The share of 8th-12th grade students reporting depression and anxiety symptoms fell below pre-pandemic levels in 2022-23 in the Detroit Public School Community District—which is the opposite of national trends.The most substantial improvements were...
The main goals of this course are (1) to help you deepen your appreciation of the importance of public management in our democratic scheme of governance; (2) to enhance your ability to think analytically about problems of public management; and...
In a new episode of Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, Ford School’s Katherine Michelmore reflects on her career—from her first job as a research assistant at the Urban Institute, to her current position at the Ford School studying the effects...
Ishwar Surendran (BA ‘25) sought a summer internship that would combine his academic and professional interests in globalization and build on his previous work experience providing legal outreach on Michigan farms. He found it with the Fair Labor...
Ford School's Celia Fan shared findings from research on voter engagement with The Drumbeat. Fan attested to low levels of voter engagement through data showing "There were a few Detroiters who said that they weren’t sure about their voting plans...
Vox network recently spoke with the Ford School's Pamela Herd on current barriers in the distribution system of social welfare programs. Herd testified, “We have a huge array of different programs with the primary goal of reducing poverty and...
Ford School's Jenna Bednar spoke with The Associated Press on the influence Michigan has as a swing state in the upcoming elections. Bednar claimed, "We are truly a 50/50 state and it's 50/50 in terms of Democrats and Republicans but then even...
