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Striking a Balance Among Housing, Industry, Transportation, and Open SpaceIn recent years as manufacturing has continued its relative decline and NYC’s strong housing market has created pressure for growth in outer boroughs, the neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn have been experiencing rapid residential …
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Accessibility of America’s Housing Stock: Analysis of the 2011 American Housing SurveyThe American Housing Survey (AHS) is the most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States. Since 2009, AHS has included six core disability questions used in the American Community Survey. The questions address hearing, visual, cognitive, …
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Health Policy - PhDThis field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to …
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Customized - PhDCustomized fields are appropriate when none of the existing fields allow students to explore topics that are critical to their research interests. Students must justify the need for a customized field by demonstrating its relevance and its comparable …
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WSA CommitteesOpportunities to get involved The Wagner Student Association (WSA) has many ways for new and continuing students to get involved! Take a look at some of our exciting committees below. Constitution Review Committee Help us shape how WSA governs by being an …
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HPAM-GP.4835
Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare OrganizationsThis course is designed to study the essential role of human resources management within healthcare organizations. It is required for health management students and recommended for health policy and finance students. In order to meet the challenges of the …Publication
Budgeting for Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities at the US State LevelState governments in the United States are well placed to identify opportunities for mitigation and the needs for adaptation to climate change. However, the cost of these efforts can have important implications for budgets that already face pressures from …
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Reflections from the 2023 Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum: A Dynamic Policy DialogueOn October 18, 2023, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum, a hallmark event that brought together a diverse community of students, alumni, and faculty to delve into the pressing challenges that confront New York City. The …
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EXEC-GP.2141
Financial Decision Making and ManagementThe goal of this course to is help Executive MPA students learn financial tools to apply to decision-making within mission-driven and governmental organizations. Designed for the experienced mid-career general manager of a nonprofit, governmental, or …News
NYU Wagner welcomes two outstanding faculty membersNYU Wagner is pleased to welcome two talented new faculty members: Domingo Morel and Jacob Victory. Domingo Morel’s research encompasses racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, education politics and public policy. He is the author of Takeover: …
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Creating Neighborhood Typologies of GIS-Based Data in the Absence of a Neighborhood-Based Sampling: A Factor and Cluster Analytic StrategyThis article describes an innovative means of identifying a neighborhood typology that can be used for analyses of individual-level data that were not obtained through neighborhood-based sampling. A two-step approach was employed. First, exploratory …
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NYU Wagner Announces the Appointment of 19 Affiliated and Associated FacultyWe are delighted to announce the appointment of 19 NYU faculty members to five-year terms as Affiliated and Associated faculty at Wagner. These scholars from around the university and from a wide range of disciplines will, as part of the Wagner community, …
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Prof. Robertson Work is out with a book, A Compassionate Civilization, on the urgency of sustainable development and mindful activismA newly published book by NYU Wagner Professor Robertson Work, A Compassionate Civilization , deals with the urgency of sustainable development and mindful activism. It focuses on six areas of social transformation and how to address those as innovative …
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Developing a Smart Cities Strategic Framework and IndexCiti Ventures is the innovation and venture capital team of Citigroup, a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation. Citi Ventures employs a discovery mindset to bring forth new ideas by exploring the startup landscape and …
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Report Sees Economic Gains in Low-Income Communities From NYC's COVID-era Open Restaurants ProgramNew York City’s outdoor dining initiative drove a 12-fold increase in the dining scene, with more than 12,000 cafes, bars, and restaurants setting up tables on sidewalks or in parking lanes since the program was launched in June of 2020 due to the …
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NYU Wagner's John Gershman Recognized by NYU for Outstanding TeachingNYU Wagner’s own John Gershman has been selected to receive the 2017 University Distinguished Faculty Award from New York University, a notable recognition of the strong impact he makes in the classroom and beyond on future leaders in public service. …
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9/11: The Response to the World Trade Center AttacksThis research paper compared the experiences of recipients and non-recipients of aid from the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001. It hypothesized that there are distinct patterns of aid and exclusion from aid that help to clearly …
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Determining Efficacy of Current Programs and Developing a Business Plan for Program Expansion OpportunitiesThe Rock School for Dance Education is one of the nation's premier schools for classical ballet training with a $4 million budget and an annual enrollment of more than 1,000 students at facilities in Philadelphia and West Chester, Pennsylvania. The School …
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Developing Short-term and Long-term Fundraising Strategies for DUMBO Improvement DistrictThe DUMBO Improvement District is one of 60 Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the City of New York. The BID is funded by local commercial property owners, and its budget is used to provide improvements such as keeping the streets clean, advocating …
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Creating a Strategic Plan for Reducing Road Traffic Injuries in AfricaAmend is a nonprofit organization addressing the epidemic of road-traffic injuries in African countries; its main service provides road safety education to school children, who bear a heavy burden of these injuries. Although Amend believes strongly in the …
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The Intersection of Incarceration and Food Insecurity in New York CityThe Fortune Society is a national leader in providing innovative, holistic services to formerly incarcerated men and women, as well as in operating a comprehensive alternative to incarceration program. Throughout the organization’s forty-year history, …
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Strategic Planning for the National African Immigrant & Refugee Women’s NetworkThree years ago, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women founded the National African Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Network (NAIRWN). This Network is comprised of African women who live across the United States, and aims to improve the lives of African refugee …
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Medicaid Redesign and Palladia’s Value PropositionThe Capstone team worked with Palladia to identify their unique value proposition as they negotiate business agreements with the major behavioral healthcare insurance companies covering Medicaid Managed Care enrollees in Harlem and the South Bronx. …
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Assessing Qualitative Studies in Public Administration ResearchSystematic reviews of research methods in the public administration field have assessed the progress of research practice and offered relevant recommendations to further develop research quality. But most recent reviews examine quantitative studies, and …