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In the News: Robert Bifulco

Maxwell Panel Weighs the Implications of the Proposed Dismantling of the Department of Education

The Center for Policy Research’s latest ‘What’s at Stake’ discussion explored the potential effects on public schools, Title IX, higher education accessibility and more. 

March 13, 2025

Maxwell X Lab Study Reveals New Data on Email Recruitment

Messages that were crafted as letters and promoted a long-term career opportunity were more successful in recruiting applicants to a School of Education teacher recruitment fellowship, their findings revealed.

March 7, 2025

Salience in Email Recruitment

Leonard Lopoo, Robert Bifulco, Hannah Patnaik, Ashraf Haque, Christine Ashby, George Theoharis

This Maxwell X Lab study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine which email format is the more salient option when recruiting for a teacher training program designed for diverse, underrepresented students. Published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration.

January 31, 2025

WP 252 Fiscal Sustainability of Retiree Health Care Benefits Among New York State School Districts

Robert Bifulco, Minch Lewis, and Iuliia Shybalkina
December 22, 2022

A Pledge to Transform Education

A gift by Ben ’84 and Marcia Baldanza ’86 inspires a joint initiative aimed at closing the achievement gap by diversifying teachers. 

November 8, 2021

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Alumni Spotlight: Into the Fray

Carolyn Bourdeaux ’03 Joins Congress Days Before Capitol Riot
July 12, 2021

Ten Maxwell experts to speak at upcoming NASPAA conference

Eight faculty members in Public Administration and International Affairs will be among the 10 Syracuse University representatives appearing on panels at the annual conference of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) later this month. NASPAA is an international association of public affairs schools at universities in the United States and abroad
October 1, 2019

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Big Data and PA Careers

“There’s been an explosion in the quantity and forms of data available to support organizational decision making,” says Robert Bifulco, chair of public administration and international affairs. Assistant Professor Matthew M. Young asserts that soon, all public administration employees will be expected to have data analysis skills.

August 6, 2019

Bifulco study on Say Yes to Education program published in JPAM

Robert Bifulco, Ross Rubinstein & Hosung Sohn
April 25, 2019

Bifulco, Schwegman research accountability‐driven school closures

Robert Bifulco & David J. Schwegman
April 17, 2019

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Maxwell School ranks number one for public affairs in 2020

The Maxwell School is once again ranked #1 in the nation for graduate education in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report survey.
March 12, 2019

Maxwell MPA program launches data analytics area of study, internship

“Codifying Data Analytics for Public Policy as an area of study will allow us to deepen and expand our relationships with top employers in this area and ensure that Maxwell remains at the leading edge of this rapidly evolving field,” said Chair and Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Robert Bifulco about Maxwell's new area of study in Data Analytics for Public Policy.

January 8, 2019

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Voices at the Table

The inaugural Policy Camp introduced undergraduate students of color to career options in policy — and to the impact bolstered racial and cultural diversity can have across the public sector.

January 1, 2019

Bifulco's research on Say Yes program cited in Cleveland.com article

Robert Bifulco, professor of public administration and international affairs, found gains in Buffalo after Say Yes when studying the scores of individual students, not just the district as a whole.

December 10, 2018

Shybalkina, Bifulco article on participatory budgeting published

Iuliia Shybalkina & Robert Bifulco
November 29, 2018

Maxwell invites undergrad students of color to Public Policy Camp

The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is pleased to partner with the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) to host a one-day “Public Policy Camp” designed to introduce promising young students of color to the field and to help ensure that diverse perspectives are represented in leadership roles wherever public policies are made and implemented.
September 7, 2018

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