The Briefing- Spring 2000
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

In This Issue

• Education reform plan makes sense for Georgia
• Dean's Corner

Policy Research

• Public policy professor carves niche in disaster research
• Marriage tax may quell wedding bells

Alumni Today

• Alumni News

Students Today

• Visually impaired student sees opportunity in disability advocacy
• Student News
• Andrew Young School enrollment up

Reaching Out

• Study examines economic impact of brownfields

Faculty Today

• On the Go Faculty, staff shift career paths
• Awards/honors/grants, New publications, Recent presentations

Friends Today

• Andrew Young School remembers Jack Dunn

The Briefing is published three times a year by the Office of the Dean for alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, Ga. 30303-3083.

Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an equal opportunity educational institution and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Carl V. Patton
President
Georgia State University

Ronald J. Henry
Provost
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Roy W. Bahl
Dean

Paula E. Stephan
Associate Dean

Betsy J. Robertson
Director of Public Relations

James R. Alm
Gregory B. Lewis
John Clayton Thomas
Contributing Editors

Susan Bull
Photographer