unfortunately, like most higher education institutions in the United States, we do not have a … the “belief gap” in our society, especially in our K-12 education system. Simply put, the “belief gap” is the gap … Senegalese American Bilingual School, I felt drawn towards education within the African diaspora. While I remain …
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The Impact of Foreign Aid on Infant Mortality in Developing Countries… for corruption, political regime, debt service, female education, and health spending. The study uses a country and …
Capstone Projects
Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic Evaluation… Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not …
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Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic Evaluation… Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not …
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FALL 2021 DEMOCRACY FELLOWS… events for international students at an international education nonprofit. As a LEAD Fellow, Alexa is working … In addition, she contributes to improving voter education and voting rights as a leadership team member at … She has interned with organizations such as Democrats for Education Reform and the Office of Governor Tony Evers, State …
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David SchachterDavid Schachter is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at NYU Wagner. Focusing on the totality of the student experience, he oversees student services and advisement, career services, student engagement, and alumni relations. He teaches …
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Service learning… initiative that combines community service and action with education, and provides opportunities for students to serve …
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Identifying Holistic Needs of Children Born of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda… 1994 genocide. While FR originally focused on financing education, the organization currently seeks to expand its …
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Do Small Schools Improve Performance in Large, Urban Districts? Causal Evidence from New York CityWe evaluate the effectiveness of small high school reform in the country's largest school district, New York City. Using a rich administrative datasest for multiple cohorts of students and distance between student residence and school to instrument for …
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BUILDING A PROGRAM EVALUATION FRAMEWORKThe Living City Project (LCP) is an educational nonprofit organization that uses New York City as a classroom to engage young adults on urban issues. One of LCP’s core program offerings, CityGAP, is a semester-long gap program that immerses participants …
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Tyler Haupert … . He has professional experience in the public education, affordable housing development, and research …
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Golub Capital Establishes Fund to Support NYU Impact Investment Fund… the launch of the Golub Capital Social Impact Investment Education Fund, a three-year partnership to support the NYU …
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Student Spotlight: Joshua Yoo (MSPP)… with my students, I wanted to play a larger role in education reform, which is why I decided to study public … the impact that zip code can have on the quality of public education inspired me to enter the field of public service. … socioeconomic status, should have access to an outstanding education, and I wish to use the skills that I learn at NYU …
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Preventable Hospitalizations and Socioeconomic Status"Preventable" hospitalizations have been proposed as indicators of poor health plan performance. In this study of elderly Medicare beneficiaries, however, we found that preventable hospitalizations are also more common among elders of lower socioeconomic …
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Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, with Evidence from Rural China… and flexible way to quantify the roles of variables like education and age in a multivariate context. We illustrate …
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Jennifer Curry (MPA 2007) on helping social impact organizations advance equity… innovative job training program focused on incorporating education about freelancing into traditional workforce … master’s degree in nonprofit management and a doctorate in education leadership from New York University. She was named …