Browsing LBJ School of Public Affairs Publications by Title
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Are value-added models for high-stakes teacher accountability arbitrary and capricious?
(2012-05)Value-added models are complex statistical formulas that aim to isolate the effect a teacher has on student learning. States and districts across the nation are adopting laws and policies that will evaluate teachers, in ... -
Assessing the viability of compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel for light-duty vehicles in the United States
(2011-08)Recent optimistic revisions to projections for recoverable natural gas resources in the United States have generated renewed interest in the possibility of greater utilization of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Against ... -
An Assessment of Drunk Driving Policies in Texas and Other States, PRP 69
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An Assessment of Mental Health Services for Veterans in the State of Texas, PRP 180
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2015)This report describes the complex challenges faced by veterans and their families in seeking, navigating, and attaining adequate mental health care in Texas. There are 1.7 million veterans in Texas, comprising 8.6 percent ... -
Assessment of United States national security policy under international human rights law and international humanitarian law
(2014-05)This paper assesses U.S. national security policies in surveillance, detention, interrogation and torture, and targeted killing to determine whether they comport with international human rights law and international ... -
An Assessment of We the People…Project Citizen: Promoting Citizenship in Classrooms and Communities, PRP 129
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Attitudes towards immigrants & support for government spending on health care
(2010-05)A steady increase of new immigrants to the United States has sparked a great debate on the financial impact the foreign born population has on public services. While the United States government has an extensive history ... -
Austin and Its Future: The Challenge of Growth, PRP 3
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1973) -
Barriers to and opportunities for commercial urban farming : case studies from Austin, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana
(2014-05)This professional report addresses 1) where urban agriculture is developing in cities and why; 2) the primary constraints affecting the development of long-term commercial urban farm operations within the boundaries of ... -
Beyond the Bid: an Evaluation of State and Local Government Procurement Practices; PRP 146
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2004) -
Beyond the Numbers: Improving Postsecondary Success Through a Central Texas High School Data Center, PRP 148
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Bleeding Mexico : an analysis of cartels evolution and drug-related bloodshed
(2012-08)Drug-related violence in Mexico has increased exponentially in the last five years, killing near 50,000 people. Even though the country has been a producer of marijuana and opium poppy for nearly a century, it was not until ... -
Borderlands without borders : migrants in transit in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
(2015-05)Each year, thousands of undocumented migrants in transit travelling on "La Bestia" through the Western route cross the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico- the second largest metropolitan area in the country. ... -
The bottled water industry in Mexico
(2014-05)The bottled water industry in Mexico represents a new method of providing drinking water to a society without ties to a conventional central piped domestic water supply system. Mexico, the world's leader in bottled water ... -
Bridging the Gap: Implementing School-to-Work Transition in Austin, Texas, PRP 103
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Budget Imbalance and the External Influences: A Study for the Legislative Budget Board of Texas, PRP 99
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1992) -
Building a Workforce Development System for Texas: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Reform, PRP 126
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Building the Bridge to an Energy Secure Future: Energy Policies for the 21st Century, PRP 172
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Burnout and stress in disaster relief volunteers : recommendations to improve volunteer retention and engagement
(2015-08)There is an ever-increasing reliance on volunteers to provide frontline services during disaster relief operations. Without volunteers, organizations such as the American Red Cross could not function. Burnout and secondary ...
