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Philanthropy and Society
Provides students a holistic background of the philanthropic sector. Begins with an in-depth analysis of history and context and ends with a discussion of current strategies and approaches to giving by foundations. Builds in sequence: history, context, sub-sectors, accountability, and…
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Collaborative Governance
Organizations from different sectors (public, business, nonprofit) increasingly work together to achieve unique, collaborative outcomes. Managing cross-sector relationships presents dynamic process and governance challenges that go well beyond the difficulties of managing within an organization. Explores the opportunities and risks…
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Program Evaluation
Introduction to the theory, practice, and politics of program and policy evaluation. Covers the major types of evaluation, including theory of change, implementation and process evaluation, and impact evaluation, as well as quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques, the ethics…
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Multivariate Regression for Public Policy & Management
Second quarter of a two-quarter sequence aimed at helping students become informed users and critical consumers of research and statistical analysis. Combines material on research design and causal inference methods with tools for multivariate analysis. The multivariate analysis methods include…
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Public Policy and Implementation
Examines the implementation of public policy and programs. Introduces multi-level implementation analysis and focuses on understanding how the core policy or program is understood at the policy field, organizational, and frontline levels.
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Economics for Policy Analysis and Management II
Serves to deepen student understanding of microeconomic theory with a focus on understanding the economic analysis of market failures and on developing policies to address them.
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Public Sector Financing
Covers financial management in public agencies, with the primary focus on state and local government.
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GIS and Public Policy
Provides hands-on approach to ArcMAP software. Emphasizes the use of maps to describe spatial relationships and visualize geography-related statistical results. Examines combination of geographic and statistical analysis.
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Public Policy Analysis
Equips students to rigorously assess policy responses to public problems, through defining problems, devising alternative solutions, clarifying stakes in choices, predicting impacts of choices. Skills developed by working on specific policy problems. Assumes familiarity with statistics, microeconomic theory, and institutions…
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Environmental Policy
Examines the process of environmental decision making with exposure to various policy instruments.