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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...

Susan M. Collins concludes term as president of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs

May 28, 2015

On May 30, Susan M. Collins will conclude a two-year term as president of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Dedicated to the improvement of professional education in international affairs, APSIA seeks to...

2015 Ford School BA yearbook released, celebrates undergraduate students and alumni

May 27, 2015

The Ford School’s 2015 BA yearbook, which celebrates the undergraduate students who have enriched the Ford School community over the past year, was sent to returning undergraduate students, parents, and freshly-minted alums last week.The digital...

Students explore Windy City careers and network with Chicago-based alumni

May 27, 2015

For the second year in a row, the Ford School joined with the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs to host a student career exploration trip in Chicago, May 19-21, 2015. MPP students from both schools had the opportunity to...

Dean Yang promoted to full professor of public policy and economics, September 2015

May 26, 2015

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved Dean Yang’s promotion to full professor of public policy and economics last week. His appointment is effective September 1.Yang, an applied development economist, has held appointments with the...

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Seefeldt cited in WaPo analysis of Kansas law limiting welfare recipient ATM withdrawals

May 26, 2015

In a Washington Post “Wonkblog” posting published last Thursday, Kristin Seefeldt provided insight into the impact a new provision passed by the Kansas legislature could have on poor families. The provision limits the amount of cash welfare...

U-M researchers share Department of Ed grant to study online learning, virtual schooling

May 26, 2015

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsUniversity of Michigan researchers will share in a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to launch a three-year study of virtual schooling in Florida.The study will...

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Save the date for the fifth annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day at a city near you

May 26, 2015

The fifth annual Worldwide Ford School Spirit Day will be held on Thursday, July 9 in a dozen domestic and international cities. We’ll send out invitations with more details soon, but for now, we’re happy to announce that alumni-led Spirit Day...

Elena Delbanco’s debut novel, The Silver Swan, published to rave reviews

May 26, 2015

“An enthralling tale about music and the passions it inspires,” writes Eugenia Zukerman of Elena Delbanco’s debut novel, The Silver Swan.“Writing fiction about the world of classical musicians risks hitting wrong notes and making toes curl,” writes...

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Detroit 2016, welcome our next David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellows

May 26, 2015

The David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship, launched in 2010 with a gift from the foundation of U-M alumnus David Bohnett (MBA ’80), is a competitive award that enables Ford School students to apply their policy training...

Robin Jacob quoted in Boston Globe story on executive function coaching

May 24, 2015

In a story in the Boston Globe, “Executive function not a panacea for education ills,” the author discusses the prospective benefits of programs designed to strengthen students’ executive function cognitive skills, the popularity of and rapid...

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The Debt Divide: The Racial and Class Bias Behind the "New Normal" of Student Borrowing

May 19, 2015 Demos

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Stephen Harper Hoping To Silence Critics With New Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets

May 19, 2015 The Huffington Post

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University Record on the making of "Walking the Line of Blackness"

May 19, 2015

By Deborah Meyers Greene, Public Affairs "Walking the Line of Blackness," a 20-minute video created by and featuring graduate students from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, puts their direct, personal experiences with racism in...

To drill or not to drill: Barry Rabe discusses growing state-local conflicts over fracking

May 19, 2015

In Barney Jopson’s “US states seek to block city fracking bans,” an article that appeared in yesterday’s Financial Times, Barry Rabe explains that “the US is still in the early stages of discovering and managing the upsides and downsides of shale...

In memoriam: Robert M. Stern, internationally renowned economist and trade economist

May 18, 2015

We are deeply saddened to report that Robert M. Stern, professor emeritus of economics and public policy, passed away yesterday after a week-long hospital stay for heart trouble.Bob joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1961 and the...

Education Policy Initiative releases timely brief as Congress debates bipartisan FAST Act

May 15, 2015

As Congress debates reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and with it the bipartisan FAST Act bill introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative releases a timely new...

Read China trip blog for student insight on LGBT policy, Trans-Pacific Partnership, & more

May 13, 2015

China trip students blog about their experiences, covering LGBT policy challenges, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and moreEach year, 15 Ford School graduate students travel to China for two weeks to study the nation’s policy environment. In country,...

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