Stories indexed under: La Follette School of Public Affairs

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• Students move future of transportation forward Nov. 1, 2010 Alumni and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs are advancing discussion of transportation options that use less energy, and emit fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases by helping to organize the Energy Hub conference Friday, Nov. 5.
• La Follette director elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration Oct. 14, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs director Carolyn J. Heinrich has been elected to become a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the youngest members to ever be elected since Congress chartered the academy in 1967.
• UW-Madison economist estimates two-year $3.1 billion deficit for Wisconsin Sept. 22, 2010 A new analysis suggests Wisconsin faces a budget deficit of at least $3.1 billion in the state's next two-year budget cycle - $400 million more than recently reported numbers.
• Former Milwaukee mayor to deliver public affairs lecture Sept. 16, 2010 Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist will give this year's memorial public affairs lecture in honor of Paul Offner, a Wisconsin lawmaker and national policy expert who died in 2004.
• UW-Madison researchers release Wisconsin Poverty Report: New measure tells new story Sept. 2, 2010 The second Wisconsin Poverty Report shows the rate of poverty in Wisconsin worsened in 2008, with more than 11 percent of the state's population living in need, including one in seven children and one in 10 elderly residents.
• UW-Madison researcher wins grant to explore policy options for climate change Sept. 1, 2010 A University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs professor has won a three-year, $183,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore options for public-policy mechanisms to address climate change.
• UW-Madison expertise tapped for state legislative study committees July 22, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison experts have been appointed to 12 special committees the Wisconsin Legislature created to study emerging state issues and make recommendations for the 2011-12 legislative session.
• Study shows need for teacher training in personal finance June 8, 2010 While 89 percent of K-12 teachers agree that students should either take a financial education course or pass a competency test for personal finance before graduating from high school, relatively few teachers believe they are adequately prepared to teach such topics, according to a study by two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
• Scholars look at effect of red tape on citizens’ relationships with public officials June 3, 2010 For many people, fighting City Hall means having to cut through layers of red tape.
• Children of divorced parents face economic barriers, study finds May 20, 2010 Family structure affects a child's economic mobility prospects, according to a new study co-authored by professor Thomas DeLeire of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs for the Pew Economic Policy Group's report, "Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children."
• UW-Madison’s La Follette School to host discussion about modern-day slavery April 19, 2010 A prize-winning author known for his global research on modern-day slavery will deliver a free public lecture this month at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a daylong symposium on human trafficking.
• Book explores organ transplant network, evidence-based decision-making March 24, 2010 In an important and timely study of medical governance, professor David Weimer of the La Follette School of Public Affairs explores a regulatory approach that delegates decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations.
• New book puts American welfare state in perspective March 1, 2010 A new book called "Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or a Leader?" explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and well-being of nations and, in particular, looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere.
• Foundation funds housing assistance research of three faculty members March 1, 2010 Three Institute for Research on Poverty research affiliates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the effects of Section 8 housing subsidy receipts on the economic self-sufficiency of low-income families and the educational opportunities of their children.
• Institute for Research on Poverty selected as national research hub Feb. 1, 2010 Officials from the federal Economic Research Service have chosen the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty to be a national center for research on nutrition assistance programs.
• Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors Feb. 1, 2010 The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities.
• Property tax credits offer inefficient tax relief, study says Jan. 28, 2010 Two Wisconsin property tax credits are not only expensive - nearly $900 million per year out of a $13 billion general fund budget - but they are a highly inefficient means of delivering property tax relief to the Wisconsin homeowners and renters for whom the property tax creates the greatest economic hardships, according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Air-quality improvements offset climate policy costs Jan. 22, 2010 The benefits of improved air quality resulting from climate change mitigation policies are likely to outweigh the near-term costs of implementing those policies, according to a new study.
• Property tax increases drive few elderly to move out of their homes Jan. 7, 2010 Few elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases, according to a new study from a University of Wisconsin-Madison public affairs researcher and economists at the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.
• Research: One in 20 Milwaukee renter-occupied households evicted each year Jan. 4, 2010 Eviction is such a common occurrence in the lives of Milwaukee's urban poor that one renter-occupied household in every 20 is evicted each year, according to research based on an analysis of court records and a year's worth of sociology fieldwork from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.