News: Analysis
Boggs helps craft, evaluate Wisconsin budget
As an analyst with the Wisconsin Department of Administration's budget office, alum Breann Boggs helps the governor's office and state agencies devise the state's two-year spending plan.
Students to visit Legislative Audit Bureau
Chapman sees how sound analysis can help communities tackle problems
From Mali to Salt Lake City, La Follette School student Anne Chapman has seen the importance of well-informed, motivated community leadership — and the essential role a skilled analyst can play in sharing expertise about policy ramifications.
Weimer elected vice president of Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
Bell uses management, analysis training in elections, Army work
For situations involving Wisconsin elections and numbers, La Follette School alum Brian Bell is the man to turn to.
Herd: American Community Survey essential
Sociologist Pamela Herd outlines the necessity of the annual American Community Survey to provide policymakers with good data in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read the article …
Levine explores, applies analysis tools
Nick Levine came to the La Follette School to pick up a few more analysis tools. "I have a background in the humanities, in East Asian studies with an emphasis on China," Levine says, "but my analysis suffered from a lack of understanding involving the economics, statistics and legal precedents used in the law and social sciences."
Hartung develops analytical skills, methods
Curiosity about statistical methods brought Adam Hartung to the La Follette School. "I wanted to have a better understanding of how public policies are created and evaluated at a level higher than when I'm talking about a news story with friends," says the second-year Master of Public Affairs student.
Students use scholarships to explore energy analysis, health care
Cost-benefit analysis recommends statewide investment in alternatives to incarceration
A cost-benefit analysis by La Follette School students recommends that Wisconsin invest $20 million in programs that divert some non-violent criminal offenders from jail or prison to community-based alternatives. The annual investment could help offset increased costs of incarceration and reduce prison overcrowding.