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James S. House receives University of Michigan 2013 Henry Russel Lectureship
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
James S. House has been selected to receive the University of Michigan's 2013 Henry Russel Lectureship.
The Lectureship, which was established in 1926, is the highest honor the University bestows on a senior member of its faculty. While the award primarily recognizes exceptional scholarship, those chosen to hold the Lectureship are also expected to be outstanding citizens of the University with exemplary records of teaching, mentoring, and service.
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Schwarz: Residence, fundraising and age all factors against run at old U.S. House seat
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Ford School lecturer and former U.S. Representative Joe Schwarz has decided not to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg in the 2012 election, Mlive.com reported last week.
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"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" broadcast includes NPC research
Friday, May 4, 2012
A new study by the Ford School-based National Poverty Center on the financial assistance college-age adults receive from their baby-boomer parents swept across the national airwaves Thursday, receiving mention on "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" and Fox News Radio.
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Dynarski: Complexity of paying for college discourages potential students
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The Wall Street Journal quoted Susan M. Dynarski in a recent article about the barriers to education attainment in the U.S. and how that will impact the U.S. economy in the long term. According to the article, the current generation of Americans will accrue less formal education than their parents, breaking a longstanding trend.
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Battle of the Super PACs: Campaign financing impacts American electoral politics
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Much of America is mesmerized by the recent and remarkable torrent of money flowing into the 2012 elections by organizations with buoyant names like Restore Our Future and Make Us Great Again. These contributions have dramatically overshadowed expenditures by the candidates and political parties that have traditionally run campaigns. It wasn't always so, explains Ford School Professor Richard L. Hall, who has written extensively on the influence of money in politics and policy.
Prior to the rise of Super PACs, Political Action Committees (PACs) "could contribute such small sums of money to candidates that it was hard to imagine these contributions had much of an impact at all," says Hall. "The better hypothesis was not that PAC contributions were buying something from members, but that they were signaling something to them."[More]
Down to earth: Marina Whitman talks life and work in "The Martian's Daughter."
Thursday, April 26, 2012
In The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir, economist Marina Whitman talks candidly about her life, her work, and stepping outside of her famous father's shadow
In the fall of 1970, Marina von Neumann Whitman, unnerved by a tight deadline, burst into the office of Paul McCracken, then chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). McCracken had invited the rising young economist to join his staff for a year—in a position that would set the stage for a series of increasingly prominent government appointments. Faced with a routine finance report and a conflicting personal obligation (her brother's wedding), Whitman sought reassurance from her mentor that she was up to the job—an unfounded insecurity that belied her professional achievement.[More]
Chamberlin: "It's everybody's job to keep city hall paying attention"
Monday, April 23, 2012
The city manager of Alexandria, Va., has instituted a new ethics initiative following a series of criminal charges against city workers in 2011, The Alexandria Times reported Monday. The eight incidents, which included charges of forgery, embezzlement, and drunk driving, led city manager Rashad Young to create an ethics committee of city employees, a whistleblower hotline, and mandatory training and retraining, among other reforms.
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Danziger supports study's formula for gauging "the 1 percent"
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sheldon Danziger, director of the National Poverty Center and professor of public policy, was cited in a New York Times op-ed addressing the use of research in framing the public debate over income inequality in America.
A new study by economists Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley and Thomas Piketty of the School of Economics in Paris looked at individuals' "market income"—total pre-tax income, not including any transfer payments from government, like unemployment or Social Security—to track the concentration of the nation's wealth.[More]
AAAS selects five faculty members as fellows, including Elisabeth Gerber
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Five U-M faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious society that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.
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Chamberlin: "I don't think ethics is the problem"
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) ranked Michigan's state ethics laws 43rd in a recent nationwide study. But John Chamberlin, professor of political science and public policy at the Ford School, did not sound too distressed in an interview with Bridge Magazine about Michigan's "F" grade.
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Dynarski study finds women more likely to attend college than men
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Bloomberg News referenced a study co-authored by Susan M. Dynarski in an article that examines why more men have not pursued college degrees to boost their employment prospects.
Dynarski, an associate professor at the Ford School and School of Education, co-authored the December 2011 study, "Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in the U.S. College Entry and Completion," with Martha J. Bailey, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and research affiliate at the National Poverty Center.[More]
Allan C. Stam to join Ford School faculty, direct International Policy Center
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Ford School is pleased to announce that the very distinguished Allan C. Stam has accepted its offer to join the faculty. Al is a professor of political science here at the U-M, and will move 50% of his appointment to the Ford School starting in fall 2012.
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Hemelt honored with AEFP's Post-doctoral New Scholars Award
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) has awarded postdoctoral research fellow Steven W. Hemelt with its Post-doctoral New Scholars Award. The award, which includes a $2,000 grant, will allow Hemelt to conduct research on the impact of elementary school interventions on postsecondary attendance and degree completion. Hemelt accepted the award at the AEFP's annual conference March 15-17 in Boston.
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Susan Waltz and Carrie Walling have co-edited and published "Human Rights: From Practice to Policy," a research volume
Monday, March 26, 2012
The proceedings of a research workshop on human rights hosted by the Ford School has now become a published volume. The volume, "Human Rights: From Practice to Policy," was edited by Susan Waltz, a professor of public policy who written extensively on human rights issues. Carrie Booth Walling was the volume's other editor.
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Chamberlin: Offers to Ficano aides were "bad professional practice"
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano promised to boost the pensions of three highly paid aides by including generous severance payments into the final calculation, according to a story Sunday by the Detroit Free Press.
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Susan M. Dynarski, Brian A. Jacob receive Institute of Education Sciences grant to study charter schools
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob, as part of a National Bureau of Economic Research team, received a three-year, $1.6 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to study charter schools.
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Research by Susan M. Dynarski cited in Center for American Progress article about income difference on U.S. college campuses
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Research by Susan M. Dynarski was cited in a Center for American Progress article called, "Race and Beyond: Income Differences Divide the College Campus in America."
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Barry Rabe presents at Northwestern University climate change symposium
Friday, March 9, 2012
Barry Rabe's presentation at Northwestern University's Third Annual Climate Change Symposium was cited in a Medill Reports article, "Climate change needs lots of action – fast." During Rabe's Session, "Can we tax carbon? Lessons from American states and Canadian provinces," he discussed the pros and cons of carbon taxes.
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Joe Schwarz pens MLive op-ed about the GAIN (Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now) act
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Joe Schwarz wrote an op-ed for MLive encouraging lawmakers to approve the GAIN (Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now) act to combat drug-resistant bacteria.
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Schwarz: "Outside money defeated me"
Monday, March 5, 2012
Party primaries for Michigan's state and federal legislators are not until August, but the fundraising by out-of-state interest groups is well underway. As a result, the primary season has becoming increasingly dangerous for incumbents with moderate records, according to an article by Michigan Radio.
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