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 Capstone
PA 681 Capstone in Public Administration
This course provides an opportunity for students to integrate their studies with professional practice. Case studies and special projects require students to integrate knowledge from the core curriculum in the analysis of public management and policy problems. MPA Capstone Projects: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 2008 Capstone Projects The Influence of Vet Schools on the Veterinary Labor Market Kyle Bosh The Impact of Land Use Changes on Biodiversity in the U.S. Roger Brown Evaluating the Implementation of the Kentucky Drug Endangered Children Training Network Ramona Gabbard Business Improvement Districts: Should Lexington Have One? Melissa Hagan KCTS Student Success Billie Hardin A Summative Evaluation of the Healthy States Policy Forums Jessica Harmon Benchmarking the Board-Executive Director Relationship of the Fayette Foundation Jodie Markey Property Tax Revenue Decline in the State of California Ryan Mauldin Does Downtown Redevelopment Lead to Increases in Non-Developed Property Values Brett Rudy Evaluability Assessment of LexCall Evengelo Theodosopoulus Developing an Outcome Assessment Instrument for the Bluegrass DV Program Andrea Walden A Formative Evaluation of Kentucky’s Environmental Compliance Assistance Program Bonnie Wathen 2007 Capstone Projects Senate Bill (SB) 172: Governance of Nutrition in Kentucky Public Schools Implementation Analysis William Brumbach Does the Incidence of Public Official Liability Claims Increase in Years Following an Election? Laurel Curtis Kentucky Non-Profits and Financial Transparency: Do Donors Look? Paul Ditterline Public Policy and Market Reality: Analyzing the Unfunded Liability in the Kentucky Non-hazardous Employees' Retirement System Kelley Dudley Process Review of the Final Acceptance for Federal-Aid Highway Projects in Kentucky Michael Loyselle Violent Personal Crimes on Campus: The Influence of Size, Setting, and Police Presence Chris McKinney Nonprofits: Recruiting and Retaining Baby Boom Volunteers in Central Kentucky Ashley Moore Operation UNITE: A Qualitative Analysis Identifying Critical Factors for Implementation Crystal Pryor Expanding a General Surgery Practice: Privileges, Ambulatory Care Centers and Hospital Interactions. Julia Ruschell Snow An Impact Study of Local Historic District Overlays on Fayette County Property Values Suzann Vogel An Analysis of Employing the Circuit Breaker as an Alternative Approach for Targeting Aid to Low-Income Students in Kentucky. Will Walton Evaluating if the Built Environment Has a Substantial Effect on Obesity in Fayette County, Kentucky John W. Warren Preparing For the Future: A Evaluation of Alternative Methods for Estimating the Needed Capacity of Nursing Home Beds in Kentucky Michelle Woods 2006 Capstone Projects The 2005 Reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act: An Analysis of the Years 2000 and 2003. Alethea Ingram Bernard Outcome Evaluation of the Center for Women, Children and Families' Parenting Program Elena Buzarnescu Public Authorities and Determinants of Aggregate Debt: Kentucky's Municipal Governments Derek Bridges Estimating the Economic Impact of a New Arena in the Horse Park Alexis R. Bwenge Evaluating Awareness of Community Health and Human Services by the Hispanic Population in Lexington, Kentucky Pilar Corbellini The Effects of School District Policy on Participation and Educational Outcomes in the Math and Sciences William M. Craig Eliminating the Federal Deductibility of State and Local Taxes: The Possible Impact on State and Local Spending in Kentucky. John M. Foster A Retrospective Analysis of the Toll Fellow Program Impact on Leadership Lizeth C. Fowler Has creation of the Dunbar Neighborhood Association reduced crime in Dunbar? A 79 month ITS study of selected Lexington neighborhoods. Timothy J. Goobic KY Pharmacists’ Perceptions of Medication Errors JD Hammond Should Louisville Build a Dual Tenant or Single Tenant Arena? Chad A. Harpole How the Stringency of State Charter School Laws Affects Student Outcomes. Kristen R. Hoffman Light-Rail in Louisville: Assessing the Financial Feasibility of Transit Brian K. Howell From Welfare to the Workforce: Does Participation in the Kentucky Works Program Components Affect the Earnings of Welfare Recipients in Kentucky? Paulette Jones External Communications Audit of the Kentucky Arts Council Jessica N. Kropczynski What Non-Administrative Factors Affect the Efficiency Ratios of Non-Profit