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Policy Areas Reports Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections (co-author Paul Sonn), National Employment Law Project, November 26, 2024. Power in partnership: How government agencies and community partners are joining …
Faculty Profile
Steven WoloshinSteven Woloshin MD, MS is a general internist, Professor of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine and Director of the Center for Medicine and the Media at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at …
Faculty Profile
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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Fare Policy Regarding Regular and/or Inflation-related ("Programmed") Price IncreasesHistorically, transit agencies have implemented fare increases largely on an "as needed" basis. In practice, this has resulted in relatively infrequent changes in fares which are often large in magnitude by virtue of the need to "catch up" on expenses …
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Stable, Racial Integration in the Contemporary United States: An Empirical OverviewPart of a special section on stable racial integration. A study was conducted to examine the extent and stability of racial integration in the U.S. Findings indicated that although integrated neighborhoods containing blacks and whites are considerably …
Alumni In Action
Brandon WestHow did being in New York impact your professional journey? I knew I wanted to be connected to local government, local issues, and ways to make government work better, inside and outside of it. I came from an advocacy background, but wanted some hard …
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Erik KorolevWhen Erik Korolev was graduating from Wagner, he applied to only one job on the west coast. Having grown up in New York, he focused the majority of his job applications towards organizations in New York and Connecticut. But the chance to take a project …
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Two from Wagner receive NYU's Distinguished Young Alumni AwardNYU Wagner is proud to announce that this year’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award has been given to two Wagner graduates. The Distinguished Young Alumni Award celebrates recent graduates across the University who achieved exceptional personal and …
Alumni In Action
Pamela SheeranWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? The international health management program has a very good reputation in the global health community. I heard about Wagner – with its esteemed professors, accommodating course schedules, great location, and …
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Filibusters Are Only Half the ProblemSenator Bill First, the majority leader, has often invoked the founding fathers to make his case against delaying tactics like the filibuster, especially when such tactics allow a small number of senators to create what he calls "a tyranny of the …
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Jon SendachHow would you describe your experience as a Wagner student? My experience as a student was terrific. The classes were engaging, relevant, challenging, and properly-paced. The professors in health policy and management were industry scholars with good …
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The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged YouthThis paper examines whether participation in religious or other social organizations can help offset the negative effects of growing up in a disadvantaged environment. Using the National Survey of Families and Households, we collect measures of …
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Does Municipally Subsidized Housing Improve School Quality? Evidence from New York CityProblem: Policymakers and community development practitioners view increasing subsidized owner-occupied housing as a mechanism to improve urban neighborhoods, but little research studies the impact of such investments on community amenities. Purpose: We …
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Environment and obesity in the National Children's StudyOBJECTIVE: In this review we describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study (NCS), a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children, to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development of obesity. DATA SOURCES AND …
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The Internet Backbone and the American MetropolisDespite the rapid growth of advanced telecommunications services, there is a lack of knowledge about the geographic diffusion of these new technologies. The Internet presents an important challenge to communications researchers, as it threatens to …
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First-gen MPA student brings passion for positive change back to her roots“It’s so important to develop a civic identity and feel a sense of responsibility for your neighbor, and to this world,” says Tracy Jo Ingram (MPA Candidate 2019). A native of Louisville, Tracy has embodied this motto through her early career and into her …
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Program Requirement ChecksheetMPA-Health: Health Services Management I. SCHOOLWIDE CORE COURSES [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core …
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Breandan WardWhat initially led you to NYU Wagner, and what has inspired you to continue at NYU as an adjunct? After 15 years in investment banking, I wanted to refocus my work and studies on the two topics that had become huge sources of motivation and interest for …
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Anita LedererPlease describe how your experiences at NYU Wagner prepared you for your career? Quantitative classes, like statistics and multiple regression, were useful in my first job after Wagner because I worked with a lot of data in that role. Now that I am doing …
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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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Janelle M. SauzCan you share your journey into Kaiser Permanente? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU Wagner shape your path? My journey at Kaiser Permanente started November 2018 when I was a first-year graduate student at Wagner. The …
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Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations (EMPA)Management consultants work in all corners of the public and nonprofit sectors on every imaginable topic—from organizational strategy to technology implementation, education to migration. But what is management consulting? Why do so many public service …Capstone Projects
Portraits of Academic Social Responsiveness at UCT and NYUIn the past decade, academic institutions have begun to pay increasing attention to societal challenges and their role in contributing to their solutions. Social responsiveness (SR) - scholarly based activities with projected outcomes that contribute to …