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Anne MontesanoCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I work for Results For America (RFA), a national nonprofit that helps all levels of government use data and evidence to drive decisions and policymaking in order to advance economic mobility and …
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Out Front on the Issues: Explaining the Paradox of Resistance to Gay Stigma in OrganizationsCreed, W.E.D. & Foldy, E.G. …
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Action Learning, Fragmentation and the Interaction of Single, Double, and Triple Loop Change: A Case of Gay and Lesbian Workplace AdvocacyProposes an elaborated action-learning framework that decomposes action-learning method into the three components of argument, practice, and outcome. Illumination of multiple facets of change; Analysis of the interaction of the three methods in …
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New York Transportation JournalThis issue of the New York Transportation Journal explores the theme of change, on a number of levels and perspectives. We have just concluded an historic election cycle which has brought significant political change to the nation. Recent developments in …
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Researcher-Community Collaboration for STD Prevention. The Gonorrhea Community Action Project in HarlemCommunity interventions are rare in the field of sexually transmitted disease (STD) control and prevention. The goals of the Gonorrhea Community Action Project are to design and implement interventions for the reduction of gonorrhea in high-prevalence …
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Power PlaysThe article presents information on the role of power in negotiation. Power could generate competition or conflict in negotiations, however, effective channelization of power helps in bringing the win-win situation to both the parties. Social …
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Recommendations Forestalled or Forgotten? The National Commission on the Public Service and Presidential AppointmentsNearly two decades after the first Volcker Commission issued its report on the federal public service, the presidential appointment and confirmation process remains long, cumbersome, intensive, and embarrassing. As the evidence presented in this essay …
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Medicare and Drug Coverage: A Women's Health IssueThe lack of prescription drug coverage under the Medicare program translates into high out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors. This nationwide study of older Americans with hypertension (''high blood pressure'') demonstrates that women bear the …
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Why Assets? Toward a New Framework on Social StratificationOver the past three decades, average household wealth in the United States has declined among all but the richest families, with a near 80 percent drop among the nation's poorest families. Although the national debate about inequality has focused on …
Capstone Projects
Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic EvaluationThe Capstone team studied the historical context and implementation of the Impact Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not been in dealing with the issue of school safety. The team …
Capstone Projects
Building a Foundation for Organizational and Programmatic EvaluationThe Capstone team studied the historical context and implementation of the Impact Schools Initiative (led by the NYPD and Department of Education) in New York City and how effective it has/has not been in dealing with the issue of school safety. The team …
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B CorporationsAudacious Inquiry Barber Gale Brightworks Compass Rose Foundation Compass (x) Strategy Conscious Brands Council Fire Criterion Institute Cutting Edge Capital Detour Agency, Inc. Egg ES Global FlipGive Free Flow Digital Further The Work Global Skills …
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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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Option for Doctoral Research and Residence with NYU ShanghaiNYU Wagner, in partnership with NYU Shanghai, invites applications from exceptional students for PhD study and research in Public Administration. Participating students are enrolled in NYU Wagner's Public Administration PhD program , complete their …
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Social Cost of Carbon in U.S. Policy-MakingOrganized by Noah Kaufman and Gernot Wagner. Thanks to Hewlett and Sloan Foundations as well as the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Niskanen Center for generous support for this workshop, part of a series on the role of carbon pricing . (By …
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CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM EVALUATIONThe New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC) oversees persons in custody (PICs) awaiting trial or serving sentences of one year or less. NYCDOC engaged the Capstone team to recommend optimal systems for the assessment and classification of PICs. …
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Microfinance as a credit card?Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, the most prestigious of a string of awards celebrating his role in creating banks for the poor. If there was a Nobel for marketing, he could have won that, too. That’s not meant as a jab but as recognition …
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School Cost Accounting: What Do We Know and How Do We Get There?This paper describes a model for assessing and reporting schoollevel resources. State and local decision-makers have been seeking ways to obtain such information for more than a decade, but there is as yet no easy, accessible way to do so and no way to …
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A Philanthropy Tackles Growth In Health Costs At The State LevelSlowing the rate of growth of health spending is as critical a goal at the state level as it is at the national level. Philanthropy can hardly address this issue alone, yet it has an obligation to take on big and seemingly intractable problems. The …
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Prostate Specific Antigen at the Initial Diagnosis of Metastasis to Bone in Patients After Radical ProstatectomyPurpose : Among men with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy little is known about prostate specific antigen at the time of metastasis to bone in hormone naïve patients. This information would be useful in determining when to initiate …
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The Cost Implications of Prostate Cancer Screening in the Medicare PopulationBackground : Recent debate about prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based testing for prostate cancer screening among older men has rarely considered the cost of screening. Methods : A population-based cohort of male Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 to 99 …
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Medicaid Patients at High Risk for Frequent Hospital Admission: Real-time Identification and Remedial RisksPatients with frequent hospitalizations generate a disproportionate share of hospital visits and costs. Accurate determination of patients who might benefit from interventions is challenging: most patients with frequent admissions in 1 year would not …
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A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in MexicoBACKGROUND: Since Mexico's joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1994, it has witnessed rapid industrialization. A byproduct of this industrialization is increasing …