Tag La Follette School of Public Affairs

Wisconsin Poverty Report gauges nature and extent of problem statewide

May 4, 2009

The first-ever Wisconsin Poverty Report finds that nearly 11 percent of Wisconsin's population and one in seven children lived in poverty in 2007 and that the need for food - and almost always with it is poverty - has grown substantially as the recession deepened in the last two years.

Study: Family income does not dictate UW–Madison admission

April 16, 2009

New research from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows that UW–Madison is not letting a family's income determine whether the campus admits a freshman.

Flood seminar seeks to avoid future devastation

March 30, 2009

Two national experts will join more than a dozen Wisconsin researchers and government officials in April in Madison at a symposium aimed at helping Wisconsin communities avoid devastating floods like those that inundated the Midwest last year.

Social Security expert: Modest changes may offer more protection

February 26, 2009

UW–Madison sociologist Pamela Herd has been a scholar of Social Security for more than a decade, but her most poignant lesson may have come from her own mother’s experience last fall.

Spring public policy series announced

February 11, 2009

Specialists in administrative law, entrepreneurship and social statistics will speak on a variety of public policy issues this spring through joint sponsorship of the La Follette School of Public Policy and the Center for the World and the Global Economy (WAGE).

Smeeding brings expertise to poverty research institute

December 10, 2008

Tim Smeeding knows something about horses, and about success. He strides to his office chalkboard, and in an animated style, picks up a piece of chalk and starts scribbling away. An equation comes into view: “Success = an idea, the money, and the horses to get it done.” Smeeding, the new director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, has lived out that equation many times.

La Follette School notes 25 years with special issue of policy report

November 11, 2008

The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs is marking its 25th anniversary with an expanded issue of the La Follette Policy Report that showcases Wisconsin public affairs research.

Economy experts

November 6, 2008

Economics professor to address global financial crisis

October 23, 2008

Menzie Chinn, a professor in the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will discuss "The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need to Know Now" in a lecture sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

Chances for post-election health reform examined during La Follette lecture

October 22, 2008

Is America primed for health care reform? That’s one of the questions Thomas Oliver will address at a free public lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Kenosha development could ease tribe’s social, economic woes, study finds

October 9, 2008

The Menominee Indian Tribe's proposed Kenosha entertainment center and casino would enable the poverty-stricken tribe to greatly improve living and work conditions on its northern Wisconsin reservation and begin remedying the economic and social ravages caused by the U.S. government's termination of its status as a federally recognized tribe in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, according to a new analysis by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs.

La Follette professor elected to National Academy of Public Administration

October 8, 2008

David L. Weimer, professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named a fellow-elect of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

‘Payback’ site to aid students, families

September 30, 2008

Parents and high school counselors trying to persuade high schoolers that a college education pays off have a new tool at their disposal: a Web site that calculates how much better off an individual expects to be over her or his lifetime with a college degree, compared to just a high school diploma.

Heinrich takes over as La Follette School head

September 10, 2008

Providing more support for graduate students, continuing to build a strong international program and preserving the vitality of the Wisconsin Idea are all high on Carolyn Heinrich’s list as she takes over as the new director of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Nearly $200 million spent in race for the White House

June 2, 2008

Almost $200 million has been spent on television advertising so far during this presidential election year, with the overwhelming amount of recent spending coming from the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Professors propose ways to make ‘Wisconsin Covenant’ a success

May 9, 2007

May 10 is the first day that the state's eighth graders can sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a recent policy proposal from Gov. Jim Doyle that guarantees students who commit to the program a place in the Wisconsin higher education system and a financial aid package.