A Multimodal Analysis of the Madison Building Improvement Grant
In this report, La Follette students evaluate the Building Improvement Grant (BIG) program to assess its effectiveness and identify opportunities to strengthen its impact.
Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
In this report, La Follette students evaluate the Building Improvement Grant (BIG) program to assess its effectiveness and identify opportunities to strengthen its impact.
As more than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water, new research from the La Follette School of Public Affairs investigates the effects of early-life exposure to citywide water filtration on longevity in the early 20th-century. A series of 20th-century policy shifts in American cities to public health infrastructure, including …
In this report, La Follette students evaluate AI adoption practices across four U.S. states to identify actionable recommendations for government practitioners implementing AI.
In this report, La Follette students evaluate whether the three city-owned parking garages in downtown Milwaukee deliver enough public value to justify their cost.
In this report, La Follette students examine how Wisconsin can strengthen support for student loan borrowers by drawing on borrower assistance systems in peer states.
In this report, La Follette students analyze barriers to water infrastructure finance in Wisconsin and provide the Water Finance Exchange and the state with recommendations to support water utilities.
In this report, La Follette students identify an acute workforce-related digital skills gap in english language learners and develop recommendations that aim to unlock workforce potential, promote economic mobility, and achieve a more inclusive and resilient labor market.
In this report, La Follette students analyze the introduction of food trucks as an approach to economic revitalization in the two historic downtowns of Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
In this report, La Follette students assess policy options for the Madison Metropolitan School District’s new device ban policy.
The Kohl Competition awards funding to faculty research projects that exemplify evidence-based policymaking and meaningfully shape public policy.