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Client projects

News stories about students working with real-world clients as a part of our Cost-Benefit Analysis and Capstone courses.

La Follette student projects inform real-world policymaking in Wisconsin

Posted on May 7, 2025

Research projects by La Follette graduate students are currently helping to inform items in Governor Evers’ 2025-2027 state budget proposal.

Posted in Client projects, Health and Aging, MIPA News, MPA News, News, Students

Student report recommends regionalized taxi system in Northwest Wisconsin

Posted on August 15, 2024

Their recommendations resulted from an in-depth analysis at the request of the City of River Falls.

Posted in Client projects, MPA News, News, Students

La Follette students find financial capability program is vital for humanitarian migrants’ financial literacy, stability

Posted on July 23, 2024

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.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, International Policy & Economics, MIPA News, News, Outreach, Students

Student projects address challenges in Wisconsin and beyond

Posted on July 19, 2024

Students’ spring capstone projects addressed real-world challenges on behalf of clients including NGOs, the private sector, and both federal and state agencies.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, Energy and the Environment, Health and Aging, International Policy & Economics, MIPA News, MPA News, News, Outreach, Social Policy, Students

Recognizing 2023-24 undergraduate internship host organizations

Posted on May 24, 2024

These internship host organizations helped to give La Follette students invaluable hands-on experiences over the past year.

Posted in Client projects, News, Outreach, Students

Seeking project proposals for capstone course

Posted on October 16, 2023

Working with clients, our master’s students apply skills and tools they’ve learned in political, economic, and statistical analysis on real-world projects.

Posted in Client projects, News, Outreach

Tree canopy, pocket parks could make La Crosse cooler

Posted on July 15, 2023

La Follette School students researched policy solutions to would reduce the urban heat island effect in the City of La Crosse.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, Energy and the Environment, MPA News, News, Outreach, Students

Capstone projects provide real-world training and policymaking opportunities

Posted on July 11, 2023

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.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, Energy and the Environment, International Policy & Economics, News, Outreach, Social Policy, Students

La Follette students highlight benefits of universal child savings accounts in Wisconsin

Posted on May 11, 2023

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.

Posted in Client projects, MPA News, News, Outreach, Social Policy, Students

Capstone project helps Outrider Foundation investigate oceanic nuclear waste

Posted on March 18, 2023

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.

Posted in Client projects, Energy and the Environment, International Policy & Economics, MIPA News, News, Students
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