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Thank you for Giving Blueday

Jan 12, 2015
Remember Giving Tuesday? The day of giving following Black Friday and Cyber Monday? This Giving Tuesday, the University of Michigan hosted its own day of giving: Giving Blueday. In a 24-hour period, 87 Ford School supporters made 101 gifts, creating...

Obama’s college proposal a bid to rev the economy says Wolfers

Jan 10, 2015
“If [Obama] succeeds in persuading more of the next generation to continue beyond high school…there’s a strong chance the rate of economic growth will be bolstered for decades to come,” says Justin Wolfers in his January 9, New York Times Upshot...
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Chamberlin analyzes charter school deal for Detroit Free Press

Dec 19, 2014
National Heritage Academies (NHA), the largest charter management company in Michigan, has what the Detroit Free Press’ Jennifer Dixon calls “an unusual arrangement with its schools.” John Chamberlin analyzes that arrangement in Dixon’s “Public...
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Policy analysis and prescience, making life better

Dec 18, 2014
To solve a vexing problem. To seize a promising opportunity. To find the best path forward. For centuries, for millennia, we’ve sought the power of prescience. These days, policy analysis—well and thoughtfully done—is among the most powerful tools...
Policy analysis and prescience, making life better
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What good is history, anyway?

Dec 18, 2014
With public service in our DNA, what we’d really like to do is to peer into the future, to see and shape what’s coming around the bend. So we asked ourselves, ‘Can a deeper understanding of the past help to shape and inform the future?’ The myth...
What good is history, anyway?
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The Power of Policy

Dec 17, 2014
Public policy is a principled guide to action, designed to lead to the greater good. As we celebrate our centennial as America’s first graduate-level training program in public administration, we take a moment to reflect on the powerful role policy...
The Power of Policy
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Fall edition of State & Hill examines the power of policy

Dec 13, 2014
In this issue of the Ford School’s magazine, State & Hill, articles highlight policy’s power in addressing important social challenges; next century teaching, research, and action at the Ford School; how a deeper understanding of the past is helping...
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Measuring poverty, a more accurate picture

Dec 9, 2014
By Miriam Wasserman Jordan Matsudaira, PhD alum, stays second year to work as chief staff economist for President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers Only a very small number of economists get to work for the Council of Economic Advisers....
Measuring poverty, a more accurate picture
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Cities, where sustainability leadership begins

Dec 9, 2014
Matt Naud, environmental coordinator for the city of Ann Arbor, talks environmental innovation   Fourteen years ago, the City of Ann Arbor launched a new commission on the environment. The group would report annually on the state of the...
Cities, where sustainability leadership begins
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Soundbites, overheard @ Ford School events

Dec 9, 2014
In the face of modern day challenges, from HIV/AIDS to climate change, we are better positioned than ever to help communities kindle change where it is most needed. Carrie Hessler-Radelet, director of the Peace Corps, “Peace Corps in the 21st...
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On poverty, policy, and people: Sheldon Danziger's lasting legacy

Dec 9, 2014
Two wars dominated the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. One was the war in Vietnam, whose escalation in 1964 triggered more than a decade of combat in Southeast Asia and discontent at home. The other was a wide-ranging package of social legislation...
On poverty, policy, and people: Sheldon Danzinger's lasting legacy
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Alumni, then and now (the times have changed)

Dec 9, 2014
By Erin Spanier   In the 1950s, a half-dozen African nations had won their independence. In 1960, more than a dozen others followed. It wasn’t long before these new nation-states would send their top diplomats to Washington, DC to present their...
Alumni, then and now (the times have changed)