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Social Policy

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Field Faculty     Douglas Wolf (coordinator)

                        Robert Bifulco

                        Len Burman

                        Tom Dennison 

                        William Duncombe

                        Vernon Greene 

                        Len Lopoo 

                        John Palmer

                        Ross Rubenstein 

                        David Van Slyke

                        John Yinger                                                                        

Subject matter: Design, management and evaluation of human resource programs for at-risk populations in the areas of health, aging, education, and welfare; distributional equity and equality of opportunity and access; social, economic and health problems of the aged; the family and public policy; the effects of the demographic aging of modern industrial societies; evaluation and alleviation of poverty, material deprivation and discrimination in American society; public policy toward the health care industry and health care reform.

Suggested Relevant Courses

PAI 781: Social Welfare Policy  

PAI 782: Health Services Management 

PAI 783: Changing American Health Care System

PAI 784: Education Policy

PAI 786: Urban Policy

PAI 787: Child and Family Policy

SOC 664: Aging and Society

SWK 782: Social Welfare Policy and the Workplace

ECN 751: Labor Economics I

Department of Public Administration
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315.443.4000 / Fax: 315-443-9721