The Muskie School of Public Service is Maine’s distinguished public policy school, combining an extensive applied research and technical assistance portfolio with rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs in geography-anthropology; tourism and hospitality; policy, planning, and management (MPPM); and public health (MPH). The school is nationally recognized for applying innovative knowledge to critical issues in the fields of sustainable development and health and human service policy and management, and is home to the Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy.
Learn more about the Muskie School of Public ServiceSubmissions from 2011
Reinventing Maine's Corrections System: A Survey of Budget Smart Alternatives to Unsustainable Spending, Griffin Jones
Municipal Stormwater Management in Northern New England: A Comparative Study of Leading Programs, Doug Roncarati, Keisha Payson, Rod Melanson, and Fred Dillon
Financial Policies and Procedures Manuals for Nonprofit Organizations: Applying Best Practices to the Environmental Health Strategy Center, Jennifer Rottmann
Using pen Source Data Inputs to Map Food Insecurity in Cumberland County, Maine, Daniel Wallace
Submissions from 2010
A Comparison of Maine’s Per Capita Spending, 1996-2006 to the US and Other States, Ryan Boyd
Performance Measures and Pilot Evaluation of Georgia’s Medical assistance Program for Population below the Poverty Line, Tamar Chitashvili
What is the impact of liquor licensing laws on Portland’s entertainment venues? A Case Study, Will Etheridge
Case Studies in Community Vitality and Downtown Revitalization: A Focus on Maine’s Employment and Service Hubs, Matthew Klebes, Elizabeth McLean, and Kathy Lynn Tombarelli
Mental Health and Women’s Receipt of Recommended Preventive Care, Melanie M. Race
Maine's General Sales Tax: An Exploration of Policy Issues and Options, Sarah Rawlings
Classifying Communities in Maine: A Comparative Analysis of Fiscal Determinants, Amanda K. Rector
From LD 1196 to Maine Schools: An Evaluation of Antidiscrimination Language in Education Policy, Finn Teach
Submissions from 2009
Land Use and Land Conservation in New England: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities, Amanda Loomis, Tom Devine, Andrea Small, Brittany Howard, Brett Richardson, and Stephanie Dulac
Submissions from 2008
The Creative Economy in Small Places: Eight Cases and a Developmental Model, Jennifer L. Hutchins
Economic Development Perspectives for Scarborough, Hayrullo Malikov and Bauyrzhan Bekenov
Community Forests: Needs & Resources for technical Assistance in Northen New England, Misha Mytar
Excellence in Online Education: Preceptions of Needs, Barriers and Catalyst, Kimberly B. Sinclair
Submissions from 2007
Poverty in Moldova, Corneliu Bolbocean
Submissions from 2006
Barriers to a Consistent Philosophy: An Analysis of the Depatment of Health and Human Services Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services, Emily R. Hoberg
Submissions from 2004
What Makes a Winner?, Linda Riddell
Submissions from 2002
Measuring Morale in a Municipal Law Enforcement Agency: A Multidimensional Approach, Thomas J. Roth
Submissions from 2001
Participatory Planning in Portland's Bayside Neighborhood: Bayside Community Design Workshops April 2000 and April 2001, Bill Needleman, Bob Sanders, Jim Gailey, and Paul Harrison
Submissions from 1999
Promising Practices Supporting the Transition of Youth from the Foster Care System to Independent Living, Denise E. Riebman
Submissions from 1996
A Community Divided: Coping With a Locally Unwanted Land Use, Robert H. Hamblen
Submissions from 1995
Regionalizing Government in Maine: Opportunities for the Future, David Alexander, Alan Baldwin, John Carroll, Elizabeth Chapman, Dorraine Diebold, Lisa Harvey McPherson, Daniel Stevenson, and Earlene Wilson
Submissions from 1994
Consensus Building to Write Environmentally Responsive Rules for Maine's New Transportation Policy, Sondra S. Bogdonoff
Submissions from 1993
A Study of the Effects of Campaign Spending on Election Results, Thomas Major and Stephen Turner
Submissions from 1992
The Maine Indian Land claim: A Question of Ownership, Sallie Davis, David Klenk, and Larry Mead
Submissions from 1991
Funding the Gulf of Maine Program, Craig Freshley
