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Professor Ingrid Gould Ellen Explores Impact of Historic District Designations… of the Journal of the American Planning Association. Her research, coauthored with Georgetown University sociologist …
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Calorie Labeling And Food Choices: A First Look At The Effects On Low-Income People In New York City… the introduction of calorie labeling. We encourage more research on menu labeling and greater attention to evaluating …
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The Path Not Taken: How Does School Organization Affect 8th Grade Achievement?… organizational features is a popular school reform, little research exists to inform policymakers about how grade spans …
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Building blocks of bias: Gender composition predicts male and female group members’ evaluations of each other and the group… The present research examined how a group's gender composition influences …
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Scholasticism in Political Science… more worrisome development is scholasticism—a tendency for research to become overspecialized and ingrown. I define that …
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Home Ownership, Social Insurance and the Welfare StateHome ownership has potentially significant consequences for welfare state policy. High owner-occupancy rates may function as private insurance where social spending is low (a substitution effect). Alternatively, state income redistribution policies could …
Capstone Projects
ADVOCACY PLAN FOR DISMANTLING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE… The team conducted a literature review of academic research and held interviews with peer organizations focused …
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Changing Enrollment Status… who are maintaining matriculation or are registered in Research in Progress are eligible to receive full-time …
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Market Entry Analysis for Tuberculosis Diagnostic and TreatmentThe Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) is a Geneva-based nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating development, evaluation, and use of high-quality, affordable diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases. FIND is developing a …
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Development of a New Five-Year Strategic Plan… relevant stakeholders. Based on their findings and other research, the team developed a strategy with recommendations …
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Financial Modeling of the Cost of Poor Credit in Massachusetts… financial modeling, interviews with experts, and extensive research, concluding that poor credit costs $200,000 more in …
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DECENTRALIZATION AND COASTAL RESILIENCE… vital to coastal resilience. The team conducted extensive research and consulted both World Bank experts and …
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PROTECTING A SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE IN GUATEMALA… its passage. The team defined the scope of work, conducted research, and interviewed experts. The centerpiece of the …
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Developing a Prototype Financial Health Report for Nonprofit Managers… managers to assess their organizations financial health. Research included an exhaustive review of financial measures …
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Auto-Assignment and Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) in New York CityAuto-Assignment of individuals into Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) plans is sometimes cited as an indication of poor education and outreach efforts. The Capstone team investigated, via literature and key informant review, the utility of …
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Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) System Impact Analysis… team was asked by New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) to research the new regulations to assist NYPH in developing a …
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Organizational Process and Structure IntegrationThe Capstone team was asked by the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to develop an integrated discharge planning model, from intake to detention, for detained juveniles. To help develop this model, the Capstone team researched trends that affect …
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Civic Participation in Fiscal Decentralization: A Comparative Study of Developing Countries in Africa and Latin America… and conditions of participation in the policy process. The research entailed reviewing donor reports, interview …
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Assessing Homeless Outreach at the Bowery Residents CommitteeThe Bowery Residents Committee (BRC) is a voluntary nonprofit that works to address the needs of persons with limited resources in the metropolitan New York City area. The BRC is seeking to improve the effectiveness and policy influence of its street …
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Land Tenure and Water/Sanitation Service Provision: Informal Settlements Around Buenos Aires… Institute on Environment and Development with research and data collection that led to recommendations for …
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Needs Assessment of Chinatown Restaurant Industry Post September 11th… factors specific to Chinatown. Based on extensive research, the Capstone team was able to compare the Chinatown …
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Preventing Cervical Cancer: Easy as 1, 2, 3?… and prevent HPV and cervical cancer. Through a multi-prong research approach, the Capstone team developed an advocacy …
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Preparation of a Concept Plan for a Model Resettlement Site in Metro Manila… and incorporates disaster resilience. The team used field research in the Philippines, academic literature from other …
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Supporting and Preventing Homelessness among the Elderly in the South Bronx… South Bronx, the Partnership engaged a Capstone team to research demographic needs, possible service models, and …