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NYT profiles bipartisan plan to reduce poverty, professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger

Feb 3, 2016

The New York Times this week highlights a recent development in the fight against poverty that brought together thinkers from both sides of the aisle, including professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger. "Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty," the...

Robin Jacob quoted in NPR story on executive function coaching

Feb 2, 2016

A story on the NPR website, “The Science of Getting Kids Organized,” looks at coaching students to build executive function—categories of skills the brain uses for general organization and judgment. Robin Jacob, who published an overview of studies...

Rohde argues for a values-based approach to America's foreign policy strategy

Feb 2, 2016

In the first year of a new administration, American Presidents face particularly tough challenges. The First Year Project is multi-year project, coordinated by the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs. The project applies history...

Jacob, Dynarski on the effect of a mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan

Feb 1, 2016

“Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan” a journal article by Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski, Kenneth Frank, and Barbara Schneider, has been circulated as an NBER working paper this...

Brian Jacob, Sue Dynarski, and members of the Education Policy Initiative stand along the winding main staircase of the Ford School's home, Weill Hall

Paul Courant to organize bicentennial colloquium on the social compact with universities

Jan 29, 2016

Presidential Bicentennial Professors Paul Courant and Susan Alcock have been tapped to organize and oversee a bicentennial colloquium on "The Future of the Social Compact with Universities."U-M President Mark Schlissel will sponsor three such...

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Clinton v Sanders: the tax plans.

Jan 28, 2016 MSNBC

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Sue Dynarski on the startlingly poor performance of private school vouchers

Jan 28, 2016

In “When winners are losers: Private school vouchers in Louisiana,” Susan Dynarski describes a newly released study of the impact of Louisiana’s private school voucher program, which provides students from low-income families and low-performing...

Join us in congratulating the Ford School’s MLK Spirit Award nominees, recipients

Jan 28, 2016

Seventeen undergraduates, including five of the Ford School’s bachelor’s degree students, were recognized at a January 23 MLK Spirit Award ceremony that highlighted the ways in which these students have worked to carry on King’s spirit.Dr. Martin...

HuffPost quotes Betsey Stevenson on the impact of paid leave laws at home, abroad

Jan 28, 2016

Betsey Stevenson is quoted in a January 22 HuffPost piece by Jonathan Cohn, “Paid Family Leave Laws Aren’t Crushing Business, Despite What Ted Cruz Says.”“Paid family leave is finally getting serious attention in Washington and on the campaign...

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Student Debt

Jan 27, 2016 C-Span

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Daniel Raimi in The Conversation, Newsweek on America's growing methane problem

Jan 25, 2016

On January 19, The Conversation US, and subsequently Newsweek, published Daniel Raimi’s “California’s Aliso canyon methane leak: climate disaster or opportunity? ” In the article, Raimi examines the need to address methane emissions from the oil and...

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Shaefer promotes job stability as a key solution to poverty in SSIR op-ed

Jan 25, 2016

In "Precarious Work and the Employment-based Safety Net," an op-ed for the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Luke Shaefer argues that our current employment-based welfare system overlooks the fact that the poorest Americans can only secure...

In Michigan Daily, Hills inspires students to ‘make a difference’ through public service

Jan 20, 2016

A January 7 Michigan Daily article, “’U’ classes help inspire careers in government,” highlights the involvement of recent U-M alumni in local government. The article identifies the skills and inspiration students have gained from U-M faculty and...

Parthasarathy receives IRWG funding to investigate gender, caste and innovation in India

Jan 20, 2016

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy has received a 2016 seed grant from Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), which supports individual research activities and collaborative projects in the field of women, gender, and...

In the Media

Flint Crisis: Contamination key issue in Democrats' bid to retake Mich.

Jan 19, 2016 E&E News

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In the Media

Does bitcoin have a future in development?

Jan 19, 2016 Devex

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Inaugural Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow has begun assignment with Senator Debbie Stabenow

Jan 19, 2016

The Ford School is delighted to announce that Myra D. Lee (MPP ’16) will serve as the inaugural Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow. Lee began her six-month assignment last week. She will support the work of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI),...

In the Media

Obama's coal plan unscathed in GOP debate

Jan 15, 2016 E&E News

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In the Media

Uber, But for Banks: Wall Street Braces for Tech-Fueled Disruption

Jan 15, 2016 Inside Sources

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Greetings from the Dean, January 2016

Jan 15, 2016

Dear friends, The Ford School is, as they say, on a roll. Take a look at our public events calendar: we’ll host two Cabinet secretaries in a single week in February! Labor Secretary Tom Perez will deliver a Policy Talks lecture on February 8th...

Following national search, Sue Johnson to join the Ford School as director of development

Jan 15, 2016

Following a national search, the Ford School is delighted to announce the appointment of Sue Johnson as director of development.“Sue is a mission-driven, strategic fundraiser with a passion for building philanthropic relationships,” says Susan M....

Ford School receives $1.2 million grant for health policy research

Jan 15, 2016

The University of Michigan received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to establish the Policies for Action Research Hub at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The Ford School is one of three...

Forbes highlights Dynarski Brookings paper, dispelling student loan default myth

Jan 14, 2016

In a new paper for Brookings, "The Trouble with Student Loans? Low Earnings, Not High Debt," Susan Dynarski debunks the popular notion that more student debt leads to higher student loan default rates.In fact, research shows that default rates are...

In the Media

Terror attacks, economy push aside energy as top issue

Jan 13, 2016 Des Moines Register

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HuffPost says Shaefer’s work on extreme domestic poverty inspired $2 billion federal proposal

Jan 13, 2016

The Obama administration has announced plans for a $2 billion initiative to test new approaches to fight poverty in the U.S., citing Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s recently published book about Americans living on $2 a day.White House officials say...

WaPo features Ostfeld's research on American attitudes on race and immigration

Jan 13, 2016

A January 12 Washington Post article tackles American attitudes on race and immigration, citing new research from Mara Ostfeld, who is finishing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Ford School and will join the political science faculty in fall...

Susan M. Collins elected to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s board of directors

Jan 11, 2016

Susan M. Collins has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, one of 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks that, along with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, conduct the nation’s monetary...

In the Media

The Best Way To Fix The Student Debt Crisis (And It's Not Free Tuition)

Jan 7, 2016 Forbes

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On Michigan Radio, Alford Young Jr. calls for increased faculty diversity

Jan 6, 2016

In a recent interview on Michigan Radio, Alford Young Jr. discusses the lack of faculty diversity in the U.S. with Michigan State professor Django Paris. According to the article, 3.3 percent of University of Michigan faculty members are black,...

Ford School faculty, alum make Education Week list of top 200 policy, practice influencers

Jan 6, 2016

Ford School faculty members David Cohen, Susan Dynarski, and Brian Jacob made the 2016 RHSU Edu-Scholar list of the top 200 U.S.-based university scholars, “who are doing the most to influence education policy and practice.”The list, which was...

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