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Pre-ArrivalThe Office of Global Services (OGS) provides comprehensive information and advising on the process of getting a Visa and I-20 for your studies at Wagner. Review this information to ensure you have taken all of the necessary steps to prepare for your …
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Intersecting Sectors? The Connection Between Nonprofit and Government SpendingIn this paper, we articulate that rent-seeking behavior by nonprofit charities and budgetary discretionary behavior by public agents should lead to a positive correlation between nonprofit charity and government spending. Using a large national database …
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Race and the Inheritance of Low Birth WeightThis paper uses intergenerational data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to address the black-white difference in propensities toward low birth weight (LBW). We determine that socioeconomic conditions account for some variation in low birth …
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Evaluation in multi-site programsThis paper discusses the problem of evaluating and predicting the treatment impact of a program that is implemented at multiple sites. Two issues arise: is information from other sites relevant in estimating the impact at a given site? and how can we …
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Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and StatusHierarchy is such a defining and pervasive feature of organizations that its forms and basic functions are often taken for granted in organizational research. In this review, we revisit some basic psychological and sociological elements of hierarchy and …
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Microfinance Meets the MarketIn this paper, we examine the economic logic behind microfinance institutions and consider the movement from socially oriented nonprofit microfinance institutions to for-profit microfinance. Drawing on a large dataset that includes most of the world's …
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How Social Media Moves New York: Twitter Use by Transportation Providers in the New York RegionSocial media networks are valuable tools for the public outreach needs of transportation providers: they are free, instantaneous, reach large numbers of people simultaneously, and allow for sideline discussions. When transportation providers are trying to …
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Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the AnalysisRacial segregation in America's schools remains persistently and disturbingly high, despite decades of institutional and policy changes. This paper considers one recent change common to many urban school districts - immigration - and examines whether and …
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Government's Greatest Achievements of the Past Half CenturyLooking back from the edge of a new millennium, it is difficult not to be proud of what the federal government has tried to achieve these past fifty years. Name a significant domestic or foreign problem over the past half century and the federal …
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Developmental Trajectories Toward Violence in Middle Childhood: Course, Demographic Differences, and Response to School-Based InterventionThe present study addressed 3 questions concerning (a) the course of developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood, (b) whether and how the course of these trajectories differed by demographic subgroups of children, and (c) how …
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in Older Adults in Brazil and EnglandObjectives . We examined socioeconomic inequalities in health among older adults in England and Brazil. Methods . We analyzed nationally representative samples of residents aged 50 years and older in 2008 data from the Brazilian National Household Survey …
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A new methodology for assessing social work practice: The adaptation of the Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (SW-OSCE)The Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) methodology was originally developed to assess medical students. OSCE is a carefully scripted, standardized, simulated interview, in which students’ interactional skills are observed and assessed. Here …
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Determinants of the Availability of Hepatitis C Testing Services in Opioid Treatment Programs: Results From a National StudyOBJECTIVES: We examined trends and organizational-level correlates of the availability of HCV testing in opioid treatment programs. METHODS: We used generalized ordered logit models to examine associations between organizational characteristics of 383 …
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Environmental and individual factors affecting menu labeling utilization: a qualitative research studyObesity is a prominent public health concern that disproportionally affects low-income and minority populations. Recent policies mandating the posting of calories on menus in fast-food chain restaurants have not proven to uniformly influence food choice. …
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The Role of Matched Controls In Building An Evidence Base For Hospital Avoidance Schemes: A Retrospective EvaluationObjective To test whether two hospital-avoidance interventions altered rates of hospital use: “intermediate care” and “integrated care teams.” Data Sources/Study Setting Linked administrative data for England covering the period 2004 to 2009. Study Design …
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"Debates of the Century" debaters go toe-to-toe on the issue of racially segregated schoolsThe eighth in the continuing “Debates of the Century” series sponsored jointly by The Century Foundation and NYU Wagner was framed around the proposition “One of the biggest threatens to education today is school segregation,” and featured Professor …
Capstone Projects
Enhancing Advocacy and Strengthening CoalitionThe Capstone team worked with the International Housing Coalition (IHC) to develop sustainable and strategic capacity building for the growing organization. With the shift of the U.S. economic landscape, cuts into the federal budget for foreign aid …
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Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility Growth Opportunities for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Thailand's Electronics Manufacturing Industry and Vietnam's Food Processing IndustryWith the high level of economic growth present in Southeast Asia (SE Asia), businesses, communities, and governments are gradually recognizing the need for increased corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. This is especially true with respect to …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jake Peña (MPA-PNP 2025)A former Bloomberg Fellow and co-chair of the Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) , Jake Peña’s motivation to make a difference through philanthropy brought him to The New York Community Trust . The Trust is New York’s …
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Public & Nonprofit Management & PolicyRally support and mobilize resources to drive systemic changes that align with social and political goals. …
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NYU Wagner Urban Planning Capstone Team Develops Interactive Geospatial ToolThe New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) enlisted the help of a NYU Wagner Capstone team in 2020-21 to evaluate its project selection methodology through an equity lens. The project’s objective was to determine if its Better Buses projects are …
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Financial Access Initiative (FAI) Launches Research on Small Firms in the United States The Financial Access Initiative (FAI), housed at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, together with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth through the Mastercard Strive small business program, announced the launch of the Small Firm …
Faculty Profile
Jack MydloJack Mydlo is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Administration of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Jack H. Mydlo, MD, MBA, FACS, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urologic Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of …
Alumni In Action
Bryan BrownCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I ensure the timely movement on and completion of assorted department and organizational projects, such as the development and dissemination of reports and data dashboards, the implementation of new …