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Carsey School of Public Policy

In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ìęthe Carsey School's Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson commentedÌę“A substantial excess of births over deaths has long been the primary driver of U.S. population growth, but as this...

Recent Stories

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    NH Listens, a civic engagement initiative of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the Âé¶čapp, is launching a program to start conversations between...
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    - UNH Research Finds Child Care Costs ‘Burden’ More Than 25 Percent of Families
    One in four families with young children spend more than 10 percent of their family income on child care costs, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy... Read More
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    Only a third of New Hampshire residents ageÌę25 and older were born here, making it the sixth most mobile state in the nation.Ìę“I don’t think people appreciate that,” said Ken...
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    - The Soggy Truth
    Political ideology is the strongest predictor of survey respondents' perceptions of climate and weather. Since 2005, New Hampshire has experienced an increase in the frequency... Read More
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    Cynthia “Mil” Duncan, a rural poverty expert at the Âé¶čapp who has studied Tunica County, said local leaders have failed to invest adequately in early...
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    The poverty rate for Maine families in 2014 would be 27.8 percent lower if the share of families headed by single mothers remained at the 1970 level, according to researchers at...
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    Less than 20 percent of school districts in the U.S. meet the recommended student-to-school counselor ratio of 250:1 or lower, according to new research from the Carsey School of...
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    Teachers and school officials across the state are dealing with the same problems to one degree or another. Those problems are showing up very early. In a recent survey by the...
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    This article discusses how in the Downeast town of Machias, there’s a new program bringing hope to single mothers caught in poverty. The program helps those mothers go to college...
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    - UNH Research Finds U.S. School Districts Don’t Have Enough Counselors
    Less than 20 percent of school districts in the U.S. meet the recommended student-to-school counselor ratio of 250:1 or lower, according to new research from the Carsey School of... Read More