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December 2016 | Does Public Administration Want Diversity…Really? By Leisha DeHart Davis

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Suggestions for outreach included showing interest in emerging scholars’ research and formally mentoring faculty of color. Some commenters recommended these tactics as a way of opening the field to more diverse intellectual perspectives. . **Reach out to new faculty in the field, particularly faculty of color.

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Call for Chapters: Student Success Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on an Evolving Profession (working title) #ACRL

A Library Writer's Blog

She received her MLIS from North Carolina Central University in 2016 and her BA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2011. Her research interests include outreach for nontraditional students, critical librarianship, open pedagogy, equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

During the study period, answering rates—or the rate at which tenants appeared in response to court filing—increased dramatically throughout the city, likely due to citywide outreach and tenant engagement. However, the study did not find a significant difference in answering rates in UAC ZIP Codes. Background. Methodology.

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In " Back to School #3: College " (2016) I mention a number of elements (slightly edited): -- In most communities, colleges and universities are major property owners, and even developers (" Project Rehab, University City District, Philadelphia: Best Practice Neighborhood Stabilization Program ," " What do universities owe abutting communities?

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Test, learn and adapt – How public agencies can use researcher-practitioner partnerships to test low-cost, light-touch interventions: An interview with Adam Sacarny, Professor, Columbia University – Episode #133

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

How can public agencies can use rapid, low-cost experiments to test (and learn from) low-cost, light-touch interventions such as communications and outreach strategies? To get insights into all those topics, we are joined by Adam Sacarny (@ asacarny ).

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Three strategies to promote relevance in program evaluations so that findings are useful to policymakers and practitioners: An interview with Evan Weissman, Senior Associate, MDRC – Episode #117

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Doing outreach to other stakeholders about both the preliminary intervention design and research design to get additional input. To learn more, we’re joined by the evaluation’s lead researcher, Evan Weissman.

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AWS Nonprofit Credit Program expands support for nonprofits of all sizes

AWS Public Sector Blog

Accelerating impact with the AWS Nonprofit Credit Program Since the AWS Nonprofit Credit Program launched in 2016, AWS has provided thousands of nonprofits around the world with computing credits and technical expertise. Global expansion, outreach, and the delivery of solutions in remote locations.

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