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PNP - Advocacy - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: ADVOCACY & POLITICAL ACTION I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following courses: …
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Financial Support for PhD StudentsNYU RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIPS WITH TUITION REMISSION All Ph.D. students without alternate funding sources are eligible to receive a five-year research apprenticeship, which carries a stipend, health insurance, a $1000 start-up grant, and 100% tuition …
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Alexander ShermansongAlexander Shermansong is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He earned his M.Phil in Classical Philosophy from Cambridge University and his A.B. with Highest Honors (PBK) in …
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Communication Skills Whether you are working in nonprofit management, public policy, for a government agency, or as a consultant, your ability to tell the story is vital. Courses that focus on communication skills will deepen your ability to tell persuasive stories across …
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The Coming of Age of School-Level Finance DataDiscusses implications for school finance data collection and analysis of shifting to schools as key management and policy units. Discusses questions that school-level data can answer concerning resource utilization efficiency, effectiveness, intent, and …
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The New World of Economics: A Review ArticleIn this article, the authors present their comments on the book "The New World of Economics," by Richard B. McKenzie and Gordon Tullock. McKenzie and Tullock differ from the other authors in three respects. First, they abandon any reference at all to …
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Nicole BucichNicole Bucich is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She has over 25 years of experience in transportation engineering and planning. Nicole has spent the majority of her career as a …
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Jump-Starting Collaboration: The ABCD Initiative and the Provision of Child Development Services through Medicaid and CollaboratorsMany policy problems require governmental leaders to forge vast networks beyond their own hierarchical institutions. This essay explores the challenges of implementation in a networked institutional setting and incentives to induce coordination between …
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Thinking About Children in Time.A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many …
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Bringing Information Technology to Infrastructure: A White Paper for a Research AgendaThe dramatic growth in the development and use of information technology (IT) has had an untold impact upon the nature and performance of the fundamental infrastructure systems that support our economy and social environment. The use of IT is no doubt …
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Small Schools, Large Districts: Small School Reform and New York City’s StudentsHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …
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The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client AgenciesMany schools have experiential learning projects, often termed “capstones,” where students combine theory and practice for the benefit of an outside agency. New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (NYU Wagner) has devoted …
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Government's Greatest Priorities of the Next Half CenturyNo one can be sure what the next fifty years will hold in terms of government achievement, nor can anyone be sure just what the federal government will be doing fifty years from now. The government will almost certainly launch entirely new endeavors, some …
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Social Programs and Household Size: Evidence from New YorkWhat determines how many adults live in a house? How do people divide themselves up among households? Average household sizes vary substantially, both over time and in the cross-section. In this paper, we describe how a variety of government policies …
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Microfinance: Analytical Issues for IndiaPoor households face many constraints in trying to save, invest, and protect their livelihoods. They take financial intermediation seriously and devote considerable effort to finding workable solutions. Most of the solutions are found in the informal …
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Revitalizing Inner-City Neighborhoods: New York City's Ten Year Plan for HousingThis article examines the impact of New York City's Ten-Year Plan on the sale prices of homes in surrounding neighborhoods. Beginning in the mid-1980s, New York City invested $5.1 billion in constructing or rehabilitating over 180,000 units of housing in …
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Shruti PunjabiHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? It was exceptional. NYU being located in the heart of New York provided me with not just professional development opportunities but many arenas for personal growth. NYU Wagner is home to a …
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Undergrads Win Recognition for Policy Proposal to Ease NYC’s Housing ShortageA team of undergraduate students majoring in Public Policy won “Best Panel Presentation” at New York University’s annual Undergraduate Research Conference on May 5. Jeremy Cheung, Aaron Reuben, William Wang, and Tiffany Wong captured the recognition of …
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CitiesCities—how they function, what they mean for people’s lives, and the systems and policy areas—fundamentally shape the urban environment. In courses that focus on cities, you will learn about broad sets of analytical, policy, and management skills to …
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Crime and Community DevelopmentCommunity development has traditionally focused on investments in housing, commercial revitalization, and physical improvements. Although all three are clearly critical to communities, the field has largely ignored (or paid too little attention to) one of …
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Inputs to Development: How the Millennium Development Goals Affect Nonprofit ResourcesA set of eight global priorities to eradicate extreme poverty, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were met with great optimism in 2000. While many studies have examined developmental progress in the intervening 15 years, how much of …
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Downtown Yonkers Comprehensive PlanDowntown Yonkers, located on the Hudson River in lower Westchester, just north of New York City, was once a thriving area. As with many cities in the Northeast, the loss of manufacturing and the rise of regional shopping centers sapped much of the citys …
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An Examination of the Human Resources Practices for Select Employee Categories at the United Cerebral Palsy of New York City.United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to servicing individuals with developmental disabilities. Like many other service providers in this sector, UCP/ NYC is facing high employee turnover and is …