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Leading for Equity
Introduces frameworks from organizational leadership research to provide a foundation for equity-centered leadership in the public sector. Critically examines normative organizational practices and provides foundational concepts about different types of diversity, ethical responsibilities of public leaders, and approaches to cultivating…
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Managing People
Explore the fundamentals of managing people with a specific emphasis on managing people in nonprofit and public agencies. Covers theoretical and practical aspects of management such as: learning how to motivate a team for results; understanding key aspects of human…
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Policy Lab
Provides support for undergraduate public policy research project. Students develop, implement, and deliver project for a professional client.
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Research for Public Impact
Introduces applied policy research methods used across public, nonprofit, private, and academic settings.
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Data Science, Economy, and Policy
Explores the use of data science as a tool for developing the economy and making public policy. Lays the foundation for understanding the role of data science in shaping and changing the economy and related public policy.
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Ethics, Leadership, and Policy Implementation
Examines complex ethical challenges and pressures facing public administrators in policy implementation and public service.
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Education and Workforce Policy
Introduces the historical context, policy environment, and contemporary issues pertaining to education policy in the United States. Examines the tension between theory and practice between education policy and workforce policy.
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Introduction to Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Examines how nonprofit and philanthropic organizations can address, solve, and mitigate social issues.
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Methods of Policy Inquiry
Examines how evidence is gathered in the public sector and used to generate policy research. Explores how research informs policy process.
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Data Analysis Practicum
Develops the methodological capacity to undertake independent research. Includes reading, critiquing, and replicating portions of selected empirical papers from a range of scholarly areas. Provides opportunities to deal with issues of research design, data limitations, measurement, model specification, and interpretation.