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NYU Wagner Graduates Draw Top Prize at Milken-Penn Education Business Plan CompetitionCreated by recent NYU Wagner graduates Alex Meis and Miriam Altman, Kinvolved continues to rack up laurels. The rising startup has won first prize , totaling $40,000, at the sixth annual Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition held recently in …
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Medicaid Expansion Led to Reductions in Postpartum HospitalizationsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use of outpatient care. In this study we evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of …
Capstone Projects
AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF A PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ON SCHOOL CLIMATEThe COVID-19 pandemic prompted unprecedented measures to curb community spread of the virus and socioeconomic instability, including eviction moratoriums at both the state and federal levels. The Capstone team explored the connection between housing …
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Wagner Student Jo Al Khafaji-King Named 2024 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation FellowJo Al Khafaji-King, a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Administration at NYU Wagner, was selected as one of 35 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellows , from a highly competitive pool of over 380 applicants. The fellowship …
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Public Education in the Dynamic City: Lessons from New York CityThe plight of urban schools and their failure to adequately and efficiently educate their students has occupied the national discussion about public schools in America over the last quarter century. While there is little doubt that failing schools exist …
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Developing Scholars: Race, Politics and the Pursuit of Higher EducationDeveloping Scholars: Race, Politics and the Pursuit of Higher Education …
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Creating a Strategic Plan for Reducing Road Traffic Injuries in AfricaAmend is a nonprofit organization addressing the epidemic of road-traffic injuries in African countries; its main service provides road safety education to school children, who bear a heavy burden of these injuries. Although Amend believes strongly in the …
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An Evaluation of Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund: How is it Operating and Does it Work?This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
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An Evaluation of Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund: How is it Operating and Does it Work?This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
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NYU Wagner Capstone Team works with alumna to improve education in Nicaragua coffee fields For school-aged children growing up in the isolated coffee lands of Nicaragua, educational opportunities are scarce. Poverty and lack of access to schools in these remote, rural areas keep close to half a million children from going to school. As a …
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Hospital Market Structure and the Return to Nursing EducationJulia Lane and LaVonne Booton …
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Creating a Metric of Educational Opportunity for Assisted HouseholdsEllen, Ingrid and Keren Horn …
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After the Bell—Family Background and Educational SuccessThis book looks at the social and economic factors of schooling and will prove an intriguing read for sociologist, social economists and …
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Intradistrict Equity of Public Education Resources and PerformanceThis paper presents empirical evidence on input and output equity of expenditures, teacher resources, and performance across 840 elementary and middle schools in New York City. Historically, researchers have studied interdistrict distributions, but given …
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Developing Educational Tools to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colon Cancer Awareness in the Queens and Harlem CommunitiesOver 13,000 New Yorkers die of cancer annually. In 2004, NYC's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) launched a citywide health policy initiative called Take Care New York, listing cancer screening as a top 10 agenda item. Specifically, breast, …
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Immigrant and Native-born Differences in School Stability and Special Education: Evidence from New York CityUsing the literature on achievement differences as a framework and motivation, along with data on New York City students, we examine nativity differences in students' rates of attendance, school mobility, school system exit, and special education …
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NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration Program Awarded Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The accreditation assures the program’s quality, which was founded as NYU Wagner’s …
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REDUCING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RISK AND IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYJersey Cares is a nonprofit organization that leads volunteerism in New Jersey by engaging volunteers in projects that address community-identified needs. Through its successful Corporate Service Program, the organization customizes projects for corporate …
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WAGTalk: Leanna Stiefel, "Improving Urban K-12 Education: Policy in a World without Magic, Disruptive Bullets"Although there is widespread agreement that the American K-12 education system needs improvement, none of the "magic bullet" solutions put forth during the last several decades has made huge changes. Rather than despair, we may make progress by building …
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The blind leading: Power reduces awareness of constraintsPrevious research has found that power increases awareness of goal-relevant over goal-irrelevant information. However, this work has failed to distinguish between goal-facilitating and goal-inhibiting information, both of which are goal relevant. The …
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Why Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor.Despite the extensive literature on the determinants of child labor, the evidence on the consequences of child labor on outcomes such as education, labor, and health is limited. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor participation among children in …
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Assessing the Efficacy of Health Research as a Development Strategy within Poverty Reduction Strategy PapersIn 1999, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank introduced the Poverty Strategy Reduction Paper (PRSP) process as a requirement for developing countries to receive concessional assistance. This research project sought to explore whether PRSPs …
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Assessing the Efficacy of Health Research as a Development Strategy within Poverty Reduction Strategy PapersIn 1999, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank introduced the Poverty Strategy Reduction Paper (PRSP) process as a requirement for developing countries to receive concessional assistance. This research project sought to explore whether PRSPs …