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Working Even Harder for Our Veterans: Recommendations to Continue Improving Healthcare Access, Resource Allocation, and Accountability
(2017)
Congressman Kevin Brady is committed to fighting for veterans within his district, across the state of Texas, and throughout the United States. So much so that he led the effort to establish a veteran’s clinic in Conroe, ...
Emergency Items of the Governor: An Analysis of the 86th Legislature
(2019)
The 2019 Capstone Scholars analyzed emergency items presented by Governor Greg Abbott at the start of the 86th legislative session. These emergency items include school finance reform and pay raises for teachers, property ...
The Search for Smart Schools: Identifying Texas School Districts’ Best Practices
(2017)
This report outlines findings from the TXSmartSchools.org (TSS) Capstone Team’s mixed methodology study identifying best practices in high performing and cost-efficient school districts. TSS was particularly interested in ...
Building Resilience: Planning and Recovery Strategies for Small Towns after Hurricane Harvey Flooding - The City of Wharton, Texas
(2019)
As part of The Bush School of Government and Public Service capstone project, this report was conducted in an effort to provide recovery assistance to Texas communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Specifically, ...
Habitat for Humanity: An Exploratory Study on Homeownership Quality of Life
(2018)
Habitat for Humanity International (HHI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded to help build simple and decent homes seeking to put God’s love into action in communities ( B/CS Habitat for Humanity , 2018). The ...
An Evaluation of the Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions to Increased Red River Flooding in the Caddo Parish Regions of Northwest Louisiana
(2018)
Urban flooding is a challenge for many parts of the world, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana, is no exception. Caddo Parish, located in Northwestern Louisiana on the banks of the Red River, has been the subject of intense flooding ...
Habitat for Humanity: Does Habitat Homeownership Impact Well-Being?
(2019)
This project studied the effect Habitat homeownership has on the personal economics of the beneficiaries and how the relationship affects their children's education and their families' health. The team collected data from ...
Bridging Perspectives: Data Protection, Privacy, and Security In The U.S. & Germany
(2016)
Following Edward Snowden’s revelations of extensive NSA surveillance, including data gathering from German citizens and political leaders, there have been tensions in the US-German relationship (as well as in the larger ...