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Chong-Lim LeeChong-Lim Lee is the Senior Director for Programs at Synergos, a global network building trust and collaboration to address complex issues of poverty, social injustice, and climate change. Chong-Lim helps establish and grow in-country programs for …
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Mark BoddenMark L. Bodden is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is also an adjunct instructor at Baruch College as well as Vice President/Program Director at the Rudin Foundations, where …
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Task Force Co-Chaired by NYU Wagner Student Issues New Report on Atlanta City JailBill McGahan, a student in the Executive MPA program at NYU Wagner, co-chairs an Atlanta task force that has produced a major report , "Reimagining the Atlanta Detention Center," moving the city toward community-centered approaches to crime …
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Sumaila PallaWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? NYU Wagner was a way for me to look at community development through the lens of design. It was a way for me to not physically be in a design studio, but apply my expertise and background to everything I was …
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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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Laurence WadlerLaurence Wadler is the founder and manager of Precision Analytics Inc, a successful consulting practice specializing in the design and development of structured bond transactions and financing programs primarily for governmental and non-profit entities. …
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Omoruyi (Austin) AigbeWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? As a Ford Foundation International Fellow, I had the opportunity to study anywhere in the world. While searching for the right graduate school, I saw many great options. But I needed a global-minded school, …
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PADM-GP.2444
Gender & Sexuality in U.S. Policy FormationThis graduate level course will provide an in-depth analysis of gender and sexuality policy in the United States. We will focus on the role that criminalization plays in this area, examining topics such abortion and regulation of intimate partner …Publication
Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered QuestionsFrancie Ostrower and Thad Calabrese … Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered …
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Freight transportation in a transformative urban landscapeThe New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Freight Mobility Department is seeking to ensure efficient and frictionless freight delivery throughout the five boroughs. In the face of increasing residential pressure and national freight …
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The Pink Tax on Transportation: Women’s Challenges in Mobility The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation sought to determine whether transportation has a "Pink Tax," a term used to describe the extra amount women are charged (typically 7%) for products and services, like deoderant and dry cleaning. To learn more …
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Calculating Slavery Reparations: Theory, Numbers and ImplicationsThe possibility of paying reparations to black Americans as restitution for the legacy of slavery has made a recent comeback in the popular discourse. If and when this debate moves toward actual policy, there will be many details to be worked out on how …
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Assessing New York's Borders NeedsRapidly growing international trade and heightened security requirements are leading to increasingly congested conditions at the border, threatening the economic competitiveness of Upstate New York. In light of these challenges, the Rudin Center for …
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Health Care Costs and ValueThad Calabrese and Keith F. Safian … Health Care Costs and Value …
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Leadership DevelopmentScholars and researchers at Leadership in Action at Wagner collaborate with leaders in public service, nonprofits, community organizations, foundations, and public agencies in designing and facilitating one-of-a-kind leadership development and …
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Financial Reporting Practices for Government Conduit Debt ObligationsTodd L. Ely and Thad Calabrese … Financial Reporting Practices for Government Conduit Debt Obligations …
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The Status of Budget ForecastingThis article examines the breadth of the current forecast literature as it relates to public budget making. It serves to provide summary information to decision-makers who otherwise do not have the resources to learn more than a small amount focused on …
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Instrumental Philanthropy, Nonprofit Theory, and Information CostsGeorge Mitchell and Thad Calabrese … Instrumental Philanthropy, Nonprofit Theory, and Information Costs …
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Understanding and Measuring Endowment in Public CharitiesThis note delineates different motivations for holding endowment by nonprofits, analyzes the definitions and measurement of endowment in the literature, and details newly available data on endowment contained in the Form 990 since 2008. More than 43% of …
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Climate Change: U.S. Public OpinionA review of research findings and polling data about Americans’ attitudes on climate change reveals a lack of meaningful long-term change in mass opinion. Instead, the structure of Americans’ attitudes toward belief in climate change’s existence, concern …
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Wagner Student Bryan Matthew Recognized for Leadership by NFBPANYU Wagner’s Bryan Matthew (MPA 2025), a current student in the MPA in Public & Nonprofit Management and Policy program has been honored as one of this year's distinguished scholarship recipients by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators …
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Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered QuestionsIn Classical Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges . Edited by Michael Beckerman and Paul Boghossian. … Thad Calabrese and Francie Ostrower … Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and …
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Sugeni Pérez-SadlerSugeni Pérez-Sadler, Ed.D,. is a social impact leader with over 20 years of experience across education, government, and nonprofit sectors driving systems change and advancing educational and workplace equity through data-driven performance management and …
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Psychology: Local weather and climate concernAmericans are more likely to believe in global warming when it's hot outside. A study now provides insights on why this reasoning process is not easily changed. … Patrick J. Egan & Megan Mullin … Psychology: Local weather and climate …