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Making higher education work for low income students

Apr 13, 2015, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Libby Nelson moderates panelists Ajita Talwalker Menon, Kevin Stange, and Susan Dynarski in a discussion about a policy change proposal that could increase low-income student access/attainment in higher education.
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Alumni Board meeting

Apr 10-11, 2015, 8:30 am-12:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Third Floor Seminar Room, #3240
Bi-annual Alumni Board meeting 

Pathways to politics: Women in elected office

Apr 2, 2015, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Thinking about pursuing a career in public office? Want to know what life is like on the campaign trail and beyond? U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell will introduce a panel of women leaders who have served in elected office in Michigan.  Panelists will share their experiences and answer audience questions about what drove them to pursue a career in public office, how they ran successful campaigns, and what life looks like as an elected official.
Ford School

Newborn Screening: The Cost of Delays

Mar 31, 2015, 2:00-4:00 pm EDT
Palmer Commons, Forum Hall, 4th Floor
Join 2013 Livingston Award winner, Ellen Gabler, for a panel discussion on how to improve newborn screening.
Ford School
Policy Talks @ the Ford School

CANCELED: Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit

Mar 12, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
CANCELED
CLOSUP and EPI welcome Mayor of Detroit Mike Duggan for a Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture.
Ford School
EPI Speaker Series

The future of education in Detroit: As told by Detroit educators, activists, and chroniclers

Mar 11, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
An Education Policy Initiative and School of Education Speaker Series with panelists Chastity Pratt Dawsey, reporter for Bridge Magazine, Diana Preciado, instructional specialist at Detroit Public Schools, Lamont D. Satchel, Chief Innovation Officer at Detroit Public Schools, and Tawana Petty aka Honeycomb, Detroit mother/organizer/author/poet.
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Virtual schooling: New evidence from Florida

Mar 11, 2015, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
A presentation by Brian Jacob, Professor Public Policy and Education.
Ford School
Global Policy Perspectives

Unaccompanied Minors

Mar 9, 2015, 6:00-7:30 pm EDT
Fisher Classroom 1220 Weill Hall
Join Amnesty International’s U-M chapter and the International Policy Student Association to discuss immigration policy with Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof; History Department, and Ann Lin; Ford School of Public Policy. We will be exploring the historical, legal, and political aspects of responding to the unaccompanied minors crisis.
Ford School
Diversity Center Community Conversation

Social identity and inclusion: Undergraduate experiences at the University of Michigan

Feb 20, 2015, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EST
1230 Weill Hall
This event is open to Ford School students, faculty, and staff, and guests of the Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies. The Diversity Center hosts Professor Sara Soderstrom and her research team for an interactive discussion on how racial and other social identifies affect student feelings of inclusion on the University of Michigan’s campus.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Does money matter? Spending to educate

Feb 18, 2015, 8:30-10:00 am EST
Weill Hall, Room 3240
A presentation by Gaurav Khanna, PhD candidate in Economics.
Ford School
CLOSUP Lecture Series

Can you be an entrepreneur in government?

Feb 16, 2015, 1:00-2:30 pm EST
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
Dr. Shelley Metzenbaum talks about the excitement of working in government and how one person can make a difference using the tools of outcomes-focused goals and measurement to illuminate, motivate, and communicate.
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