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Easing credit for parents seeking educational loans?

May 28, 2014
In a May 27 article for Bloomberg, Janet Lorin describes, "Alarm Raised by Plan to Ease Credit Norms on U.S. Parent Loans." The new plan to extend loans to a greater pool of parent applicants is drawing criticism from consumer advocates who say...
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Barr argues for regulation of systemically important firms

May 23, 2014
Professor Michael S. Barr makes an appearance in "Financial Crisis, Over and Already Forgotten," a May 22 New York Times article by Floyd Norris. Norris writes that Barr is "working on a book titled, "Five Ways the Financial System Will Fail Next...
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Wolfers' research cited in NYT The Upshot column

May 23, 2014
"An indirect path to accuracy in election polling," a May 21 article by David Leonhardt for the New York Times' recently launched blog, The Upshot, cites work by Ford School Professor Justin Wolfers. Writing on Congressman Charles Rangel's...
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Honoring Ned Gramlich and the Importance of Policy Research

May 23, 2014
Edward M. (Ned) Gramlich was among the most productive policy economists of his day–a day stretching from the mid-1960s until his death in 2007. In addition to producing academic (often practical) work relevant to dozens of policy issues, he was an...
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Hall characterizes minimum wage bill lobbying activity

May 22, 2014
According to an analysis conducted by Bloomberg BNA, a division of Bloomberg, some 40 different groups spent money in the first three months of 2014 to lobby Congress on the minimum wage bill. Labor unions were for the bill; business groups were...
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Kids and screen time, too much says Davis

May 22, 2014
Young children in the U.S. get too much screen time is the chief finding of a new poll directed by Professor Matt Davis. More than one-quarter of parents with young children report that their kids get more than three hours of screen time per day,...
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Wolfers for Upshot: Labor Market Dented, Not Broken

May 13, 2014
In his May 13 Upshot blog post for the New York Times, "Labor Market Seems Dented, Not Broken," Ford School Professor Justin Wolfers argues for a sunnier outlook on labor market prospects."The darker view," says Wolfers, "is that the Great Recession...
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Axelrod highlighted in Vox on Republican Benghazi dilemma

May 13, 2014
Ford School Professor Robert Axelrod's research was cited by Zack Beauchamp in the May 12 Vox article, "Benghazi is a prisoner's dilemma, and the Republicans are the prisoners." Beauchamp argues that the newly formed House Republicans' special...
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NYT Upshot cites Brian Jacob's work on gender differences

May 13, 2014
In his May 10 story for the New York Times' Upshot, Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan argues that the gender pay gap can reverse by 2064. Mullainathan draws evidence from education, citing the work of Ford School Professor Brian Jacob in his...
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Soundbites, spring 2014

May 9, 2014
Overheard this semester: Policy Talks @ the Ford School "It seems to me that our efforts to narrow racial differences in schooling and other things, if applied too late, are almost doomed to fail." Kerwin Charles, deputy dean and Edwin and...
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Wanted: Alumni to join Centennial Reunion Committee

May 8, 2014
Remember the days of Lorch Hall? Or holiday skits? Or dreaded problem sets? The Centennial Reunion is the perfect occasion to come together as alumni and friends to remember times past, and look to the future.Consider joining the festivities by...
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The Last Word

May 8, 2014
Jennifer Niggemeier, director of graduate career services and alumni relations, and Elisabeth Johnston, alumni relations manager, sit down with State & Hill to preview The Centennial Reunion (October 31 – November 1, 2014). S&H: A centennial...
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Yu Xie study in LA Times, Washington Post, NPR

May 7, 2014
Max Ehrenfreund of The Washington Post reports on Yu Xie's recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which sheds recent light on the causes of Asian-American academic success.In the May 5 article, "Study ties...
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What every alderman should know (about endowments)

May 7, 2014
We all know how tough it is to save—to choose between immediate needs and future ones. At the Ford School, we face a similar challenge in asking alumni to contribute to endowments rather than annual funds. But endowments have tremendous power. Like...
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Hybrid Justice and Armed With Expertise

May 6, 2014
Two new books from Ford School faculty members John D. Ciorciari and Joy Rohde deepen our understanding of international criminal justice systems and the role social scientists have played, for better or for worse, in American national...
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Bon voyage, and best wishes to the graduating class of 2014

May 5, 2014
"You are not just graduates of a great university," Senator Carl Levin told the Ford School's centennial graduating class. "You are graduates of a school of public policy, which implies that you—your ideas and passions, your hard work and drive and...
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Hauling charcoal, studying conservation in Kenya

May 5, 2014
By William Foreman Zach Petroni (BA '13) believes that to truly know something, you have to experience it. So that's why he spent some time working as a charcoal hauler in Kenya, loading huge bags of the fuel on a rusty fixed-gear bike and...
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Fighting poverty like an IPPSter

May 2, 2014
Peter Borish applies analytics and creativity to for-profit and not-for-profit endeavors alike "I was like every other kid," says Peter Borish (AB '81, MPP '82). "When I was growing up, I wanted to become a professional baseball player." Like...
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