Gainesville Regional Utilities' Feed-in Tariff

Publication Date: August 01, 2012

Inspired by the experiences in Germany and Spain, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) developed a pilot feed-in tariff to stimulate investment into solar photovoltaic systems. This case explores the factors behind the decision to promulgate a...

Michelle Rhee and the Washington D.C. Public Schools

Publication Date: April 05, 2012

The case opens in 2007, when the Washington, D.C. public school system was failing. Parents, politicians, labor unions, and activists all agreed that reform was necessary due to abysmal student test scores, attendance records, and safety...

Sea Change: Re-Writing the Rules for Port Security

Publication Date: February 15, 2012

Consisting of a 30-min. video mini-documentary and an 11-page backgrounder, this case explores the innovative approach used by the Coast Guard to manage the process of developing new regulations that would increase port security in the wake of...

Regulating Broadband in Chile: The Debate Over Open Access

Publication Date: January 09, 2012

In 2011, Chile's Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Jorge Atton, was considering adopting a different policy toward regulating competition in Internet services than previously applied to voice telephony. Atton headed Chile's...

Sapientis and the Launch of CECE

Publication Date: August 23, 2011

This case invites students to grapple with the dilemmas faced by Laura Lopez, the new Executive Director of a Puerto Rican educational advocacy NGO called Sapientis. Six months ago, Sapientis gained national visibility when its national...

Achieving Mental Health Parity

Publication Date: July 28, 2011

In October 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law a requirement that certain private health insurance plans provide coverage for mental illness equal to coverage provided for medical-surgical illness as part of an economic stimulus...

To Build a Different Model: The Case for Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.

Publication Date: July 26, 2011

This case study examines the business model of the Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., (POAH) and its applicability to nonprofit housing providers. POAH is one of the premier socially conscious low-income housing developers and owners in...

The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32)

Publication Date: June 15, 2011

In November of 2010, the California voters had to decide whether to support a ballot proposition that would effectively end the state's pioneering effort to reduce global warming. In 2006, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 32,...

A Tampa "Town Hall" Forum Goes Awry: Anatomy of a Public Meeting Fiasco

Publication Date: May 10, 2011

This case describes a health care town hall meeting that was derailed by vocal protesters. The case was designed for a very specific teaching purpose: to discuss a variety of alternatives to the tried and true town hall meeting format which, the...

On the Frontlines of a Pandemic: Texas Responds to 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza (A)

Publication Date: April 28, 2011

In the spring of 2009, cases of a previously unidentified strain of influenza began appearing in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Within just a few months, outbreaks of 2009 Novel H1N1 (commonly referred to as Swine Flu) were so widespread that...

What Makes a Policy Intervention Successful? Glimpses of experience in Brazil's Fundescola education reform (Epilogue)

Publication Date: December 16, 2010

Fundescola is an educational reform introduced in Brazil in the first decade of the 21st century. It was introduced after Brazil's successful educational access reforms in the 1990s led to skyrocketing enrollment rates, leaving schools...

What Makes a Policy Intervention Successful? Glimpses of experience in Brazil's Fundescola education reform (A)

Publication Date: December 02, 2010

Fundescola is an educational reform introduced in Brazil in the first decade of the 21st century. It was introduced after Brazil's successful educational access reforms in the 1990s led to skyrocketing enrollment rates, leaving schools...