Search
Conduct a general search, select a content type, or navigate to specialized search pages: Courses, Faculty, News, Publications, and Capstone Projects.
Publication
The Contextual Significance of Race and Place in Economic Markets: Lessons from an Online Field ExperimentJacob Faber, Max Besbris, Patrick Sharkey …
Alumni In Action
Rashawn DavisWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I had a mentor, serving in local government, who attended Wagner and encouraged me to apply. He spoke highly of the school being a laboratory for a lot of cutting edge work around public policy, justice …
Publication
Pathways to Integration: Examining Changes in the Prevalence of Racially Integrated NeighborhoodsFew researchers have studied integrated neighborhoods, yet these neighborhoods offer an important window into broader patterns of segregation. We explore changes in racial integration in recent decades using decennial census tract data from 1990, 2000, …
Publication
Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Race and EthnicityThe tension between ascribed and achieved status pervades much of sociology, sometimes as a latent theme and sometimes manifest. The articles in this issue of Sociological Forum revisit this tension through the lens of race and ethnicity. They examine …
Publication
Evaluating Environmental and Economic Benefits of Yellow-Dust Storm Related Policies in Northern ChinaYellow-dust storms (YDSs) have attracted increasing attention worldwide in the past decade. They can extensively disrupt socioeconomic activities and pose hazards to ecosystems, as well as human health. In recent years, China has invested multi-billions …
Publication
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 …
Publication
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 …
Publication
IESP Brief: Public Funding for After-School Programs 1998-2008The authors of this policy brief document that in the decade since the Open Society Institute awarded a challenge grant to TASC to encourage the creation of sustainable public funding streams for after-school programs, every level of government has …
Publication
Reshaping GovernmentFor the first time in more than four decades, the federal budget has registered two consecutive surpluses, and the need to reduce the deficit is not casting a pall over the policy debate. This new, highly accessible book examines the policy options that …
Publication
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 …
Publication
Subway Ridership 1975-2015Ridership on the New York City Subway has grown drastically in the last four decades, from 966 million in 1975 to 1.7 billion in 2015; at the Times Square subway station alone, rides increased by 29 million. This explosive growth in usage demonstrates the …
Capstone Projects
New York University School of Medicine, Faculty Group PracticeThe Resident was involved in day-to-day operations and many special projects for the Faculty Group Practice (FGP). A payer-mix analysis was developed and is used by practice managers to forecast payment and collection statistics for physician practices. …
Webpage
Academic Articles and WritingHow Local Government Can Protect Workers' Rights Even When States Do Not Want Them to: Opportunities for Local Creativity and Persistence Despite Double Preemption , (co-author LiJia Gong), Fordham Urban Law Journal , 2024. State Policy Levers to Fight …
Capstone Projects
Medical Technology-Based Communication Tools for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)Bellevue Hospital Emergency Department (ED) requested a Wagner Capstone team to research available technologies to improve communication with LEP patients. Of the approximately 100,000 patients treated at Bellevue every year, more than 80 percent are from …
Capstone Projects
Medical Technology-Based Communication Tools for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)Bellevue Hospital Emergency Department (ED) requested a Wagner Capstone team to research available technologies to improve communication with LEP patients. Of the approximately 100,000 patients treated at Bellevue every year, more than 80 percent are from …
Capstone Projects
Bedford-Union Armory Revitalization ProjectDespite Brooklyn’s renaissance over the past decade, parts of central Brooklyn still suffer from chronic poverty, high unemployment, and lower educational attainment. The Brooklyn Borough President’s Office (BBPO) is currently conceptualizing a new …
Capstone Projects
Prediction of Nonprofit DissolutionFiscal Management Associates (FMA) is a management consulting firm based in New York City that empowers nonprofit organizations with fiscal management, accounting, organizational, and technological knowledge and skills. One significant segment of FMA’s …
Capstone Projects
Nicaragua: Water Access, Sanitation, and Natural DisastersDespite abundant water resources, contamination, weak institutions, and poor quality infrastructure have left much of Nicaragua without access to safe water and sanitation services. Throughout the country, the rural poor remain the population most in …
Capstone Projects
District of Columbia Special Education: Linking Financing to OutcomesThe Division of Special Education (DSE) in Washington, D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent (OSSE) oversees special education within the D.C. Public Schools and Public Charter Schools. In 2011, D.C. adopted the Funding for Public Schools and Public …
Stories
An Insider’s View of the Affordable Care Act For many years, Americans were satisfied to say that they had the best healthcare in the world. But by 2006, a growing number of uninsured Americans and exploding healthcare costs proved the country needed immense healthcare reform. Presidents Truman, …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Dhara Shukla (MHA 2024)Online MHA student, Dhara Shukla, has long been passionate about improving the accessibility and quality of care. Her accomplishments and drive to improve healthcare were recently recognized by Healthcare Leaders of New York (HLNY), the New York City …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Anjana Sreedhar (MPA-HPAM 2020)Anjana Sreedhar (MPA-HPAM 2020) is deeply committed to the work of social justice and equity in the healthcare space. Anjana recently published Health Care of a Thousand Slights, Connecting Legacy to Access to Healthcare , which details the history of …
Alumni In Action
Kate Slevin1. Why did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I was working at the New York City Parks Department and was attracted to the curriculum and the option of going to school part-time while keeping my full-time job. 2. How did being in New York impact your …
News
NYU Wagner and Law Professors Recognized for their Collaboration in Impact FinanceGraduate education in impact finance, like socially mindful investment itself, is growing. Amid broad academic interest in the field in schools of business, law, and policy, the annual Impact and Sustainable Finance Consortium at Northwestern University …