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Surprise! The World Trade Center Rebuilding Pays Off for the Port Authority – and the RegionThe general view of New Yorkers, the media, and the civic community has been that the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, while necessary, has come at a major cost to the Port Authority’s bottom line. Findings in a new report by the NYU Rudin Center, …
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EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE DIABETES SCREENING INITIATIVENYU Langone has launched an initiative to screen Emergency Department patients for prediabetes and diabetes. Patients who meet the screening criteria are given a blood test, and any patient who has elevated A1C levels is urged to seek follow-up primary …
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Beyond Bureaucracy: How prosecutors and public defenders enforce urban planning laws in Sao Paulo, BrazilCities need law to thrive but it is not clear how abstract texts become tangible policy outcomes. Existing research on the role of law in urban affairs conceives law as either an algorithm that shapes urban life, or a reflection of political disputes. The …
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NYU Wagner Alumni Richard Brown, Jody Rudin Named to City & State's 2024 Above & Beyond: Social Services List City & State released its 2024 Above & Beyond: Social Services list , recognizing individuals in New York State and the metropolitan area who prioritize the well-being of their communities. A pair of NYU Wagner alumni were selected: Richard Brown …
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Message From the DeanWelcome to the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service! I am delighted to serve as the Dean of NYU Wagner during this time of tremendous change and opportunity. I often say, as public servants, we run to the fire. At NYU Wagner, we …
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The Effect of Residential Mobility on Student Performance: Evidence from New York CityResidential mobility is likely to have consequences for student performance, but prior empirical work is largely correlational and offers little insight into its impacts. Using rich, longitudinal data, we estimate the effects of residential mobility on …
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Moving Matters: The Causal Effect of School Mobility on Student PerformanceAmy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, and Sarah Cordes …
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Bullying, Safety, and Belonging in the Middle School Years: Do Top Dogs Rule?Schwartz, Amy Ellen and Leanna Stiefel and Michal Rothbart …
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International students build connection and community with the new WISS Buddy ProgramThe Wagner International Student Society (WISS) is a student organization representing the international student body at Wagner. It aims to foster strong ties within the international student community and works to address and promote international …
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Does Small High School Reform Lift Urban Districts? Evidence From New York CityResearch finds that small high schools deliver better outcomes than large high schools for urban students. An important outstanding question is whether this better performance is gained at the expense of losses elsewhere: Does small school reform lift the …
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Master of Public Administration - Public & Nonprofit Management & PolicyMPA in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy Learn how to effectively address the most pressing issues of our time. “My time at Wagner supported my work in city government. Having previously worked at the federal and state government, it was an …
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Moving matters: The causal effect of moving schools on student performanceAmy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, Sarah A. Cordes …
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Online MHA - Master of Health Administration ProgramA Master's in Health Administration (MHA) is a graduate-level degree program designed to prepare individuals for leadership and management roles in the health industry. This program provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in …
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Subgroup Reporting and School Segregation: An Unhappy Pairing in the No Child Left Behind EquationAmy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, Colin Chellman …
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Key Takeaways from the 25th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health ForumThe 25th annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum provided attendees with the opportunity to hear from an expert panel discussing “The Great Resignation’s” impact on healthcare. The Panel was moderated by Carla Jackie Sampson and featured Anu Ashok (MPA 2004), …
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The Effect of Immigrant Communities on Foreign-Born Student AchievementThis paper explores the effect of the human capital characteristics of co-ethnic immigrant communities on foreign-born students’ math achievement. We use data on New York City public school foreign-born students from 39 countries merged with census data …
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Public Opinion and Constitutional ControversyAmerican politics is most notably characterized by the heated debates on constitutional interpretation at the core of its ever-raging culture wars, and the coverage of these lingering disputes is often inundated with public-opinion polls. Yet for all …
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The Impact of Business Improvement Districts on Property Values: Evidence from New York CityEllen, Ingrid, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Ioan Voicu. …
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Fostering Organizational Change Through a Community-Based InitiativeProgram funders and managers are increasingly interested in fostering changes in the policies, practices, and procedures of organizations participating in community-based initiatives. But little is know about what factors contribute to the …
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Opening Doors and Building Capacity: Employing a Community-Based Approach to SurveyingAlthough many community-based initiatives employ community residents to undertake door-to-door surveys as a form of community mobilization or for purposes of needs assessment or evaluation, very little has been published on the strengths and weaknesses of …
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Revising the Senior Walking Environmental Assessment ToolBACKGROUND: The Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT), an instrument for measuring built environmental features associated with physical activity of older adults, was revised to create an easier-to-use tool for use by practitioners and …
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Do Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Have Economically Integrated Schools?The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, …
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Does Federally Subsidized Rental Housing Depress Neighborhood Property Values?Few communities welcome federally subsidized rental housing, with one of the most commonly voiced fears being reductions in property values. Yet there is little empirical evidence that subsidized housing depresses neighborhood property values. This paper …