Browsing Sanford School Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program Master’s Projects by Issue Date
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What Would Expand Utility-Led Community Solar in the Southeastern US?
(2021-05-28)Community solar (CS) expands access to the benefits of solar energy by overcoming many of the challenges associated with residential solar ownership. Installing rooftop solar is not an option for an estimated 77 percent ... -
Providing Mental Health Access to Unauthorized Children and Citizen-Children of Unauthorized Parents in Durham Area Schools
(2021-05-14)World Relief Durham (WRD) is in the process of creating an intervention program that would support the effort to provide mental health access to unauthorized Hispanic children/youth, and citizen-children of unauthorized ... -
Communicating Intelligence to Decision Makers
(2021-05-05)Mid-career intelligence analysts selected to brief senior individuals outside their organizations face a daunting task. The skillset and training that make them strong intelligence analysts are markedly different than those ... -
Variation and Disparities in Exclusionary Discipline Rates in North Carolina Elementary Schools
(2021-05-03)This project reinforces prior research demonstrating inequitable suspension rates in North Carolina public elementary schools. Using school-level data from publicly available sources, I found most elementary schools use ... -
The Prevalence of School Resource Officers in North Carolina's Public Schools
(2021-05-03)No one knows how many of North Carolina’s public schools have school resource officers (SROs) assigned to them or the impact their presence has on students. For the last decade, policymakers have expanded funding and support ... -
Evaluating the Impact of the GDPR’s Data Subject Rights on Businesses
(2021-05-03)In 2018, the European Union passed data governance legislation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The US lacks an equivalent policy, but many experts agree that the passage of a comprehensive privacy ... -
Durham Tech Mobile Health Lab: Strategies and Recommendations for Enhancing the Delivery of Mobile Care Services in Durham and Orange Counties
(2021-05-03)In 2020, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina awarded Durham Technical Community College a $1 million grant to launch a new mobile health lab. The program will deliver cross-disciplinary health education and outreach ... -
Benefits of improved cookstoves: Evidence from MTF surveys in Nepal
(2021-05-01)Clean cooking energy has become the focus of many governments, researchers, and nonprofits, especially in low-income developing countries. However, 43% of the global population, approximately three billion people are still ... -
Beyond a Place to Live in DC: Preserving the Remainder of "Chocolate City"
(2021-05-01)Once known as “Chocolate City” for its prosperous Black residents, businesses, and communities, Washington, D.C. today is in many ways a contrasting image. The City continues to lose its Black residents and remaining majority ... -
Investment Principles and Opportunities for the North Carolina Clean Energy Fund
(2021-05)This report outlines investment principles for the North Carolina Clean Energy Fund (NCCEF) and evaluates the extent to which selected investment opportunities align with these principles. NCCEF is a not-for-profit financial ... -
Transit Deserts in Durham, North Carolina and Opportunities for Increased Transit Service
(2021-04-27)For this project, the author developed a transit equity index on behalf of GoDurham, the local transit agency in Durham County, and used it to identify transit deserts. In this study, the transit equity index was a tool ... -
Engaged Journalism, Democratic Engagement?: The Impact of Newsroom Listening Sessions on Political Participation
(2021-04-21)This paper explores whether regional engaged journalism impacts democratic engagement in local government. Carolina Public Press, a non-profit newsroom in Western North Carolina, carried out a number of community listening ... -
Equity in Global Food Systems Change: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Drivers of Food Insecurity
(2021-04-21)Since the middle of the 20th century, policy makers have prioritized high agricultural productivity to maximize the production of a handful of staple crops used in the production of ultraprocessed foods and animal products. ... -
Overcriminalization of Low-Level Offenses: Perpetuating Poverty and Racial Disparities in the Misdemeanor Criminal Justice System
(2021-04-21)Misdemeanors cover a broad range of conduct. Some misdemeanors cover serious conduct, like drunk driving or domestic assault. But more frequently, misdemeanors cover minor offenses like speeding and low-level drug possession, ... -
Energy Efficiency in the Multifamily Rental Housing Industry: Promoting Informed Investment Decisions in North Carolina
(2021-04-21)To better serve its members’ growing interest in energy efficiency (EE), the Triangle Apartment Association (TAA) is looking to identify important factors that multifamily rental housing property owners should consider when ... -
Getting to Zero in Latin America: Decarbonizing the Building Sector by 2050
(2021-04-21)Looking forward, the decarbonization of the building sector will be particularly important to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. In Latin America, operational carbon from buildings, which results from the energy needed ... -
Evaluating the Potential for More Community Land Trusts in the Triangle J Area
(2021-04-20)Policy Problem. There is a lack of housing that is affordable to low-income households. This is true across the United States but it is particularly acute in urban areas experiencing rapid economic growth. The Triangle J ... -
COVID-19 and Housing Security: Assessing Equity & Efficiency Across North Carolina’s Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
(2021-04-19)COVID-19 has exacerbated the nation’s existing affordable crisis, putting approximately 14 million Americans out of work, and leading to widespread housing insecurity nationwide. This hardship has disproportionately affected ... -
Improving Birth Outcomes in North Carolina
(2021-04-16)Birth outcomes for children are the foundational building block for life after birth. Adverse birth outcomes influence a child’s development immediately after birth, and their health outcomes throughout their lives. Health ... -
The Show Must Go On: Theatre Recovery in North Carolina in the Aftermath of COVID-19
(2021-04)COVID-19 has ravaged the arts and cultural sector across North Carolina, causing 65% of creative workers in North Carolina to be without work and an economic loss of over $3.4 billion dollars(Arts NC 2021). The theatre industry, ...
