Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy...

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public...

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public...

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

This course introduces students to the adoption and implementation of environmental policy, with primary emphasis on the United...

The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) has been partnering with XBRL US, to work with the City of Flint to explore whether a new fiscal reporting mechanism for governmental entities can help create transparency—and prevent future...

This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more...

Following the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the Memphis police, national attention is once again focused on the use of force by police. The Detroit Free Press, among other outlets, turned to a report written by Trevor Bechtel, Mara C....

Education Policy Initiative faculty co-director Christina Weiland has an expertise in pre-k, and recently published a paper on Transitional Kindergarten. Both topics have been in the news.   In her State of the State address, Michigan Governor...