Students use scholarships to explore energy analysis, health care
Contributions from alumni and friends of the La Follette School are helping two students focus their public affairs careers on energy analysis and health-care management. Read more ...
Cost-benefit analysis recommends statewide investment in alternatives to incarceration
A cost-benefit analysis by La Follette School students recommends that Wisconsin invest $20 million in programs that divert some non-violent criminal offenders from jail or prison to community-based alternatives. The annual investment could help offset increased costs of incarceration and reduce prison overcrowding. Read more ...
Chapman sees how sound analysis can help communities tackle problems
From Mali to Salt Lake City, La Follette School student Anne Chapman has seen the importance of well-informed, motivated community leadership — and the essential role a skilled analyst can play in sharing expertise about policy ramifications. Read more ...
Article outlines Europe’s financial crisis
Resolution of the financial problems facing the eurozone is likely to be contentious and prolonged, two scholars argue in the spring 2012 La Follette Policy Report. Read more ...
Beck retires after 28 years of analyzing university by its numbers
1983 La Follette School alum Bruce Beck retired from the University of Wisconsin–Madison after 28 years of helping to manage the campus’ vital statistics, including trends in grade distribution, faculty salary comparisons and freshman test scores. Read more in campus news …
Analysis course benefits state of Wisconsin
Public affairs students in David Weimer’s cost-benefit analysis class are helping state agencies and community organizations make better decisions about criminal justice reform, environmental regulations, child welfare, mental health treatment and other policy areas. Read more ...
Klusmeier increases transparency, efficiency of state programs
A passion for public service and an interest in energy policy brought Amy Klusmeier to the La Follette School. Four years later she is evaluating public programs as an analyst with the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau. Read more ...
Students to visit Legislative Audit Bureau
La Follette School students will visit the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau on Friday, January 27, at 3 p.m. to learn about employment opportunities. Read more ...
Bagnall analyzes banking, finance, wealth for think tank in D.C.
Since graduating from the La Follette School in 2010, Allie Bagnall has been researching and analyzing sovereign wealth funds, international banking regulation, international finance, reserve accumulation and balance of payments, and other macroeconomic topics for the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. Read more ...
Myatt values, uses empirical data
The belief that objective evidence and rational conclusions can be engineered to craft sound public policy brings Jason Myatt to the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Read more ...