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Black and Blue documentary film screening and panel discussion
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies will host a screening of the documentary titled Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game, followed by a panel discussion featuring former Senator Buzz Thomas (grandson of Willis Ward) and Steve Ford (son of President Gerald R. Ford) on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Day events.
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Michigan Chronicle interviews Rabe on fracking in Michigan
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Michigan Chronicle interviewed Barry Rabe for its story on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fracking is a process by which oil and gas companies inject chemical fluids or sand into underground shale rock formations in order to free deposits of oil or natural gas. The article, "Fracking Put Pennsylvania on Top of the U.S. Gas Boom—Is Michigan Next?" considers how growth of fracking techniques may impact the economy and environment in Michigan.
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Wolfers quoted in Marketplace segment on Fed transcripts
Monday, January 21, 2013
Justin Wolfers was quoted in a segment on American Public Media's Marketplace about Federal Reserve Board deliberations in the run-up to the Great Recession. The Fed recently released transcripts for its 2007 meetings that show substantial disagreement among its members about the status of the U.S. economy.
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Kristin Seefeldt speaks with New York Times, NPR on debt in America
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Kristin Seefeldt spoke with The New York Times and National Public Radio's On Point about her research following the debt burdens of single mothers in Detroit.
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Three Ford School master's students named among first Dow Sustainability Fellows
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cassarah Brown (MPP '14), Adrianna McIntyre (MPP/MPH '15), and Betsy Riley (MPP/MS '14) are part of forty master's and professional degree students selected to receive the Dow Sustainability Fellowship at the University of Michigan.
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Chairman Bernanke's Policy Talks @ the Ford School remarks widely covered by local, national media
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Monday's Policy Talks @ the Ford School conversation with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was widely covered by local and national media with more than 3,196 mentions since January 1.
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Ford School alum Manny Teodoro to receive 2013 ASPA Book Award
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Ford School alum Manny Teodoro (PhD '07) has been named the recipient of the 2013 Book Award presented by the Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). The award is given to new works with the potential to make a lasting contribution to literature on public administration. Teodoro's book, Bureaucratic Ambition: Careers, Motives, and the Innovative Administrator, uses case studies and quantitative analysis to advance the view that institutional design can lead to more entrepreneurial public administration executives.
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Michigan Today article on Policy Talks @ the Ford School guests Ornstein and Mann
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A new article in Michigan Today recounts the career paths of Norman Ornstein (PhD '74) and Thomas Mann (MA '68/PhD '77), who recently returned to the Ford School to discuss their book, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.
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Today.com quotes Justin Wolfers on public concern over debt, government
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Justin Wolfers was quoted in a Today.com article looking at growing public concern surrounding national debt and political dysfunction in America. The article points to a January Gallop poll in which 20 percent of respondents said they view the federal deficit as the biggest problem facing America and 18 percent of respondents identified politicians and government as the biggest issue—both numbers represent dramatic increases since late 2012.
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Students flex policy muscles in Integrated Policy Exercise
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Now in its 13th consecutive year, the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE) has become a signature activity of the Ford School master's program. For three days during the first week of January, MPP and MPA students role play stakeholders in a large-scale, intensive, and continually evolving simulation of a real policy issue. The exercise allows students to experience first-hand the complexity of policymaking, hone much-need skills, and interact with real policy experts.
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MPP/MPA applications due today, January 15
Friday, January 11, 2013
All application materials for the Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Administration program are due January 15. Applicants can view checklists and apply online.
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Cohen, Dynarski, and Jacob ranked among most influential academics in education debates
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Rick Hess of Education Week included David K. Cohen, Susan M. Dynarski, and Brian A. Jacob in a list of university-based academics who made the greatest contribution to national discussions around education in 2012. Of those listed in the ranking, Cohen and Dynarski were also placed among the top ten academics within their respective disciplines working on education, government/policy and economics respectively. The rankings are based on the overall public impact of academics on education debates as measured by published scholarship, commentary on developments in education, and public profile.
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An alum to watch: Naomi Goldberg (MPP '08)
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Monday, January 7, 2013
A Chicago-based policy researcher for think tank Movement Advancement Project (MAP), Naomi splits her time between what she calls "movement" research—analyzing the capability of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) movement to create and effect change—and policy research that provides tools to advocates and organizations working toward LGBT equality.
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Time cites Kevin Stange study on outcomes of differential tuition
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
As college tuition prices skyrocket and interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors remains stagnant, can lowering the price of tuition for more technical majors garner increased interest? That's the proposition currently being considered by Florida Governor Rick Scott's task force on higher education, according to an article at Time.com. The proposal includes freezing tuition costs in technical "strategic fields" while letting tuition rise in the humanities and other fields.
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Setting priorities: Kim Stone (MS '94, MPP '93)
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Kim Stone wants to make life in her community better. That's why she's chosen to run for public office.
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Helen Levy co-authors Detroit News op-ed on Medicaid expansion in Michigan
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
As lawmakers develop Michigan's budget for 2013, they would do well to consider expanding Medicaid coverage to those at or below 138 percent of poverty as called for by the Affordable Care Act, opine Ford School's Helen Levy and Thomas Buchmueller in the Detroit News.
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Housing market car production could be a big part of the recovery, says Wolfers
Saturday, December 29, 2012
The so-called fiscal cliff has dominated economic news lately, but economist Justin Wolfers spoke with Jacki Lyden of NPR's All Things Considered on non-cliff economic news stories of 2012. According to Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy at the Ford School, the economy has "already gone over the cliff," as consumer confidence and businesses' willingness to invest have likely waned as a result of congressional gridlock during the previous year.
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Washington Post quotes Betsey Stevenson on fiscal cliff deal
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The Washington Post reports that it is unlikely that Democrats and Republicans will reach a deal an agreement on the looming fiscal cliff before Jan. 1. In what the article refers to as a "remarkable turnaround," Democrats want to make permanent the Bush-era tax cuts for middle Americans—the same cuts the party opposed more than a decade ago.
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New York Times cites education study by Dynarski, Bailey
Saturday, December 22, 2012
In an article on the difficulty low-income students have making it to college and graduating, the New York Times cited a 2011 study on educational inequality conducted by Susan Dynarski and Martha J. Bailey.
Dynarski, a professor in the Ford School and the School of Education co-authored the often-cited study with Martha J. Bailey, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and research affiliate at the National Poverty Center.
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Dynarski study shows growing gaps between rich and poor in postsecondary education
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Atlantic Magazine cites a 2011 study co-authored by Susan M. Dynarski on the widening gaps between low- and high-income students in college entry and graduation rates. The article examines why a college education, once understood to be the "great equalizer" allowing low-income students to catch up economically with their more affluent counterparts, no longer reliably offers such gains.
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