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The Summer 2019 Supervisors and Managers Bootcamp graduates at Maymont in Richmond, Virginia
News / September 19, 2019

The First Supervisors and Managers Bootcamp Created a Safe and Interactive Learning Experience

Being a supervisor can be challenging, rewarding, frustrating, and amazing all in one day. Supervision of others requires constant hat-switching from coach to manager to cheerleader and more. The Performance Management Group (PMG) within the Center for Public Policy at VCU’s Wilder School created the Supervisors and Managers Bootcamp (SMB) to help supervisors, managers, and project managers tackle their days armed with relevant knowledge and practical ideas.

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The Wilder School is hiring four faculty who will contribute to its scholarly and pedagogical focus in a variety of areas.
News / October 8, 2019

Four faculty openings!

The Wilder School is hiring four faculty who will contribute to its scholarly and pedagogical focus in a variety of areas. Priority review will begin on October 15, 2019 and continue until each position is filled.

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Students reading in VCU's Park Plaza.
News / August 25, 2019

SERL to study post-college outcomes for SCHEV

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has awarded $750,000 to the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory (SERL) for a one-year research study. The study will describe post-college outcomes for recent baccalaureate and associate degree earners at state-supported institutions of higher education in Virginia.

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The 2019 Wilder Symposium will explore
News / September 9, 2019

2019 Wilder Symposium to explore “Race in Academia” September 24

The 2019 Wilder Symposium at Virginia Commonwealth University will explore “race and academia” and will feature the presidents of Virginia State University, the University of Richmond, Reynolds Community College and VCU.

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The Wilder School will present the feature documentary  “Seats at the Table,
News / August 27, 2019

Wilder School to screen "Seats at the Table," a unique documentary film that explores an inmate literature program

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, the Wilder School will present a screening of the feature documentary “Seats at the Table.” Directed by Chris Farina, the film depicts a college class which brings together university students with residents of a maximum-security juvenile correctional center through the study of Russian literature.

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Richmond resident Jeffrey's struggle to find stable housing for his family after an eviction was also shared in the On The Media series The Scarlet E. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM)
News / August 16, 2019

Panel discussion to explore eviction policy, community impact

The Wilder School will host an insightful discussion on housing instability and eviction policy featuring Virginia State Sen. Jennifer McClellan and community activists on Thursday, Sept. 26. The event, “Eviction Beyond the Numbers,” will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26 at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts.

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The 2019-20 season of the Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series in Public Policy will kick-off on Monday, September 30, with a talk by Norma Riccucci, of Rutgers University at Newark.
News / September 23, 2019

2019-20 Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series to Kick-Off Sept. 30

The 2019-20 season of the Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series in Public Policy will kick-off on Monday, September 30, with a talk by Norma Riccucci, of Rutgers University at Newark.

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The Wilder School’s Center for Public Policy (CPP) has launched CompassPoint, a new podcast series that leverages the research and expertise of the CPP.
News / August 28, 2019

CompassPoint, a new podcast series shares CPP expertise with wide audience

The Wilder School’s Center for Public Policy (CPP) has launched CompassPoint, a new podcast series that makes the breadth and depth of CPP faculty expertise easily accessible to a broad audience of citizens, planners, policymakers, investors and businesses.

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A man balancing a figurine of a house atop a precariously stacked stack of wooden blocks.
News / August 1, 2019

More than three in four Virginians see housing affordability as a problem in America today

More than three in four Virginians (78%) see housing affordability as a problem in America today, and almost half (47%) see it as a very serious problem, according to a new statewide poll by the Center for Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

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Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the VCU Wilder School, has co-authored a new study that explores the housing issues experienced by cancer patients and survivors in New York City.
Faculty News / August 28, 2019

Raskin publishes housing, survivorship studies of cancer patients

Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the VCU Wilder School, has co-authored a new study that explores the housing issues experienced by cancer patients and survivors in New York City.

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