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Outreach to Other Universities in the State1
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
and the Georgia Institute of Technology offer a joint Ph.D. in Public Policy. The doctoral curriculum utilizes the strengths and faculty expertise of the two institutions. Gregory B. Lewis directs this joint Ph.D. program.
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
faculty and faculty from the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology held a joint session to discuss common interests in urban planning research, August 1999.
worked with the Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia, which served as subcontractor on the Uganda training project, October - November 1999.
The Experimental Laboratory
in the Environmental Policy Program has been open to students from other parts of the state. The goal of AYSPS has been to make this state of the art facility a benefit throughout the state and to help introduce a new tool of policy analysis. On November 5, Arlington Williams, Professor of Economics, Indiana University, presented an "Experimental Economics Workshop" to faculty and students from Economics, the College of Business and guests from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. On November 8, Emory University's Economic Honors Club participated in a presentation with experiments on tax compliance.
The Health Policy Center
, in collaboration with faculty from Emory University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham were awarded a multi-year grant from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the Packard Foundation to study children's health insurance. The three-year study will examine the effect of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and changes and expansions in Medicaid in Alabama and Georgia on access to care. The study will focus on provider availability and low-income children's subsequent access to, utilization of, and satisfaction with health services. Two sub-studies, one of African-American children and one of children with special health care needs, will be undertaken. Jennifer Edwards is the lead investigator from the Health Policy Center.
Research Atlanta
sponsored the report by Chris Nelson of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Options for Regional Decision Making in Metro Atlanta, which details alternative decision-making approaches to effectively deal with the myriad growth-related issues challenging the metro Atlanta region. June 1999.
conducted a graduate course on Public Health Policy at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
led the "Proposal for Providing Timely, Relevant, and Comprehensive Scientific Assessment for Addressing Past, Present, and Future Urban and Regional Development in Georgia," (co-sponsored with the University of Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse University forming The Center for Urban and Regional Ecology), Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, $508,531 ($54,744 to GSU), August, 1999-July, 2000.
led the "Water Policy Center" program, Flint River Center, a joint program with Albany State University; proposed at $1.1 million per year.
served as member of the Center for Urban Renewal and Ecology, a joint GSU - University of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology center.
gave a guest lecture at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, entitled "The Implementation of Georgia's CHIP Program," June 1999.
participated in the welfare reform research consortium with researchers from universities around the state.
served as GSU representative to the Georgia Transportation Institute (GATI) that consists of research universities in Georgia. He participated in the Transportation Research Symposium sponsored by GATI, May 1999.
participated in a workshop on using GIS on the Internet, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, March 1999.
collaborated with the departments of Economics at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology in coordinating seminars. This includes dissemination of schedules and cost sharing of some external speakers.
presented "Estimation of Multivariate Count Regression Models with Applications to Health Care Utilization" at the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., March 25, 1999.
served as a research consultant to the Emory University Medical School.
and Lakshmi Pandey provided ongoing assistance to the Armstrong State University working with ES202 data from 1979 to 1997.
gave a guest lecture in Technology Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
worked with Gordon Kingsley of the Georgia Institute of Technology on an evaluation of the Ohio National Center for Industrial Competitiveness.
co-authored a paper with Larry Wolfenbarger of Georgia College and State University.
was a member of the Andrew Young School group that met with faculty and administrators at Albany State University to discuss a joint degree program and research center on water management.
worked with Professor Edward Kellough of the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia, Athens, to develop collaborative working relationships between UGA's Carl Vinson Institute, the Andrew Young School, and the State of Georgia Merit System on a funded evaluation of the State's GeorgiaGain and Civil Service Reform Legislation.
served as resident director of the Uganda fiscal decentralization training project, and the Sri Lanka taxation training project.
served as member of the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta Metropolitan College School of Business.
and Larry Keating of the Georgia Institute of Technology received a grant from the Fannie Mae Foundation to do work related to the Atlanta-Fulton County Land Bank Authority.
initiated discussions with the Georgia Institute of Technology concerning ways in which the two Departments could collaborate.
presented "Capitalizing the Human Capital of University Professors: The Case in Biotechnology" at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., February 19, 1999.
served on the Inter-University Rural Economic Development Project Team which presented its findings at the LINKS conference in Sacramento, April 28 - May 1, 1999. The inter-university group included faculty and research staff from the University of Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Southern. The research was completed in 1998 on behalf of the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism and provided background reports and a rural economic development action plan for rural Georgia. LINKS is an annual national conference for the purpose of bringing together academics, policy specialists, elected and other public policy makers, university leaders and students to explore ways to strengthen the links between state governments and public universities. The consortium experience, the phases of the research project, and the outcomes were described by project leaders.
joined with researchers from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia to provide background and assistance to the Department of Labor in its workforce development responsibilities.
presented "Some Choice Models for Teenage Childbearing" for the Economics Department at Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Ga., November, 1999.
met with representatives of Georgia College, Middle Georgia College, Dalton College, Columbus State, and the Georgia Institute of Technology to brief them on tax reform in Russia, in Moscow Russia.
met with the Georgia Council for Economics to brief them on GSU's project and tax reform in Russia, in Moscow, Russia.
met with Clifford Brock, President of Bainbridge College to discuss cooperation and to advise him on work in Russia.
collaborated with Jeffrey Brudney, University of Georgia; Maureen Brown, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; and Ronald Hy, University of Central Arkansas on a national survey of MPA programs concerning the teaching of computer applications. This is the sixth national survey of MPA programs over a twenty-two year period.
taught a class on urban policy research and the history of Research Atlanta for students at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
1. Names of the Georgia universities with which AYSPS collaborated are shown in italics.
