The Center on Finance, Law & Policy at the University of Michigan is an interdisciplinary research center which draws together faculty and students from more than a dozen of Michigan’s nineteen schools and colleges to work on a broad range of...
The Ford School is committed to playing a leading role in rebuilding a public discourse that is nonpartisan, evidence-based, and inclusive.
Our graduate and undergraduates students are training to be civic and national leaders. We aim to deepen...
State & Hill, the print magazine of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, is a bi-annual publication featuring stories about the school's students, alumni, and faculty. Feature articles vary in each issue, and generally highlight noteworthy...
Due to the novel coronavirus, in-person commencement celebrations have been postponed across all three University of Michigan campuses. This postponement includes the Ford School commencement ceremony, originally planned for May 2nd. We promise to...
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies; associate professor of Public Policy (by courtesy); associate professor of Sociology (by courtesy)
Jeremy Levine is a political and urban sociologist generally interested in questions related to inequality and public policy, especially urban and criminal justice policy. Levine has worked with legislators and advocates in New York on ongoing…
Pamela Herd is the Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy and faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research Population Studies Center. Her research focuses on inequality and how it intersects with health, aging, and policy. She is…
Children enrolled in transitional kindergarten programs in Michigan did better in math and English by the time they reached 3rd grade, with higher test scores than other kids who didn't go through the program, according to a new policy brief from...
All types of health care costs, and financial scams, rise to the top in University of Michigan study.More than half of the people who voted in the 2020 election were age 50 and older, making this age group a key demographic for candidates up and...
Local leaders in Michigan are slightly less optimistic in their views on the health of democracy at the state and national levels, according to an ongoing survey by the University of Michigan.Although assessments of civic health at the national...
Donald Moynihan is a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Previously he served as Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy Chair of Public Policy and the director of the La…
