Research and Impact

Working to solve the complex problems facing today’s world.

The Glenn College’s world-class faculty brings practical experience and an interdisciplinary approach to research, analysis and technical assistance. Collaborating across policy areas, and with public and private sector organizations, our work seeks to improve public governance and policymaking.

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Activating Community Resilience: The Emergence of COVID-19 Funds Across the United States

Nonprofit Management

November 02, 2020

This article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly draws upon concepts of community resilience to explore the antecedents of community philanthropic organizations’ response to COVID-19.

Rent-Seeking through Collective Bargaining: Teachers Unions and Education Production

Education Policy

November 01, 2020

This study, published in the Economics of Education Review, explores how teachers unions affect education production by comparing outcomes between districts allocating new tax revenue amidst collectiv...

The Three Ages of Government, From the Person, to the Group, to the World

Civic Engagement, Advocacy and Volunteerism

November 01, 2020

This book, by Jos C.N. Raadschelders, provides the information that all citizens should have about their connections to government, why there is a government, what it does, how it does it, and why we ...

How Federally Insured Reverse Mortgages Affect the Credit Outcomes of Older Adults

Urban Policy and Housing

September 22, 2020

This study, published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs, examines how the extraction of home equity through the federally insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) affects the credit outcomes...

Debt Stress and Debt Illusion: The Role of Consumer Credit, Reverse and Standard Mortgages

Urban Policy and Housing

September 18, 2020

This study examines the relationship of debt stress and reverse mortgage borrowing and compares it to stress from standard mortgages and consumer debt.

Making community-supported agriculture accessible to low-income families: findings from the Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids process evaluation

Social Policy

September 15, 2020

The purpose of this study was to assess Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids reach, dose, and fidelity via a mixed methods process evaluation.

Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey: A Report of Wave 2 Results

Nonprofit Management

September 04, 2020

This report contains the results of the Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey, Wave 2.

The Landscape of Community Philanthropy: Navigating Relationships between local United Ways and Community Foundations

Nonprofit Management

September 01, 2020

This report summarizes the roles that United Ways and community foundations play in their local communities, their perceptions of the changes going on in the world around them and their perceptions of...