Carsey School of Public Policy
Faculty Excellence Celebration Recognizes Outstanding UNH Educators
Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. The 2025 award... Read More
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09/30/25UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the University of New Hampshire reports that in 2024 there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than... -
09/15/25Building a Better Childcare System in New Hampshire
A Carsey School expert breaks down the complicated landscape of childcare in New Hampshire. -
05/22/25Immigrants fuel growth in major U.S. urban counties
In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024, the Carsey School's Senior... -
05/22/25The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate
CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women...
Recent Stories
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09/30/20 - Seacoast Online: Overall Effects of Coronavirus and Other PandemicsWhat does COVID-19 bring besides sickness and death, and what does it leave in its wake? Dr. Rosemary Caron, faculty fellow at Carsey, will give a Zoom presentation at on October... Read More -
09/24/20 - The Patch: NH is spending enough on public educationA model developed by the American Institutes for Research, hired through the Carsey School, was accepted by the NH Commission to Study School Funding on Sept. 21. Under the model... Read More -
09/23/20 - The Eagle Tribune: School Commission: State is spending enough money on public educationA report done by the American Institutes for Research, hired through the Carsey School, was accepted by the commission Monday. The result of the report is that New Hampshire... Read More -
09/23/20 - Concord Monitor: Independent school funding report finds inequitiesAccording to a report, which was prepared by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and presented to the commission over the past several weeks, school districts with the... Read More -
09/23/20 - NH Business Review: Commission grapples over school-funding answerThe Commission to Study School Funding, which was formed to calculate the cost of an adequate education, propose a means to pay for it and devise a formula to distribute the... Read More -
09/18/20 - Hastings Tribute: New Hampshire's new voters critical for both partiesAccording to a study by Ken Johnson, Dante Scala, and Andrew Smith, migrants into New Hampshire and those turning 18 in the past four years represent 230,000 potential new voters... Read More -
09/18/20 - Hippo Press: Current Funding System is Not WorkingThe New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding – working with the Carsey School of Public Policy – recently released a report that shows that New Hampshire’s current system... Read More -
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09/11/20 - InDepthNH.org: Report: NH’s School Funding System Fails Students and TaxpayersGarry Rayno of InDepthNH.org covers the New Hampshire Commission to Study School Funding – working in collaboration with the Carsey School – and the Commission's recent release of... Read More -
09/09/20 - The Daily Yonder: Research Brief: Is Rural America Failing or Succeeding? Maybe BothThe Daily Yonder cited research from Carsey School of Public Policy researchers Ken Johnson and Dan Lichter that examines how the popular belief of the decline of rural America... Read More