The University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is establishing the Kohn Social Policy Conference, a biennial convening designed to examine emerging social policy challenges and practical, evidence-informed solutions.
Shobita Parthasarathy comments on a new White House report that calls for academic research dollars to go to tech and artificial intelligence companies despite the public's distrust.
New findings from U-M's Laboratorio Puertorriqueño de Opinión Pública (Puerto Rican Opinion Lab) show a profound disconnect between residents and their government.
Ford School professor Yusuf Neggers, who is affiliated with the Center for South Asian Studies discusses the youth-led protests in India amid back-to-back education scandals.
Ambassador Kamissa Camara participated as a panelist in “America’s Evolving Relationship with the U.N.” at the 11th America’s Role in the World Conference, held at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies in Bloomington, Indiana....
Ambassador Susan D. Page participated in two engagements focused on the continuing war in Sudan, mass atrocities, and the urgent need for international action.
A majority of local government officials in Michigan say the state is on the wrong track, according to a new University of Michigan survey that reverses a three-year trend in improving attitudes about the state's overall direction.
Ford School professor Sam Bagenstos notes that the recent Supreme Court decision about federal agencies shows that "every function of governance pretty much has to be subject to the will of the President in removing whoever sits in charge."
Rusty Hills comments, "As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, Gerald Ford’s 1976 message of unity, immigration and civic trust offers a timely reminder: America’s strength lies in openness, optimism and shared purpose."
While Florida's reading, math scores look promising, Ford School professor Brian Jacob says National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores will provide the clearest view of Florida’s current academic progress.
Ford School professor Christina Weiland said that while the expansion of pre-K in Washington state, "does much more than just prepare a child for elementary school," the need is going to continue to increase.
As a major component of the Look to Michigan theme year of Life-Changing Education, U-M is launching an ED Talks initiative, featuring a newly named cohort of faculty presenters. They will engage with audiences and apply their expertise in ways that ...
Ford School doctoral candidate Timothy Arvan highlights an institutional failure in an opinion on the London School of Economics and Political Science blog.
For local leaders, extra strategic capacity matters. Teams from the Ford School's Consulting Clinic students took different policy challenges facing Michigan communities.
The Department of Justice quietly released a memo which signals a push to expand institutionalization in restrictive psychiatric facilities, which Ford School professor Sam Bagenstos says is based on false claims about homelessness .
In an age when established political institutions and movements command diminishing loyalty, combat spectacles provide more than excitement. They create communities of feeling and, under the right conditions, powerful engines of political commitment....
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, the University of Michigan is marking this historic milestone with a wide variety of events, activities and invitations to reflect.
The Trump administration is pushing changes to rules that govern how federal agencies distribute funding, which could permanently politicize research in the US.
Amid evolving global political, economic, and security challenges, a new policy brief from the University of Michigan's Weiser Diplomacy Center and two prominent nongovernmental organizations based in Washington, D.C., calls on leaders in the United ...
Epidemiologist and social demographer Paula Lantz has been named the recipient of the J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science.
Amid allegations of Chinese interference in the data center debate, Ben Green argues that the increased negative public attitude surrounding them is real and organic.
