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Keynesian Community College

Jan 21, 2020 Inside Higher Ed

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January 2020 edition of ‘the ford school feed’

Jan 21, 2020

Dear friends, The Ford School community has much to look forward to in 2020. Yesterday, we were honored to host Ambassador Susan Rice for an MLK, Jr. Symposium event. Later this semester, we’ll welcome James Baker, former secretary of both the...

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20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast

Jan 20, 2020 Patch

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In a Sharp Downturn, College Can Be a Shock Absorber

Jan 19, 2020 The New York Times

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The Real Problem With Grade Inflation

Jan 17, 2020 The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Women outnumbering men in the workforce is an irreversible trend, says Stevenson

Jan 17, 2020

The Department of Labor released its employment situation summary report last week, which revealed that women make up more than half of U.S. payroll, for only the second time in history. Betsey Stevenson, professor at the Ford School, analyzed the...

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Martin Luther King Jr. honored with Detroit area events

Jan 15, 2020 The Detroit News

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Can populist economics coexist with pro-immigrant policies?

Jan 15, 2020 Vox

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Ford School faculty’s national security expertise featured in The Hill

Jan 15, 2020

The Hill recently featured Ford School faculty expertise on domestic and international security and counterterrorism. Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, discusses domestic terrorism and the United States’ role in Iranian...

News

U-M survey finds sharp increase in energy efficiency steps among Michigan local governments

Jan 15, 2020

Half of Michigan’s local governments have taken steps to improve energy efficiency in their facilities—more than double the 22% who reported similar efforts a decade ago, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Ford School of Public...

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Dems swept the Midwest. Why hasn't it helped clean energy?

Jan 13, 2020 E&E News

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The decline and fall of grade deflation

Jan 12, 2020 The Daily Princetonian

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Implications of Soleimani’s death: U-M experts can discuss

Jan 10, 2020 Michigan News

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Local companies to Trump, Congress: Get trade deals done, remove tariffs

Jan 10, 2020 Cincinnati Business Courier

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Dean Barr Highlights 2020 Debate Activities in Michigan Alumnus Magazine

Jan 10, 2020

Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr’s guest column in the most recent Michigan Alumnus Magazine highlights activities related to the upcoming 2020 presidential debate at the University of Michigan. This includes the Ford School’s Weiser Diplomacy...

January 2020 DEI Updates

Jan 10, 2020

UPDATES REGARDING FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT DEI-RELATED ACTIVITY Focus on our goal: Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Climate 2019-2020 DEI Coalition. The Ford School DEI Coalition met on December 6. The Coalition reviewed DEI related...

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Ford School of Public Policy announces new undergraduate minor

Jan 8, 2020 The Michigan Daily

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An end to 'oil and gas'? Industry rebrands in climate push

Jan 8, 2020 E&E News

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Ambassador Susan Rice to visit Ann Arbor for book tour discussion at University of Michigan

Jan 3, 2020 Click on Detroit

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US Steel to shutter Detroit plant and lay off 1,545 workers after Trump brags he “saved” industry

Dec 21, 2019 salon

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News

Crain’s covers student work on economic impact of inconsistent border protection policies

Dec 20, 2019

Crain’s Detroit Business recently published an article that highlights a report prepared by Ford School students. The students found that stringent policies and enforcement by the CBP office in Detroit-–compared with the office in Chicago, which...

Welcoming our newly elected Alumni Board members

Dec 18, 2019

Six Ford School alumni have been elected to the Alumni Board by their peers. The term starts January 1, 2020 and runs through December 31, 2022. The newly-elected members are: Grace Evans (MPP ‘16) Richard King Mellon Foundation, Program...

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Trump Can Scrub the Clean Power Plan, But the West Will Stay Green

Dec 16, 2019 Stock Daily Dish

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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...