Research

Morrison Institute is a leading resource for relevant research, analysis and policy choices of public value. Recent research reports are listed below.

More Morrison Institute research reports are available in the Arizona State University archives.


Voices

Child Neglect: Voices from Arizona Communities
Reports and Publications
May 2018


Amicus Brief

Amicus Brief of the Arizona Education Association, Arizona School Boards Association, and Arizona Association of School Business Officials

Reports and Publications
April 2018
Grady Gammage Jr.

Amicus brief of the Arizona Education Association, Arizona School Boards Association, and Arizona Association of School Business Officials


Price of Uncertainty

The Price of Uncertainty

Reports and Publications
March 2018
Kathleen Ferris, Sarah Porter, Grady Gammage Jr.


Affordable Housing report

Affordable Housing in AZ: Does Supply Meet Demand?

Reports and Publications
March 2018
David Schlinkert

Research shows that stable housing provides numerous individual and societal benefits. Arizona, however, faces a low-income housing shortage. So, what can be done to increase the supply of affordable housing for the 1.22 million Arizonans living in poverty?


neglect summary

Supervisory Neglect in Arizona: Facts, Issues, Opportunities

Reports and Publications
March 2018
Erica Quintana, Jade Sun

This is the fourth in a series of briefs in which Morrison Institute for Public Policy will report on selected aspects of Arizona’s child welfare system.


poverty numbers

Poverty & Disability: By the numbers

Reports and Publications
December 2017
David Schlinkert, Alissa Heyer


self advocate

Lessons and training: Yuma

Reports and Publications
November 2017
David Schlinkert, Francis Pacaja

Updated: Spanish-speaking Latino families and adults with developmental disabilities underwent a two day self-advocacy training in Yuma that encouraged individuals to speak up for themselves and bolstered participants’ psychological empowerment.


Study Advisory Members
Lynn Black, MSW-LCSW, Program Manager, TIML


P U H S D

The path forward for PUHSD

Reports and Publications
November 2017
Dan Hunting

Phoenix Union High School District (PUHSD) has its roots in Territorial Arizona and has served generations of residents as Phoenix evolved from a dusty agricultural town into the fifth-largest city in the nation.


Arizona polity

Arizona's Future Past

Reports and Publications
November 2017
David Berman

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