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.
Average math scores for 9- and 13-year-olds in the U.S. remain lower than they were 10 years ago. Ford School professor Brian Jacob says that part of the reason may be a lack of emphasis on standardized tests.
U-M report shows individuals, hospitals and primary care clinics all experienced positive impacts, but raises concerns about cost-sharing provisions that all states must soon enact.
Rusty Hills contributes to the Detroit Free Press: As religious life recedes, loneliness, vice and political contempt are filling the void. Can faith offer a path back to mercy and community?
Ford School professor Sam Bagenstos tells Axios that Democratic states or other groups could sue and halt implementation of the new Medicaid work requirements.
High school students participating in pipeline programs aimed at increasing diversity in STEM fields are more likely to enroll in—and graduate from—elite colleges with a related degree, according to a study by Sarah Cohodes.
Sarah Peterson (MPP/MBA ‘28) and Juhi Pawar (BA ‘26) have won the Ford School’s 2026 Ali Family Memorial Writing Prize for written work examining health-related policy concerns.
Yusuf Neggers co-authored an article in VoxDev about how improving access to existing government data can reduce delays in public benefit delivery and strengthen safety nets for vulnerable households.
Jasmine Simington's paper, “Heirs’ Property, Housing Wealth, and the Spillover Effects of Marginalized Legal Classifications,” won the 2026 Eckstein Prize.
As President Trump issued an executive order turning an estimated 8,000 federal workers into at-will employees, Ford School professor Don Moynihan tells NPR that "If you were a career civil servant and there is bad news that you want to share with th...
