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Christina Cross (PhD ‘19) says in NYT op-ed that resource accessibility is the root cause of educational disparities

Dec 13, 2019

In an attempt to prevent educational disparities attributed to the effects of single-parent households, millions of federal and state dollars are poured into marriage promotion initiatives. But in a December 9 New York Times op-ed, sociologist...

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Cuomo Vetoes Study On Amending Age To Start School

Dec 11, 2019 The Post-Journal

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Fiscal health: Mixed signals for Michigan’s local governments

Dec 11, 2019

ANN ARBOR—More than two-thirds of Michigan’s local government leaders rate their jurisdictions’ current fiscal stress as relatively low, according to a new survey by the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy. On the...

New BA minor opens policy education to more U-M students

Dec 10, 2019

Starting fall 2020, the Ford School will offer University of Michigan undergraduates a 16-credit minor in public policy. The minor will have a competitive application process that will go live in April 2020. The school expects to enroll around...

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The science of incarceration: A realistic look at the cost of imprisonment

Dec 4, 2019 Science Mag

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Professors, students reflect on implementation of online voting registration

Dec 4, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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In a currency war, everyone loses

Dec 2, 2019 Marketplace

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China reportedly wants rollback of US tariffs in Phase 1 trade deal

Dec 2, 2019 The Straits Times

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DECEMBER 2019: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Ford School

Dec 2, 2019

UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY Focus on our goal: Diversifying who we are Sponsored by Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP), the Pipeline Initiative aims to help prospective students navigate the...

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Interview: Getting rid of tariffs a win-win situation -- U.S. economist

Dec 1, 2019 Xinhuanet

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Tripling The College Student Vote In Ann Arbor

Nov 25, 2019 Forbes

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How colleges are raising their student voting rates

Nov 22, 2019 Education Dive

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His White House Engulfed, Trump Keeps California in the Cross Hairs

Nov 22, 2019 The New York Times

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Luke Shaefer named special counselor to the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Nov 22, 2019

H. Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan and professor of social work and public policy, has been named special counselor to the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). For the...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

U-M to welcome international ‘champions of democracy’ for key debate symposium

Nov 21, 2019

In conjunction with hosting a presidential debate next fall, the University of Michigan will welcome representatives from regions across the globe for a symposium on promoting political candidate debates and other key democratic principles and...

Giving Blueday 2019: Support what you love about the Ford School

Nov 20, 2019

One day. All of us. On Tuesday, December 3, the Ford School will participate in the University of Michigan's sixth annual Giving Blueday. Giving Blueday is an opportunity for Fordies around the globe to come together—alumni, students, faculty,...

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Class Notes - Fall 2019 edition

Nov 19, 2019

Robert F. Goeckel (MPP ’74) is a professor of political science at SUNY Geneseo. He published Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution (Indiana University Press, 2018). The book is based on extensive...

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Faculty Findings: Fall 2019

Nov 19, 2019

Mary Corcoran and Paul Courant on gender wage discrimination The gender pay gap is notoriously alive and well, decades after women entered the workforce in large numbers. Mary Corcoran and Paul Courant explored this issue together many times over...

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CLOSUP’s Michigan Public Policy Survey turns 10

Nov 14, 2019

It’s been a tumultuous decade in Michigan: three governors, a cratered economy and its recovery, the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a public health disaster in Flint, and more. Through it all, the Michigan Public Policy Survey...

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A man of enormous integrity: How the Ford School got its name

Nov 14, 2019

In December 1977, at the annual party of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (IPPS), a young graduate student named James McIntire (MPP ’78) found himself chatting with the Institute’s director, the political scientist Jack L. Walker, Jr. Out...

Weill Hall entrance with "Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy" etched into the glass

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ALL IN Challenge Honors College Campuses For Excellence In Student Voter Engagement

Nov 13, 2019 Forbes

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Barry Rabe’s Canada expertise featured in Detroit Free Press column and on public panel

Nov 8, 2019

Canadian politics perhaps too rarely makes the news on the west side of the Detroit River, but the implications for the State of Michigan are vast. Ford School professor Barry Rabe has closely followed political developments in our northern...

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Dynarski’s work on school day SAT testing cited in Inside Higher Ed analysis of the 2019 test results

Nov 8, 2019

Sue Dynarski’s research is cited in a recent Inside Higher Ed analysis of an initiative that expanded access to the SAT for low-income, first-generation, and minority students. 2019 marked the highest number of SAT test-takers to date: 2.2...

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The road from transport infrastructure to international trade

Nov 8, 2019

Between mid-April and early August, Kazu Shibuya (MPP ’88) had already made nine trips from Tokyo to Washington D.C. and he was getting ready for his tenth. It is what his role as deputy minister and leading negotiator for the government of Japan...

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An original IPPSter gives back: James Hudak’s gift establishes a named professorship in health policy

Nov 8, 2019

“I want to use my money, not to change my lifestyle, but to change the world,” says James Hudak, MPP ’71. “And I believe that education is the way.” “Most Ford School graduates work in the public sector,” Hudak continues, “and do not make a lot...

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Majoring in making a difference: Marking 10 years since our first BAs graduated

Nov 8, 2019

That first cohort of 58 graduates has been out in the world for a decade now. The degree has led them to a diverse array of careers–on Capitol Hill, in classrooms, at hospitals, at nonprofits, and at law firms. In 2009, the first group of...

BA class of 2009 group photo in front of Rackham

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What every Michigander needs to know about Canada, Justin Trudeau

Nov 3, 2019 Detroit Free Press

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Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States

Nov 1, 2019 War on the Rocks

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DEI November Updates

Nov 1, 2019

UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate 2019-2020 DEI Coalition The first meeting of the Ford School DEI Coalition was Friday, October 25. The Coalition reviewed the...

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Director of Michigan Health and Human Services talks food insecurity and child health

Oct 30, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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