Stories indexed under: La Follette School of Public Affairs

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• Yale political scientist to speak at UW–Madison Oct. 13, 2011 The Yale political scientist who authored a "public option" plan for national health care will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class.
• Moynihan elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration Oct. 12, 2011 University of Wisconsin–Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the youngest members to be elected since Congress chartered the academy in 1967.
• UW–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty wins five-year national grant Sept. 30, 2011 The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was awarded a five-year national Poverty Research Center grant by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• UW–Madison economist Reschovsky to receive national honor Sept. 30, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Andrew Reschovsky will be honored in November with the 2011 Steve Gold Award, which recognizes a person who has made a significant contribution to public financial management in the field of intergovernmental relations and state and local finance.
• UW–Madison economist publishes book on U.S. financial crisis Sept. 19, 2011 In the summer of 2007, University of Wisconsin–Madison economist Menzie Chinn was among those who started to think something was amiss with the U.S. economy.
• New La Follette School of Public Affairs director named Sept. 13, 2011 Thomas DeLeire is the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.
• La Follette School to host conference on school accountability July 25, 2011 The La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a half-day conference to set the stage for Gov. Scott Walker's attempts to establish clear, plentiful and sophisticated information for judging the quality of almost every school in Wisconsin.
• Chinn named to Congressional Budget Office panel June 28, 2011 International finance expert and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of public affairs and economics Menzie Chinn has been appointed to a two-year term on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Economic Advisors.
• Under proposed budget, most school districts would get less state aid, have to reduce property taxes May 23, 2011 Despite a majority of Wisconsin school districts losing substantial amounts of state aid, most districts will be forced to reduce school property taxes under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget, unless voters agree to raise revenue limits, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study finds.
• Conference to explore effects of long-term unemployment April 25, 2011 A conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will explore the challenges posed by high levels of unemployment across industrialized nations over an extended period of time.
• Analysis forecasts cuts in central city spending through 2013 April 21, 2011 Large cities in the United States are likely to reduce their per-capita spending by 7 percent from 2009 to 2013 due to the impact of the recession and the housing crisis, a forecast by a University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs economist and his co-authors suggests.
• Milwaukee vouchers boost students’ chance of graduating, enrolling in college, researchers find March 30, 2011 Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Arkansas have found that a school voucher program in Milwaukee increases the likelihood of a student graduating from high school and enrolling in college.
• Study results to show effect of school choice on graduation, college enrollment March 29, 2011 Reports on the fourth-year evaluation of school choice in Milwaukee will be released at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday, March 30.
• La Follette School to host budget forum Friday Feb. 24, 2011
• Foundation funds housing research of three UW-Madison faculty members Feb. 9, 2011 Three researchers with the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison received honors from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to explore the role housing plays in the long-term health and well-being of children, families and communities.
• Program merges dual interests in science and policy Feb. 8, 2011 Melding of mind and policy matters is all in a day's work for the graduate students in the Neuroscience and Public Policy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Moynihan recognized for leadership, scholarship Jan. 28, 2011
• Study examines higher education costs, productivity Dec. 13, 2010 American colleges and universities are becoming less productive in getting students through to graduation, but their productivity can be improved, according to a new study by two University of Wisconsin-Madison education experts.
• Federal process for making rules is democratizing Dec. 9, 2010 With two small children at home, Susan Webb Yackee goes through a lot of peanut butter.
• UW-Madison study of class of ’57 becomes leading research on aging Dec. 7, 2010 During the last 50 years, participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study have helped researchers explore the experience of careers, family life, family and education in America.