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Batten has given me the analytical tools to test and prove facts that were previously only hunches—and disprove many more.

I am extremely interested in poverty in relation to demographics, and specifically in areas where black Americans have migrated in order to start and build families that have been torn down by police.

“We asked, ‘How do people perceive electronic signatures, how do people feel when they sign electronic signatures, and how would that impact their subsequent behaviors?’”

How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach.

Electronic signatures have become more and more prevalent in our technological world.

For two incoming MPP students and returned Peace Corps volunteers it was an experience that has positively shaped who they are today.

Batten School professor Jay Shimshack gave the keynote presentation at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop.

Each year, many students fail to enroll in college, enroll in institutions where they are not positioned for success or drop out before earning a degree.

American medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient.

The Batten School’s recently unveiled Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment.

Professor Christopher Ruhm presented his research at the Paid Family and Medical Leave Findings Symposium, hosted by the Department of Labor.

Working with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation.