Faculty Guide

Title

Adjunct Lecturer

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

Expertise

Multidimensional poverty measurement, international development policy, human development-based poverty reduction strategies

Profile

Heath Prince received his PhD from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, and he holds an appointment as Adjunct Lecturer in the Heller School’s Sustainable International Development Program, for which he has taught a course on multidimensional poverty measurement in developing countries. He holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Heath is also a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, a Washington, D.C. based public policy research and advocacy organization focusing on strategies to reduce poverty. Prior to joining CLASP, he was a senior researcher at Jobs for the Future in Boston where he led research on grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and several foundations, including the Ford Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The focus of his dissertation research is on poverty measurement in developing countries and the economic and social policies that affect change in multidimensional poverty indices.

Courses Taught

HS

259f

Topics in Sustainable Development

Scholarship

Prince, Heath J.. "Macro-level Drivers of Multidimensional Poverty in Developing Countries: Measuring Change in the Human Poverty Index." Diss. Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, February 1, 2013.

Prince, Heath J.. "Increasing College Attainment in the United States: Variations in Returns to States and their Residents." Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning July/August 2012: 35-41.

Prince, Heath J.. "• Factors Contributing to Changes in the Human Poverty Index: a preliminary examination of the relationship between changes in the HPI and rights, assets, health, and inequality variables.." Human Development and Capability Association Annual Conference, Lima, Peru. September 12, 2009.

Andrew Hahn, Susan Lanspery, Tom Leavitt and Heath Prince. A Helping Hand on the Road to Productive Work: The Indianapolis Private Industry Council's Cash Voucher Program for Disadvantaged Youth. Center for Youth and Communities. Waltham, MA: 2008.

Prince, Heath J.; Radha Roy Biswas; Victoria Choitz. Pushing the Envelope: State Policy Innovations in Financing Higher Education for Workers who Study. Jobs for the Future, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Boston, MA: 2008.

Prince, Heath J.. "General Obligation Bonds as a Financing Mechanism for Regional Economic and Workforce Development Authorities: Lessons from Three States." October, 2006.

Prince, Heath J.. "Standardization vs. Flexibility: State Policy Options on Placement Testing for Developmental Education in Community Colleges." June, 2005.

Prince, Heath J.. Building Skills, Increasing Economic Vitality: A Handbook of Innovative State Policies. Jobs for the Future, The Rockefeller Foundation. Boston, MA: 2005.

Prince, Heath J.; Richard Kazis, Jerry Rubin. Employer Use of the Publicly-Funded Workforce Development System: Perceptions of What’s Working, What’s Not, and Recommendations for Improvement. Jobs for the Future, The Ford Foundation. Boston, MA: 2003.

Grubb, Norton; Norena Badway, Denise Bell, Bernadette Chi, Christopher King, Julie Herr, Heath Prince, Richard Kazis, Lisa Hicks and Judy Taylor. Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts to Reform Workforce Development "Systems". National Center for Research in Vocational Education. Berkeley, CA: 1999.

Prince, Heath J.. "Theoretical and Practical Problems with Privatizing Public Services." Diss. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas Austin, May, 1998.