Browsing Advanced Academic Programs by Title
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10 Years of Cap and Trade: A Comprehensive Review of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(2018-04)The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was the first greenhouse gas-focused cap-and-trade program in the United States. Encompassing nine states in the northeast region of the country, the program covers carbon dioxide ... -
Academic-Corporate Relations at a Research University: Options for Engagement Practices and Organization
(2017)Universities engage with corporations to pursue their missions in research, teaching, and public service. In recent years, corporations have evolved their expectations for university relations from primarily philanthropic ... -
Addressing the Medicare Appeals Backlog
(2017)When a Medicare provider is denied payment for a Medicare claim, the provider can appeal the decision to a five-level appeals system. However, the backlog of appeals at the third level of appeal is so large that statutory ... -
Affordable Housing in Washington, DC: The Impact of Short-Term Rentals and Possible Solutions
(2017-11)On January 21, 2017, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Ward 5, introduced B22-0092, a bill to impose new regulations on short-terming housing rentals—i.e. Airbnb and others—in order to protect affordable housing supply in the ... -
Affordable, High-Quality Child Care for All
(2016-04-29)The first years of a child’s life are a vital period of rapid cognitive, social and emotional development. For working families, high quality early child care is a necessity that provides young children with support that ... -
Amendment of Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution
(2016-04-20)China has suffered severe haze problem since 2013. The study shows that about 350,000 to 500,000 Chinese people die prematurely due to haze weather each year. 4,400 people are killed by haze weather every day and 1,600,000 ... -
American Trust: Confidence in the Ability of the United States Government to Successfully Respond to Acts of Cyberterrorism
(2018-04)Determining the impact of cyberterrorism – a relatively recent construct – on individuals’ trust in the United States government is an area of study lacking longitudinal research. Existing studies provide only topical ... -
An Analysis of Academic Research Administration Central Office Structures
(2017-12)The purpose of this Capstone Project was to assess academic research office structures. A descriptive and qualitative research method was used in the process of conducting a literature review and the analysis of survey ... -
Analysis of Solar Power as Single Source of Electricity for Middle East and North Africa Countries
(2018-04)The power sector is living a revolution. The cost of clean technologies is declining faster than expected and deployment targets are being achieved with relative easiness. However, as of today, to think of an entire renewable ... -
Application of the National Academies’ Recommendations in the Publication “Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security” to a Division within a Research University
(2017)In the fall of 2015, the Division of Nuclear Medicine (“Division”), a twelve million dollar research division at an institution of higher education (IHE) (“Institution”), was in administrative shambles, and lacked many ... -
Army Officer Retention: How to Retain the Best and Brightest
(2018-04)The United States Army officer corps attracts some of the most talented, motivated, and dedicated young men and women from all parts of American society. Even after 17 years of constant deployments in support of the Global ... -
Auto Safety in the Age of Marijuana Legalization
(2018-04)The United States is seeing a new era of marijuana legalization. Currently, nine states have legalized marijuana , and in 2018, an additional twelve states are expected to consider following suit . Legalization of marijuana ... -
The Business of Defense Acquisition Reform: A Policy Proposal for Incentives that will Promote Acquisition Decisions Based on Good Business Models
(2016-04-19)The United States continues to develop and deploy the best weapons systems in the world. However, these acquisition programs are often founded on poor business cases. Development of new acquisition programs based on poor ... -
Can Climate Change Increase the Likelihood of State Fragility?
(2018-04)It was concluded that climate change can influence the fragility of a country. The existing academic literature has found that it can be as nuanced as the displacement of people due to drought, flooding, storms, forest ... -
Carbon Neutral Food Menu for Restaurants
(2018-04)An individual’s carbon footprint consists of all the greenhouse gases from the meals produced as they wind their way through the food system. Shrinking this individual carbon footprint can help improve environmental and ... -
Characteristics of Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents Caused by Climate Change Intensified Hurricanes
(2017-12)Scientist now believe with more confidence that human activities contribute substantially to the observed upward trend in hurricane activity. An occasional casualty of hurricanes is energy infrastructure like hazardous ... -
China's Renewable and Nuclear Energy Agenda: A Geopolitical Strategy?
(2017-12)This study is a culmination of research performed during the Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University. Through questioning, research accumulation, aggregation, analytical review, ... -
Civil Rights Protections for Students with Disabilities in Private School "Choice" Programs in the United States
(2018-04)There is a growing trend in the United States to privatize the public K-12 school by implementing school “choice”. This model has recently received increased attention, as it is the sole priority and policy idea for the ... -
Climate Action Beyond Government: How Business Can Drive Action Through Value Chain Based Goals and Cooperative Initiatives
(2018-04)The purpose of this research is to provide recommendations for improved corporate climate action strategies, based on trends in the successful setting and achievement of emissions reduction goals in the business sector of ... -
Clinical Trials-Related Administrative Workload and the Methods Used to Assess It
(2016-08-24)The 2012 Faculty Research Survey Research Report conducted by the Federal Demonstration Partnership (Survey) found that clinical trials were one of the 22 most common administrative workload burden activity areas. This ...