Organizations? Emily A. Lane Does the Voluntary Standards for Excellence Program Improve Reporting Qualities & Efficiency of Nonprofit Organizations? Harmony Little Seat Belt Usage Rates: A Meta-Analysis Tiffany L. Lockhart An Economic Impact Study for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Parks and Recreation Melynda L. Milburn Measuring the Financial Impact of the Lexington Police's Disability Pension Plan Eric A. Miller Should the American Society of Missiology Partner with a Commercial Publisher to Publish Its Journal? Betsy A. Northrup Implementing a Purchase of Development Rights Program: Appraisal & Assessment in Fayette County, Kentucky Perry A. Papka Economic Analysis of Kentucky Being a Part of the National Lambda Rail Chithra Perumal What Factors Affect Access to Mental Health Care for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Mental Illness? Charlene B. Powell Where Supply Meets Demand: Women in Diesel Mechanics Emily Raine How the Kentucky League of Cities Can Better Serve the Readership of City Laurent C. Rawlings Emergency Department Costs Incurred by Hispanics in Central Kentucky Sandra L. Senft Elasticity of the LFUCG Tax Structure Bradley S. Settle Does the Environmental Orientation of County Judge Executives Affect Local Environmental Policy? Katherine E. Shanks 2005 Capstone Projects Survey of Physical Agility Testing and Officer Fitness Levels in Kentucky Police Departments Nathan Brown What Influences State Government Performance in Environmental Protection? Xiaoyang Chang Securing the Commonwealth: Changing Emergency Preparedness in Kentucky Christopher Cross Disease Management Programs: Are They an Effective Tool to Control Healthcare Costs? Susan Gitzinger Assessing the Relationships Between Health-Risk Behaviors and Characteristics and Substance Use Among Kentucky’s Public School Youth Tiffanie Gray Important Health and Wellness Issues: An Examination of Elizabethtown Independent Schools Robin E. Harris Do Specialty Pharmacies Improve Compliance within Health Plans? A Case Study of Bluegrass Family Health Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Jeremy Hasford The 2005 Reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act: An analysis of the Years 2000 and 2003 Alethea Bernard Ingram From Welfare to the Workforce: Does Participation in the Kentucky Works Program Components Affect the Earnings of Welfare Recipients in Kentucky? Paulette Jones A Model of the Effects of a Prior Authorization Requirement on Gabapentin Spending in a Kentucky Medicaid Population Michael Lasley Interlocal Cooperation in the Bluegrass Area Development District: What Factors Lead to Success? Lora Littleton Tax Burden and Venture Creation: An Empirical Investigation Andrew V. MacNeill The Effects of a University-Based Academic Detailing Program for Primary Care Providers on Hemoglobin A1c Assessment Frequency in Type II Diabetics Christopher Maloy Can You Hear Me Now? Lexington Hearing and Speech Center Parent Needs Assessment Kendall Nash First Responders on the Front Line: Measuring the Effect of Mobilization on Emergency Services Kate Pringle Contracting Waste Collection in Kenton County: Will Inter-Municipality Cooperation Decrease Cost? Thomas Rauf The Color Purple: Can Alternative Election Systems Better Represent American Political Behavior? Krista Rinehart Accountability in Public Administration Education: Assessing the Martin School Natalie Schneider Measuring Environmental Compliance Assistance Outcomes: A Benefit Cost Analysis of the Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program Kenya Stump Analysis of the Constraints Affecting the Motor Fuel Tax in Comparison to the Transportation Cabinet’s Projected Needs: The Impact were a cost Escalator to be Enacted; and the Advocacy Positions Being Taken on the Issue of a Possible Cost Escalator Jonathan Thompson Development Education at Somerset Community College: Factors Leading to Retention and Graduation Tracy Tucker Organizational Structures and State Departments of Transportation Candice Y. Wallace Commuting Time Patterns in Kentucky: Major Contributing Factors and Policy Implications Mariya Wasilkowski-Gerasimova An Exploratory Analysis of the Fayette County Urban League Senior Community Service Employment Program Kelly S. Woodall 2004 Capstone Projects
