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CoursesWith over 150 courses to choose from, generally held after 5:00pm, you’ll learn the basics of management, policy, and finance, and be able to dig in deeper into the issue areas you’re passionate about.. … A majority of courses at Wagner meet in person in …
Alumni In Action
Michelle YancheCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? In partnership with the board and staff, I lead Good Shepherd Services, which is one of New York City's largest children-, youth- and family-serving not-for-profit organizations. With over 80 programs …
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Program Requirement ChecksheetMUP: ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRANSPORTATION I. DEGREE CORE COURSES [21 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core courses … II. TRACK COURSES [6 total credits] Students must complete the following 2 courses [6 credits]: … …
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Selected ProjectsSocial Innovation and Democratic Leadership: Communities and Social Change from Below is a book that came from a collaborative study with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, which explored the responses of New York City and Barcelona neighborhoods to …
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Studying collective leadership: The road aheadIn the concluding article, we move from providing a map of the collective leadership (CL) research field that has been conducted to date to providing a travel guide that we hope can inspire both experienced and novice travelers to push out the frontiers …
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About Leadership in Action at WagnerNo one individual, organization, or sector is capable of addressing the pressing issues of today’s shared-power world. Shifting geopolitical and digital landscapes require that we move beyond traditional "heroic" conceptions of leaders to instead …
Alumni In Action
Stephanie ChrispinWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Wagner was the only graduate program that allowed me to continue working while taking substantive, professionally-relevant courses. I also loved the cross-pollination among students with different …
Capstone Projects
Preparing for Congestion Pricing: Improved Access at Identified Subway StationsThe New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is tasked with providing safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible transport options and developing infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. In 2021, New York City will implement a …
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Michael WestMichael West is Senior Director of Finance at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He previously served as the Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration at NYU Wagner, and has also worked for the Faculty of Arts and …
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Evaluation of Community-Academic Partnership Functioning: Center for the Elimination of Hepatitis B Health DisparitiesTo conduct a process evaluation using surveys and interviews of the B Free CEED partnership coalition, a community–academic partnership created to address hepatitis health disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities … Van Devanter, N., …
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Season's Greetings from NYU Wagner (2016)Wherever you are in the world this season, we send you our warmest greetings and best wishes for the upcoming year! —Dean Sherry Glied and the entire NYU Wagner community … Season's Greetings from NYU Wagner …
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Learning by working in big cities.Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities. We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more productive workers, static advantages associated with workers' current location, and learning by working in big cities. Using rich administrative …
Alumni In Action
Emily Ryder PerlmeterWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? NYU’s reputation is obviously excellent, but it wasn’t until I visited Wagner that I knew it was right for me. During Admitted Students Day, I realized how active, involved, and integrated into the city the …
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Population Health and the Academic Medical Center: The Time Is RightOptimizing the health of populations, whether defined as persons receiving care from a health care delivery system or more broadly as persons in a region, is emerging as a core focus in the era of health care reform. To achieve this goal requires an …
Alumni In Action
Brandon GreenbergHow would you describe your experience as a Wagner student? It was an amazing experience. Academically, the coursework was challenging, but informative. Socially, the camaraderie and teamwork was personally fulfilling. The friends I made are …
Capstone Projects
A Plan for Organizational IndependenceFounded in1990, as an incubator project of Bronx Community College (BCC), Health Force has grown into a $2.5 million peer-based health prevention and education program that trains adults and youth in the South Bronx to serve as AIDS and Asthma peer …
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Wagner Minors PortalWagner Minor Requirements Policies Grade Requirement Credit toward the minors is not given for courses completed with a grade of less than C, or for courses taken on a pass/fail basis. CAS Residency CAS students are allowed to take 16 credits in …
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Spatially heterogeneous effects of a public works programMost research on labor market effects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme focuses on outcomes at the district level. This paper shows that such a focus masks substantial spatial heterogeneity: treated villages located near …
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Highly decentralized solar geoengineeringNonstate actors appear to have increasing power, in part due to new technologies that alter actors’ capacities and incentives. Although solar geoengineering is typically conceived of as centralized and state-deployed, we explore highly decentralized solar …
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The Emergence of the Super-Commuter: Update with 2010 DataThis update to the “Emergence of the Super-Commuter” report released in February 2012 uses recently released 2010 home-to-work flows data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics OnTheMap tool to examine whether the …
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To Give or Not to Give: The Crisis of Confidence in CharitiesPublic confidence is essential to America's 1.5 million charitable organizations and the 11 million Americans they employ. Confidence clearly affects the public's willingness to donate time and money, shapes the political and regulatory environment that …
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Public Policy Analysis MinorAs of Fall 2024, students can no longer declare the Public Policy Analysis minor and should declare the Public Policy minor instead. Students who have already declared the minor can complete it following the criteria below. The Public Policy Analysis …
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Utilizing big data in the credit union industryThe National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions helps low- and moderate-income individuals achieve financial independence by organizing, supporting, and investing in credit unions that serve underserved communities. The Federation’s members …
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Unravelling social capital: Disentangling a concept for Social WorkOver several decades, social capital has gained intellectual currency as a means to understand the dynamics of individual and community resources. While prevalent in other disciplines, social capital, however, has been used less often in social work to …