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Ray Marshall meets with organizers on comprehensive immigration reform

March 22, 2017 Leave a Comment

With immigration reform being front and center these days, Dr. Marshall has responded to several requests since the election from print and broadcast media to discuss immigration-related issues. In addition, he is consulting with a coalition of labor and other organizations who have reached out to him to help craft a plan for comprehensive immigration reform. Two recent meetings hosted by Dr. Marshall in Austin, TX, brought together members of the AFL-CIO, United Way Worldwide, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Economic Policy Institute to delve deeper into the issues.

The first meeting was held on Wednesday, 3/15, and included Jon Hiatt, Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO, and Ana Avendaño, Vice President of Labor Participation at United Way Worldwide.

The second meeting was held on 3/17 and included Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at EPI; Naomi Tsu, Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Program at SPLC; Shannon Lederer, Director of Immigration Policy at the AFL-CIO; and Susan Marshall, lecturer at Concordia University.

Strategic Planning for San Antonio Works

February 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Greg Cumpton, PhD
Sponsor(s):	San Antonio Works and San Antonio Economic Development Foundation
Project Duration:	November 2016 – August 2017
Description:	The Ray Marshall Center (RMC) along with consulting partner Jobs for the Future (JFF) will work with SA Works to develop an action plan for future work. The primary steps in developing the plan include: A needs assessment involving stakeholder surveys, focus groups, and interviews Development of a draft action plan including a defined process for review and revision—leads to mapping presentation Aid in an initial convening of stakeholders providing guidance in development and feasibility of metrics guided by a collective impact process Development of processes and sources to obtain and manage regular, meaningful data collection and reporting mechanisms for the collective impact group or groups Provide recommendations for sustainability, including to ensure the continued participation of stakeholders in the continuing collective action process and guide stakeholders in seeking core and supplemental funding sources to support the regional effort Create two final action plans, one related to the collective impact efforts, and another, reflecting lessons learned through the development of the former, for future implementation by SA Works staff.
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RMC presence at APPAM’s annual fall research conference

December 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

Several RMC researchers attended the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 2016 Fall Research Conference, The Role of Research in Making Government More Effective, held at the Washington Hilton in DC from Nov. 3-5. Dr. Heath Prince along with Dr. Chris King, Dr. Daniel Schroeder, Ashweeta Patnaik, and Sam Storey were all in attendance, with Chris, Daniel, and Ashweeta presenting some of their work as detailed below.

Social Science Research Associate Ashweeta Patnaik presented two posters. The first poster, presented on Nov. 3rd, highlighted the findings from the Center’s impact evaluation of the Gulf Coast IT Pathways project. In addition to sharing findings regarding the program’s impacts on participants’ education and labor market outcomes, she also focused on the challenges associated with evaluating a large multi-state consortium initiative. Her second poster, presented on Nov. 5th, highlighted the findings from the Center’s impact evaluation of Project GROW. Ms. Patnaik shared how the complex design of the demonstration project (which included multiple sites, differentiated service delivery and multiple program offerings) influenced the impact evaluation design and analysis, along with the evaluation’s findings regarding the program’s impacts on participants’ education and labor market outcomes.

Research Scientist Dr. Daniel Schroeder presented a paper on Nov. 4th demonstrating the success of a near-universal child support system known as the Texas Integrated Child Support System (ICSS). His presentation was part of a panel discussion “Noncustodial Fathers’ Contributions: Recent Trends and Consequences of Child Support Policy in the United States.”

Senior Research Scientist Dr. Chris King organized and chaired a roundtable on “Global Perspectives on Policies to Protect Workers” on Nov. 5th. Professors Hastings and Heyes from Sheffield University’s WOERRC, as well as Karen Livingston with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and Ludek Rychly with the International Labour Office in Geneva, presented at the roundtable. Ms. Livingston is an LBJ alum (Class of ’02) and a past president of the LBJ School Alumni Association.

Greg Cumpton Attends Big Data Charrette in North Carolina

April 17, 2015 Leave a Comment

On April 13th, the Center’s Associate Director, Greg Cumpton, traveled to Durham, North Carolina to participate in the convening of a Big Data charrette with leading academics, industry leaders, and non-profits from across the South. The National Science Foundation convened the meeting in an effort to develop a Big Data Innovation Ecosystem for the region, where public and private data may be shared securely and accurately across organizations in an effort to drive more effective solutions in education, healthcare, and emergency planning.

Evaluation of Current and Future Workforce Needs in Identity Management, Security, and Privacy

November 21, 2014 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Kelly S. Mikelson, PhD
Sponsor(s):	Center for Identity, The University of Texas at Austin
Project Duration:	October 2014 – March 2015
Description:	This 6-month project is funded by and conducted for the Center for Identity at the University of Texas at Austin. The Ray Marshall Center (RMC), which is part of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, is conducting the evaluation led by Kelly Mikelson, Ph.D., Principal Investigator and Research Scientist, and Christopher T. King, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at RMC. Overall Objectives: Assess current and future workforce needs in identity management, security, and privacy; Evaluate the Master of Science in Identity Management and Security (MSIMS) degree program and professional certificates in Identity Management to determine whether and how these programs may contribute to filling an occupational shortage to educate professionals who are responsible for identity management and security in an ever changing labor force; Provide a nationwide scan of current and emerging Identity Management and Security (IMS) education and training and certificate programs to assess demand for the MSIMS degree program and the supply of available applicants; and In consultation with the Center’s strategic partners and key employer representatives, develop recommendations to improve the MSIMS degree program application process, implementation and content, and mode of delivery. RMC researchers will be conducting in-depth in-person and telephone interviews with the Center for Identity’s key partners, employer representatives, and government agencies in Austin, Washington, DC, and four other cities nationwide. Researchers will be gathering information about education and training needs for identity management, security, and privacy. The information will be used to hone and further develop the Center’s MSIMS degree program and will culminate in a Final Report and recommendations in mid-April 2015.
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Ray Marshall meets with organizers on comprehensive immigration reform

Strategic Planning for San Antonio Works

Greg Cumpton Attends Big Data Charrette in North Carolina

Evaluation of Current and Future Workforce Needs in Identity Management, Security, and Privacy

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Principal Investigator:	Heath J. Prince, PhD
Sponsor(s):	Nuru International
Project Duration:	September 2016 – September 2017
Description:	The Ray Marshall Center (RMC), with support from Nuru International (NI), will assist NI Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with the methodology, tools, and data analysis of its integrated programming model in Ethiopia and Kenya. RMC will provide technical guidance on measurement and data collection for the Multidimensional Poverty Index along with quantitative data analysis of NI’s Multidimensional Poverty Survey (MPI). The key questions being asked this first year are: Trends Analysis: To what extent is NI having an effect on Multidimensional Poverty through an analysis of trends? Methodological rigor: How can NI M&E improve its methodology and/or tools in order to better capture the impact of the integrated model on poverty?
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