Public Policy Seniors Compare Media Pundits' Prognostications
May 3, 2011
Five students in the Hamilton College Public Policy department posed a question at the outset of their thesis presentation on May 2: are the columnists you read and talking heads you watch better than a coin flip?
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Krugman tops, Cal Thomas bottom of accurate predictors, according to study at Hamilton College
May 2, 2011
Five seniors directed by Professor of Government Gary Wyckoff have analyzed the predictions of 26 prognosticators and have found that most of them were not significantly different, in a statistical sense, than a coin flip. Their findings were presented via webcast on Monday, May 2.
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March 23, 2010
It has taken 17 years, but the president and Congress have finally accomplished what eight Hamilton students achieved as part of a public policy class: overhaul the health care system.
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November 28, 2009
Hamilton hosted a Community-based Research (CBR) program on Friday, Nov. 6, arranged by New York Campus Compact, at which four CBR models currently in use as part of Hamilton courses were presented. Faculty members from Colgate and SUNY/IT as well Hamilton faculty and two Levitt Vista workers attended this roundtable which included discussions of best practices for student learning and community outcomes.
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by Allison Eck '12
June 4, 2009
Associate Professor of Government Gary Wyckoff has written a book titled
Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect, published in May by Urban Institute Press. Wyckoff directs Hamilton's Public Policy Program.
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Alumni Experts Critique Student Plan
May 2, 2008
Hamilton alumni who are experts in health care will be on campus Sunday, May 4, to critique Hamilton students' proposed solutions to the U.S. health insurance system. The critique will take place in the Red Pit at 7:30 p.m. The students are from two of Professor Gary Wyckoff's "Topics in Public Policy" classes. Alumni panelists are Karen Volmer '94, assistant professor of health policy and administration, Penn State University; David Duggan '75, professor of medicine at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse; and Tim Finan '75, president and CEO, Olean General Hospital, Olean, New York.
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