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Browsing Sanford School Master of Public Policy (MPP) Program Master’s Projects by Title
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$100 Million Dollars Later: Are School Resource Officers Making North Carolina Schools Safer?
(2023-04-20)Since 2016, North Carolina has spent over $100 million on School Resource Officer (SRO) salaries and training. Research consistently finds SROs have little to no effect on school safety and can contribute to over-disciplining ... -
A Background and Case Study on Septic Tank Failure as it Relates to Climate Impacts, Recent Climate Policy, and Community Needs
(2023-04-28)In the two years since President Joe Biden took office there has been an unprecedented national focus on environmental justice and climate justice in the distribution of federal funds and resources. There has also been an ... -
A Case Study of Transit Demand Modeling and Transportation Planning at North Carolina State University
(2012-04-20)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Policy Questions: How should a large urban university make short-term trade-offs in its provision of transit service to a new, multi-use library that is expected to shift demand towards new transit ... -
A comparative analysis of newspaper and blog coverage of natural gas extraction policies in North Carolina
(2013-04-18)North Carolina is home to natural gas deposits, both onshore and offshore. The state has debated whether or not to allow extraction of these resources on many occasions. This study analyzes the newspaper and blog content ... -
A Hard Bargain? A cost-benefit analysis of an improved cookstove program in India
(2016-08-01)In developing countries, access to modern energy for cooking and heating still remains a challenge to raising households out of poverty. About 2.5 billion people depend on solid fuels such as biomass, wood, charcoal and ... -
A New Approach to Housing Choice Voucher Implementation in Durham, North Carolina
(2020-04-08)The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the largest federal rental housing program in the United States, providing housing subsidies for over 2.2 million low-income households at an annual cost of approximately $18.4 ... -
A Realist Synthesis of Community Consent in Mining: The Enabling Environment for Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Latin America
(2020-05-03)Policy Question The policy problem this analysis seeks to understand is the context (otherwise known as the enabling environment) of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples impacted by mining in ... -
A Review of Conservation Finance Mechanisms in the North American West
(2013-04-09)Background As part of a multi-pronged strategy to improve ecological integrity on 300 million high priority acres in the West by 2035, the Hewlett Foundation seeks to target and increase public funding for private land ... -
A State-Based Marketplace in North Carolina
(2014-05-02)On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the most significant U.S. health policy legislation since Medicare and Medicaid, became law. The law’s main objective is to reduce the number of uninsured U.S. residents. ... -
A Strategy for Addressing Climate Change in the North Carolina Legislature
(2012-04-26)The North Carolina Conservation Network (ConNet) is seeking a successful legislative strategy to achieve the passage of policy in North Carolina General Assembly addressing climate change. This is a particular challenge ... -
A Strategy to Increase Energy Efficiency Investment in Public Housing
(2013-04)This document proposes a strategy for Environmental Defense Fund to increase energy efficiency investment in public housing. Improving the energy efficiency of public housing buildings represents a tremendous opportunity ... -
Access and Absence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effect of North Carolina School Health Centers on Student Absenteeism
(2014-04-25)The first school-based health center (SBHC) was introduced in North Carolina in Greene County in 1983. Over the last thirty years, School Health Centers (SHCs), which include school-based, school-linked, mobile units and ... -
Access to Medicine Index: Can a global scorecard framework promote a system of public accountability across the pharmaceutical sector to support increased access to essential medicines in developing countries?
(2013-06-28)This report reviews the Access to Medicine Index (AMTi) in positively changing the pharmaceutical industry. This report notes a number of opportunities for the ATMi to improve its engagement with stakeholders. The current ... -
Addressing Teacher Vacancies in North Carolina
(2020-04-17)When it comes to student learning, high-quality teachers are the most important in-school factor. Having a highly effective teacher in every classroom is a crucial component of creating a strong and equitable public education ... -
Adoption and Short-term Impacts of Improved Cookstoves in Rural India
(2017-06-20)Half of the world’s population (2.7 billion people), of which 95 percent is in ‘poor’ countries, rely on solid fuels including biomass fuels like wood, dung, agricultural residue and coal, to meet most of their energy needs. ... -
Advertising on Triangle Transit: A Revenue Forecast & Policy Analysis
(2013-04-17)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY POLICY ISSUE (PG 1) Triangle Transit is interested in how much revenue could be generated by the placement of interior and exterior advertisements on the buses and para-transit vehicles that it manages ... -
Ambush on Black Veterans: Foreign Disinformation Swayed the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election by Targeting Black Voters
(2023-04-19)A Russian-orchestrated influence campaign spread disinformation using social media during the 2016 United States (U.S.) presidential election. Digital evidence shows that Russian operatives developed presumptions about differing ... -
An Analysis of How Housing Incentives Can Reduce Teacher Attrition in North Carolina
(2020-05)Background North Carolina, and the entire United States, is in the midst of a teacher shortage. The teacher shortage is caused by two main factors: not enough teachers are joining the profession and too many teachers are ... -
An Analysis of the Institutional Factors that Influence Retention and 6 - Year Graduation Rates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(2012-04-26)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper investigates the relationship between institutional characteristics (institutional selectivity, faculty and financial characteristics) and retention and 6-year graduation rates at Historically ...
