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EPI, Excellent Schools Detroit release K-12 scorecard

Jun 29, 2015

The 2015 Excellent Schools Detroit (ESD) K-12 Scorecard — which the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative (EPI) helped develop — was released last week. More than 200 schools, including private and charter schools, were evaluated and assigned...

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Introducing Paula Lantz, incoming associate dean for research and policy engagement

Jun 26, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce that a number of faculty members will join our community this fall. To introduce them to the Ford School and University, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...

Schwarz called as witness, provides direction in municipal ethics violation hearing

Jun 25, 2015

Dr. Joe Schwarz was called as a witness Tuesday in a Battle Creek ethics code violation hearing involving a city commissioner. Ward 5 commissioner Jeff Domenico was found to have violated the city’s ethics code by “publically attacked the police...

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Americans support cap and trade more when money is used for efficiency -- poll

Jun 23, 2015 E&E News

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When Big Data Meets the Blackboard

Jun 22, 2015 The Atlantic

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'Complete Streets' policies more popular in Michigan's urban areas

Jun 18, 2015

Complete Streets, policies that encourage local governments to take all users—pedestrians, cyclists, public transit users and drivers—into account when designing and constructing roads, have a good deal of support among Michigan local officials, but...

Internship field report, Heonuk Ha from United Nations ECLAC, Brasilia

Jun 18, 2015

Heonuk Ha, a dual-degree candidate in public policy and applied economics, offers this field report from Brasilia. Ha is working as an economic affairs intern with the United Nations Economic and social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean...

Three out of four adults support banning online sale of powdered alcohol per new poll by Dr. Matt Davis

Jun 17, 2015

Powdered alcohol, a newly legalized drug, will soon become broadly available. In a recent press release on the topic, Dr. Matthew Davis reports that 90 percent of adults are concerned about misuse of powdered alcohol by underage youth and more than...

Schwarz, Whitmer pen bipartisan op-ed, call on Michiganders to support new clean energy policy

Jun 17, 2015

Former U.S. Congressman Dr. Joe Schwarz (R-7) and former Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) pen MLive op-ed, “New energy plan for Michigan is opportunity to find common ground for cleaner water.” Together, Schwarz and...

As Billington retires, Paul Courant a contender for Library of Congress chief

Jun 17, 2015

As Library of Congress Chief James H. Billington announces his retirement, New York Times White House correspondent Michael D. Shear notes that “only 10 presidents have had the opportunity to nominate a librarian of Congress to oversee America’s...

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U-M gets $4M federal grant for pre-doctoral research training program

Jun 13, 2015 MLive

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U-M receives $4 million federal grant for predoctoral research training program in education sciences

Jun 9, 2015

The University of Michigan has received a $4 million federal grant to establish a predoctoral research training program in education sciences.The grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences unites U-M's School of...

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Rich vs. Poor: The Growing ‘Class’ Gap in Higher Education

Jun 8, 2015 The Huffington Post

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Rabe cited in coverage of new EPA report on fracking

Jun 8, 2015

Barry Rabe, a Ford School professor and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), was recently cited by both the Financial Times and the U.S. News & World Report in coverage surrounding the last week's release of findings...

Kary Moss of ACLU Michigan announces free Mobile Justice Michigan app to record, witness, and report police misconduct

Jun 8, 2015

Kary Moss, a lecturer at the Ford School and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, is quoted in a series of articles announcing the release of Mobile Justice Michigan, a free app that makes it easy for citizens to...

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A warm welcome to our 2015 Public Policy and International Affairs fellows

Jun 7, 2015

The Ford School's 2015 PPIA Junior Summer Institute fellows have arrived, and will begin their intensive seven-week training program aimed at preparing them for graduate school and leadership roles in public service. This year marks the 34th of the...

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EPA's Fracking Finding May Prove a Boon for Industry

Jun 5, 2015 US News

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In Free Press op-ed, Whitman lays out "Why Asian trade deal makes sense"

Jun 5, 2015

In a May 30 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina Whitman made her case on behalf of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a proposed deal that would enhance the president's authority in trade negotiations by ensuring that "any agreement he...

Bertram Askwith, a U-M friend, remembered

Jun 5, 2015

A former Michigan Daily editor, U-M alumnus Bert Askwith (AB '31) is pictured here attending the ceremony for the 2013 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, administered by U-M to honor outstanding achievement by professionals under the age of 35...

Robin Jacob joins researchers in valuing null results

Jun 4, 2015

In “Null, but Not Void - What can we learn from education initiatives that yield few results?” Miriam Greenberg, director of education and communications at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research, provides insights from a...

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Most Americans support renewable energy standards

Jun 3, 2015 Phys.org

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Al Gore inspires 'CO2,' an opera; a physicist lectures on climate change with a string quartet

Jun 3, 2015 E&E News

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Most Americans support renewable energy standards

Jun 3, 2015

Despite recent attempts in many state legislatures to repeal or weaken renewable energy requirements, a University of Michigan poll finds that a majority of Americans—of every race, income and education level, and religious and political...

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Poll shows broad support for state-level renewable mandates

Jun 2, 2015 E&E News

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Sue Dynarski’s latest NYT TheUpshot column takes on income gap in college graduation

Jun 2, 2015

In a June 2 column in the New York Times, Ford School professor Susan Dynarski writes that “class trumps ability when it comes to college graduation.”Dynarski cites a recent publication from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which...

Vote-selling intervention paper by Ravanilla, Yang published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings

Jun 1, 2015

Doctoral candidate Nico Ravanilla and Professor Dean Yang have a paper on vote-selling in the May 2015 edition of the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. The paper, “Measuring Vote-Selling: Field Evidence from the Philippines,” shares...

Local leaders give high marks to road commissions

May 29, 2015

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsMost local government leaders have good things to say about their road commissions that maintain county primary and township local roads upon which so many Michigan residents rely.The Michigan Public Policy Survey at the...

Axelrod among 10 to receive honorary degree from Harvard

May 29, 2015

Robert Axelrod was among 10 distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard's 364th commencement yesterday afternoon. The university named him an honorary Doctor of Laws, according to a Harvard Gazette news release.Other honorees included: Peter...

'Ford School feed' - Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day, John Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship, Congressman Dingell at the Ford School, Bohnett Fellows, and more

May 28, 2015

The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes this week.This spring edition of the feed celebrates John Ciorciari's accomplishment as an awardee of a prestigious Andrew...

Greetings from the Dean, May 2015

May 28, 2015

Dear friends,We wrapped up another fine academic year in style, with Debbie Stabenow—the state of Michigan's senior United States Senator—providing the keynote address for our 2015 Commencement celebrations.The Ford School had an extraordinary year...

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