An Analysis of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent in Central and Eastern Kentucky John Matthew Belcher Tax System Evaluation: Variance Analysis of Kentucky's Corporate Tax System Cary D. Black Principals' Attitudes and CATS Scores: The Effects on School Performance Rebecca Dane Brickey Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Examining Retention, Factors Affecting Retention and the Differences Between Robinson Scholars and Other University of Kentucky Students Kimberly Ann Chaffer What Affects State Government Performance in Environmental Protection? Xiaoyang Chang Kentucky's Structural Imbalance: An Empirical Analysis of the Current Deficit Abby Cosentino When the Safety Net Fails: An Analysis of Alternative Long-Term Care Services in Kentucky Suzanne Swann Dale An Analysis of SF12, Quality of Life Measures, Within a Managed Care Provider Group Virginia Maria Engoglia Nighttime Driving and Passenger Restrictions for Teenage Drivers: Effectiveness and Risk Reductions Daniel Wayne Flournoy Kentucky Economic Development Incentives: An Analysis of their Socioeconomic Impact Raymont D. Griffith Service Programming at the University of Kentucky: A Comprehensive Program and Assessment Jean Ellen Hiter Revenue Forecasting for Special Olympics Kentucky: A Quantitative Approach for the Non-Profit Sector James Thomas Hodges Food Programs and Overweight Status among U.S. Children Regan Elizabeth Hunt Contracting with Nonprofit Organizations: A Model for Local Governments Renee Jackson Quality of Life Assessment for Children under Age 6 in Fayette County Sara Legel Jeffries Legal Publication in a Saturated Field: An Analysis of How The Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law Solicits Material for Publication Donald Curtis Jones A Kentucky Earned Income Tax Credit: Costs and Benefits Stephen John Klos Getting Things Done for Kentucky's Homeless: A Performance Measurement for the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky's AmeriCorps Program Amanda Wells LeFevre Do Employment Barriers Keep Low-Income Women Who Work Part-time from Working Full-time? Daniel Robert Lorentz Off-label Olanzaprine Prescribing and the Prevalence of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Study of Kentucky Medicaid Physicians Bryan Keith Moore Grant Acquisition and Administration in Local Cities John R. Morgan Suicidal Behavior in Kentucky: The Impact of Selected Community-level Factors Jason Hunter Padgett The Kentucky Craft Marketing Program's "Kentucky Collection" Initiative: Application of a Performance Measurement Plan Kristin Anne Palmgreen Can Government Decision Makers Break Moody's Rating Code? Erik Peterson Level of Pharmacy Practice and Satisfaction after the Introduction of the Pharm.D. as the Sole Entry-Level Degree Dora Charity Price An Assessment of Kentucky's Senior Centers Based on Standards Created by the National Institute of Senior Centers Mary Shaye Rabold Family Counseling Service's Impact Plus Program: Creating a Sustainable Program through Process Evaluation Jennifer Sewell Identifying the Potential Advantages and Disadvantages of Creating a Separate Foundation at the University of Kentucky David Joshua Shellhorse Nascent Entrepreneurs in Kentucky: What Influences the Decision to Become an Entrepreneur? Leah Parson Simpson The Newtown Pike Extension: A Formative Evaluation of a Public Participation Effort in Transportation Planning and Decision Making David P. Thompson Whether the Lexington/Fayette Urban County Government Should Adopt a Police Vehicle Advertising Program (PVAP): An Applied Exercise in Decision Analysis Michael Odell Walker Interstate 66 in Kentucky: A Case Study of Public Involvement Outcomes within the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet David Whitworth How Socio-Economic Factors Affect the Provision of Environmental Health Service in the Local Health Department Wenli Yan Exploration of Collaboration Models for UK's Community Service Yiran Zhou 2003 Capstone Projects
An Analysis of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System Programs in Kentucky with an Emphasis on Technology Selection Mark J. Cleland, R.E.H.S. Cost Analysis of County Jails in Kentucky Carol B. Courts ALS Association Kentucky Chapter: Organizational Capacity Assessment Camille Crain Estimating the Effects of the United States Student Visa Policy and Consequences for the Influenced Groups Petya E. Dimitrova Looking Toward the Future: An Analysis of Workforce Planning Strategies at the U.S. General Accounting Office Christopher R. Durbin Kentucky Emergency Medical Services Jana P. Grayson Is Prior Authorization Worth it? The Case of COX-2s Kelly Hattman An Analysis of a Dedicated Property Tax to Fund the Fayette County Public Park System Christopher Marty Jones UK