1997-1998 Policy Research Projects

Assessing Best Practice Intermodal Transportation Policies, Programs, and Planning Techniques for Texas
Director: Professor Leigh B. Boske, Associate Dean
Client: Texas Department of Transportation 

Assessment of "Project Citizen," a Portfolio and Community-Based Civic Education Program
Director: Professor Kenneth W. Tolo
Clients: The Center for Civic Education; Project Citizen

Developing Health Services in Mexico for U.S. Citizens
Director: Professor David Warner
Funders/Clients: Health Care Financing Administration; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Western Hemisphere Trade Center

Early Childhood Education and Prevention of School Failure
Director: Professor Chrys Dougherty
Funder: Texas Instruments Foundation
Clients: Texas Senate and House Education Committees

Electronic Benefits Transfer and Public Policy
Directors: Professor Lodis Rhodes; Gary Chapman, Coordinator, The 21st Century Project
Client: Texas Office of the Comptroller

Fiscal Capacity of Texas Cities
Directors: Professor Robert H. Wilson, Director, UT Austin Urban Issues Program; Dick Lavine, Center for Public Policy Priorities
Client: Center for Public Policy Priorities

Improving Ethnic Relations among Public School Students
Director: Professor Richard L. Schott
Funder: Carnegie Corporation
Clients: Carnegie Corporation; Austin Independent School District

Increasing the Minority College Graduation Rate
Directors: Professor Jorge Chapa; Jaime Chahin, Associate Vice President for Human Resources and University Affairs, Southwest Texas State University
Funders: Kellogg Foundation; LBJ Foundation
Clients: Texas institutions of higher education

Planning for Strategic Alliance in Social Services
Directors: Professor Pat Wong, Graduate Adviser; Stacey Rosenkrantz, former Policy Associate, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Funder: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Client: Austin Youth and Family Alliance

Water and Sustainable Development in the Binational Lower Río Bravo/Rio Grande
Directors: Professor Jurgen Schmandt, Director, Center for Global Studies, Houston Advanced Research Center; Professor Chandler Stolp, Director, LBJ School U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Program; George Ward, Associate Director, UT Austin Center for Research in Water Resources
Funders: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; LBJ School U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Program
Client: Rio Grande/Río Bravo Coalition


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