"Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb" In his new book, Sean J. Drake looks at how race and class intersect, contributing to educational inequality and modern school segregation.
March 2022
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faculty experts of a range of disciplines
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graduate students conducting research to address pressing issues
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research areas connect faculty across departments and disciplines
Featured Event
Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Nicola Bianchi
Nicola Bianchi (Northwestern University) will discuss " The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Publicly Provided Services and Labor Markets."
Discussant: John Yinger (Syracuse University)
October 7, 2022 | 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | EST Virtual
Featured Research
“Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis” In this book, Saba Siddiki and Christopher Frantz provide a general background on institutional analysis and the institutional grammar (IG) as well as provide a comprehensive overview of a revised version of the IG developed by the authors called the IG 2.0. The IG 2.0 supports the study of policy design drawing on diverse theoretical and analytical approaches.
July 2022
"Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream" Amy Lutz’s new book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions.
October 2021
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Education Finance and Accountability Program
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October 7, 2022
Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Nicola Bianchi
Virtual
11:00AM-12:15PM