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Jacob on teacher applicant hiring and teacher performance in DC public schools

Mar 1, 2016

“Teacher Applicant Hiring and Teacher Performance: Evidence from DC Public Schools” a journal article by Ford School Professor Brian Jacob, Jonah E. Rockoff, Eric S. Taylor, Benjamin Lindy, and Rachel Rosen, has been released as an NBER working...

Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton on “Tax benefits for college attendance”

Mar 1, 2016

“Tax benefits for college attendance," a paper by Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton, appears in the March 2016 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper series. ABSTRACTNational efforts to promote college enrollment are...

Examining labor market outcomes for first-time community college students in Michigan

Mar 1, 2016

Peter Riley Bahr, Susan Dynarski, Brian Jacob, Daniel Kreisman, Alfredo Sosa, and Mark Wiederspan have written a working paper for the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE). The paper was published in March and is...

Axelrod’s ‘The Evolution of Cooperation’ essential reading at Ivy League schools

Feb 26, 2016

Robert Axelrod’s seminal work, The Evolution of Cooperation, is among the most frequently assigned books at Ivy League schools, according to data available on Open Syllabus Explorer, an online database of books assigned in over 1 million college...

Rabe examines Palin’s energy record as she angles for Trump cabinet appointment

Feb 25, 2016

In his latest Brookings article, “Trump Cabinet Auditions: Progressive Energy Secretary Sarah Palin?,” Barry Rabe examines Sarah Palin’s energy record during her time as an Alaska policymaker. Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee, has...

Stevenson offers insight into gender pay gap in U.S. News & World Report article

Feb 25, 2016

Betsey Stevenson lent her expertise in labor markets to a recent U.S. News & World Report article on the gender pay gap, which despite gains in educational attainment for women, isn’t expected to close globally for another 118 years, according to a...

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Climate Activists Armed With Cameras Push Clinton to Commit

Feb 24, 2016 Bloomberg News

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Ford School panel discussion focuses on Cincinnati's innovative model of police reform

Feb 24, 2016

On Monday, February 22, the Ford School hosted “21st Century Policing: Lessons from Cincinnati,” as part of the University of Michigan's 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The event brought together a roundtable of community leaders to talk...

CLOSUP MPPS survey, officials in large Michigan cities worried about potential unrest

Feb 24, 2016

While local leaders say police forces across Michigan have good overall relations with their communities, those in larger cities worry about the possibility of civil unrest after well-publicized incidents in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.In...

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Financial Services, Consumer Protection, and Mobility: The Next Five Years

Feb 23, 2016 American Progress

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Levitsky quoted in global news coverage of Obama’s recently announced plans to visit Cuba

Feb 23, 2016

Melvyn Levitsky was quoted in news coverage of President Obama’s recent announcement that he and the first lady plan to travel to Cuba in March. Obama will be the first U.S. president to set foot on the island in 88 years.Levitsky, a former U.S....

Melyvn Levitsky on Brazil's Presidential Election

Dynarski in NYT Upshot: We need to get students across the finish line to graduation

Feb 22, 2016

The United States has a college dropout crisis, says Susan Dynarski in her latest New York Times Upshot piece.While 60 percent of the population now goes to college, more than a quarter of these students drop out with no credential, she says. And...

Ford School students attend J. Ira Harris Lecture in New York, meet Secretary of Commerce

Feb 22, 2016

On Thursday, February 11, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy hosted the J. Ira Harris Lecture, made possible with generous support from friends of J. Ira Harris (BBA ‘59, LLD Hon ‘12), in honor of his 75th birthday.At the Andaz 5th Avenue in...

Shipan pens WaPo piece on ‘the crucial role of the median justice’ and the Scalia appointment

Feb 16, 2016

It’s an election year, so perhaps it’s not so surprising that Republicans and Democrats are bickering vehemently over whether or not President Obama, who will soon leave office, should have the right to appoint Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s...

Ford alum, Fitzpatrick, investigating counterfeit medicines in Africa

Feb 15, 2016

Anne Fitzpatrick (PhD ’15) is furthering her dissertation by evaluating the prevailing perception that counterfeit and falsified medications are widespread in developing countries.“Previous research indicated that as many as one-third of...

Students team up with Red Cross to distribute water, filters, and information in Flint

Feb 15, 2016

On Saturday February 6, nineteen Ford School MPPs volunteered with the Flint Red Cross to help with water delivery and outreach efforts in the wake of Flint’s water crisis. Students went door-to-door delivering water filters and cases of water and...

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US Supreme Court jams up Obama’s signature climate effort and imperils CCS development

Feb 10, 2016 Bellona

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Farley proposes long-term fix to MI’s flawed emergency management system

Feb 8, 2016

In a February 5 guest column for Bridge Magazine, a publication of The Center for Michigan, Reynolds Farley discusses Michigan’s controversial emergency management system and proposes solutions to help underfunded localities. Farley's...

Photo of Ren Farley speaking into a megaphone as he leads a tour of U-M students in downtown Detroit

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Private-Market Misfires and Misconceptions

Feb 5, 2016 Governing.com

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Olmsted, the renowned 19th century landscape architect, may offer insights for today's police

Feb 5, 2016

The last place David Thacher expected to uncover a largely overlooked policing philosophy—one highly relevant to today’s police reform discussions—was from a man best known as a landscape architect in the late 19th century. In fact, he kind of...

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INSIGHTS FROM MICHAEL BARR

Feb 4, 2016 Jo Ann Barefoot

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Seven Ford School students honored with 2016 Dow Sustainability Fellowships

Feb 3, 2016

(left to right) Giorgi Tsimintia, Kenny Fennell, Diego Garcia Montufar, Maureen Lackner, Arman Golrokhian, Benjamin Morse, Harry WolbergLast month, seven accomplished Ford School students were awarded 2016 Dow Sustainability Fellowships, out of 39...

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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Jacob on teacher applicant hiring and teacher performance in DC public schools

Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton on “Tax benefits for college attendance”

Examining labor market outcomes for first-time community college students in Michigan

Axelrod’s ‘The Evolution of Cooperation’ essential reading at Ivy League schools

Rabe examines Palin’s energy record as she angles for Trump cabinet appointment

Stevenson offers insight into gender pay gap in U.S. News & World Report article

Climate Activists Armed With Cameras Push Clinton to Commit

Ford School panel discussion focuses on Cincinnati's innovative model of police reform

CLOSUP MPPS survey, officials in large Michigan cities worried about potential unrest

Financial Services, Consumer Protection, and Mobility: The Next Five Years

Levitsky quoted in global news coverage of Obama’s recently announced plans to visit Cuba

Dynarski in NYT Upshot: We need to get students across the finish line to graduation

Ford School students attend J. Ira Harris Lecture in New York, meet Secretary of Commerce

Shipan pens WaPo piece on ‘the crucial role of the median justice’ and the Scalia appointment

Ford alum, Fitzpatrick, investigating counterfeit medicines in Africa

Students team up with Red Cross to distribute water, filters, and information in Flint

US Supreme Court jams up Obama’s signature climate effort and imperils CCS development

Farley proposes long-term fix to MI’s flawed emergency management system

Private-Market Misfires and Misconceptions

Olmsted, the renowned 19th century landscape architect, may offer insights for today's police

INSIGHTS FROM MICHAEL BARR

Seven Ford School students honored with 2016 Dow Sustainability Fellowships

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

Robin Jacob quoted in NPR story on executive function coaching

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

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

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

Clinton v Sanders: the tax plans.

Sue Dynarski on the startlingly poor performance of private school vouchers

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