Research projects by La Follette graduate students are currently helping to inform items in Governor Evers’ 2025-2027 state budget proposal.
Client projects
News stories about students working with real-world clients as a part of our Cost-Benefit Analysis and Capstone courses.
Student report recommends regionalized taxi system in Northwest Wisconsin
Their recommendations resulted from an in-depth analysis at the request of the City of River Falls.
La Follette students find financial capability program is vital for humanitarian migrants’ financial literacy, stability
La Follette graduate students evaluate The International Rescue Committee’s financial capability program and its effectiveness in helping humanitarian migrants navigate the U.S. financial system.
Student projects address challenges in Wisconsin and beyond
Students’ spring capstone projects addressed real-world challenges on behalf of clients including NGOs, the private sector, and both federal and state agencies.
Recognizing 2023-24 undergraduate internship host organizations
These internship host organizations helped to give La Follette students invaluable hands-on experiences over the past year.
Seeking project proposals for capstone course
Working with clients, our master’s students apply skills and tools they’ve learned in political, economic, and statistical analysis on real-world projects.
Tree canopy, pocket parks could make La Crosse cooler
La Follette School students researched policy solutions to would reduce the urban heat island effect in the City of La Crosse.
Capstone projects provide real-world training and policymaking opportunities
Students concluded their graduate education this spring by completing projects addressing real-world challenges on behalf of clients from the public, non-governmental, and private sectors.
La Follette students highlight benefits of universal child savings accounts in Wisconsin
La Follette School students showed that universal child savings accounts could have significant benefits for the state when they conducted the first statewide cost-benefit analysis of the idea.
Capstone project helps Outrider Foundation investigate oceanic nuclear waste
A first-of-its-kind project conducted by La Follette students helped inform an Outrider Foundation investigation that looked at radioactive materials littering the Arctic seas.