Advance Program Evaluation Jennifer K. Krieger The No Child Left Behind Act: Where Does Kentucky Stand? Erin McNees Grant Acquisition and Administration in Local Cities: An Analysis of the Community Development Block Grant John Morgan The Fuel Tax Compliance Unit: An Evaluation of Effectiveness Suzanne Perkins Sapp Perceived Needs, Barriers and Incentives for Regional Cooperation in the Kentucky Bluegrass Amanda A. Smith The Newtown Pike Extension: A Formative Evaluation of a Public Participation Effort in Transportation Planning and Decision Making Patrick Thompson University of Kentucky Endowment Analysis: A Comparative Analysis of Endowment Management Strategies and Suggestions for Alternatives to the Traditional Approach Julie Tolliver 2002 Capstone Projects Federal Advocacy Policy Evaluation Kentucky League of Cities Joseph W. Coleman The Need for Better Methods to Measure the Fiscal Impacts of Capital Projects of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Todd Dice Should the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Purchase the Kentucky American Water System? A Policy and Economic Analysis of the Factors That Will Affect the Decision David H. Duttlinger Survey of Executive Training Needs Among United Way of the Bluegrass Agencies Eric B. Gray Building a Better Board: Improving Board Governance and Effectiveness at the Sunshine Center Ann Hilary Hanly Measurement of Outcomes: A New Model for Fund Distribution Implemented by the United Way of the Bluegrass Mihaela Ionescu The Buck Stops Here: An Alternative Assessment of the University of Kentucky Medical Alumni Association Amanda Coates Lich Kentucky’s Long-Term Care Bed Supply: Are There Enough Beds to Meet the Needs of Kentuckians? Shane O’Donley Public Participation in Black Bear Reintroduction: Recommendations to the National Park Service Shelley R. Roberts Analysis of Kentucky’s Welfare to Work Program Christopher H. Smith A Path Toward Reducing Medical Errors: Increasing Occurrence Reporting Tamara F. Stenzel Strategies for Controlling Vandalism: Recommendations for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Parks and Recreation Carrie Wilson 2001 Capstone Projects Analysis of Medicare Policy Governing Pharmacist Reimbursement for Diabetes Education Michael A. Achampong Prescription Drug Abuse: How Can a Managed Care Organization Curtail This Problem and Benefit its Members Lu Shawna E. Dulin Economic Development Strategies in Paris-Bourbon County Elda Dede Colon Cancer Mortality in Kentucky: Patient Variables Affecting Treatment Michael A. Doukas An Objective Analysis Tool for Environmental Justice at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Patrick L. Tyndall A Design Analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic Plan: Goal 6 Georgina E. Carney Analysis of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation's Use of Passive Versus Active Investment Ian F. Koffer Assessment of Kentucky's Auditing Project to Combat Fuel Tax Evasion Suzanna H. Luzuriaga Alternative Financing Methods for Urban Parks and Recreation Systems: Comparison Study of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Division of Parks and Recreation to Models from the Southeast Region Jason S. Holsclaw 2000 Capstone Projects Developing a Mediation Program for Kentucky State Government Employees Tania J. Esposito Impediments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals in Administering the 340B Legislation Laila A. Akhlaghi A Performance Budgeting Pilot Project: The WtW Formula Grant Program Regina E. Wilson An Examination of Kentucky's Energy Efficiency Program for State Government Buildings Karen W. Landry The Office of Residence Life: An Analysis to Improve Recruiting and Retention Practices Corey A. Blakey Pharmacy Costs and Utilization of Osteoporosis Therapy in a Managed Care Plan Megan L. Jones The Importance of Medication Compliance: A Health Insurer's Perspective Julie E. Thomas Education Effectiveness Measures at the University of Kentucky John R. Cook Implementation of Superfund: The Case of Maxey Flats Martin M. Wallingford Evaluating the New Performance Appraisal System at the University of Kentucky Firas F. Yasin The Kentucky Watershed Management Framework: A Closer Look Thomas D. Williams Measurement Instrument for East Kentucky Power Cooperative's Environmental Education Programs, K-12 Robin Emerson Blevins U.S. Senate Elections 1978-1998: How PAC Money and Candidate Self-Financing Influence Contribution Levels Brad J. Buckley |
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