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Gormley’s New Book Offers Fresh Insight on Critical Thinking in Education

McCourt Professor William Gormley is shaping the conversation surrounding education policy with his newly published book focusing on remedying the critical thinking skills…

May 22, 2017

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Nielsen Forum Aims to Translate Performance Measurement Theory Into Practice

Public and nonprofit leaders convened at the McCourt School for the 2017 Waldemar A. Nielsen Issue Forum to share with students and other practitioners their ideas on performance…

May 1, 2017

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Getting Men Back to Work

A myriad of causes are keeping more than seven million prime-age men out of work, raising wonder among economists and policy analysts about how to get them back into the.…

April 26, 2017

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Experts Address Fragmentation of International Aid

Innovative approaches are required to overcome the increasingly fragmented aid architecture systems in development, said two leading practitioners who visited McCourt to discuss…

February 24, 2017

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China Makes Progress, U.S., Other Countries Fail to Discourage Fossil Fuels

The average tax on gasoline throughout the world is declining, meaning that governments are collectively failing to discourage fossil fuel consumption, according to a new study…

January 9, 2017

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Immigrants to America Become Less Healthy Over Time, Professor Says

The longer immigrants stay in America, the less healthy they become, according to a recently published study in Economics and Human Biology by McCourt School of Public Policy…

September 19, 2016

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Professor Adriana Kugler to Research Unemployment Insurance Effects

McCourt School professor Adriana Kugler will study the effect of unemployment insurance benefits on match quality and job mobility, thanks to a grant from the Washington Center…

August 8, 2016

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East Africa Road Safety Project Gets $3 Million Grant

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Georgetown researchers a $3 million grant to expand a road safety intervention project in East Africa,…

July 12, 2016

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Report Shows Huge D.C. Health Disparities, Makes Recommendations

A new Georgetown report that will be submitted to the District of Columbia Commission on African American Affairs reveals sobering statistics about health disparities in the.…

June 28, 2016

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Georgetown Researchers to Evaluate, Transform Education in Tanzania

Georgetown's McCourt School is the lead institution on a study to evaluate an ambitious reform in education in Tanzania, where basic reading and math skills have plummeted in…

June 23, 2016