In addition to providing BLS Monthly Jobs Report Rapid Insights, Betsey Stevenson, professor of economics and public policy, has lent her expertise to numerous media outlets to break down the latest jobs report. Here's what she had to say about the...
Last week, Wayne County tapped Abdul El-Sayed, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, to take over as health director in March, and, in the meantime, serve as a project consultant for its Health, Human & Veterans Services Department.
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Detroit Free Press: "'I think Michigan is going to play a very important poster child role moving forward,' said Moon Duchin, a mathematician at Tufts University who helped Michigan's commission review mapping input during the redistricting...
Fordies: Grab some breakfast to fuel up for finals with the International Policy Students Association—a student organization at the Ford School. Bagels, coffee, spreads, affirmations, and fruit provided.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education reports on the latest fall enrollment numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), an educational nonprofit organization which collects data and offers insights from 97% of all postsecondary institutions...
In October 2022, students from the Ford School and members of the greater University of Michigan community gathered together to hear “Racial Justice Changemakers”—social justice leaders, artists, and advocates—share their diverse journeys into...
Wallace House Presents journalist and educatorJelani Cobb looks at the historic challenges to democracy that centered around race, the impact of the media, and how this frames and informs the current moment.
It’s not always newsworthy when a director of the FBI makes a speech. As the nation’s top law enforcement official, basic statements about terror threats, the crime rate, or reactions to latest news may be reported but won’t attract much...
The U.S. labor market had yet another month of strong job growth, with employers adding 263,000 additional jobs in November. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday also showed that the unemployment rate remained at 3.7%....
