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Admissions

SCPP x BA '24 meet and greet

Apr 13, 2022, 6:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall

The undergraduate chapter of Students of Color in Public Policy—a student organization at the Ford School—invites newly admitted BA students to an upcoming meet and greet.

Staff

Anne Taylor

Data Analyst, Education Policy Initiative

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Annie Taylor is a data analyst with the Education Policy Initiative. Her work at EPI focuses on early childhood projects, including designing and implementing research agendas for universal preschool programs in the Boston area. She joined EPI after…

News

Stevenson and Wolfers discuss latest jobs report

Apr 4, 2022

The labor market is still booming, according to the latest jobs report. Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson, both professors of public policy and economics, broke down what the jobs report means for Americans. "I do think it more likely that the...

Weiser Diplomacy Center Series

Transatlantic relations and the challenges the E.U. is facing right now

Apr 22, 2022, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT

3240 Weill Hall

Visiting Belgian diplomats in conversation with U-M students about transatlantic relations and the challenges the E.U. is facing right now.

Photo of the Belgian flag waving in the wind

Publication

Michelmore and research team find unconditional, pre-admission free tuition policies are most effective

Apr 1, 2022

The HAIL Scholarship program was launched in 2016, with considerable input from Ford School professors Katherine Michelmore, Susan Dynarski, and Stephanie Owen about how to reach high achieving, low-income students in Michigan. A follow-up study...

The promise and challenge of recruiting a diverse teaching workforce

Apr 6, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

1210 Weill Hall (and on Zoom)

Join the Domestic Policy Corps—a student organization at the Ford School—for a conversation with Associate Professor Matthew Ronfeldt and doctoral candidate Emanuele Bardelli on the path that potential teachers of color take through college and after graduation to become teachers and explore possible policy levers that could lead to increasing the diversity of the teaching workforce.

North American Colloquium Climate Series

Mexico-US cross-border electricity hubs: Limitations and opportunities for decarbonization

April 10, 2022

Marcela López-Vallejo

The Mexico-U.S. cross-border integration of the oil-and-gas sector is profound, contrasting with electricity trade and renewables. Policies on both sides do not prioritize the decarbonization of the energy...

In the Media

Farley breaks down population trends following pandemic

Mar 25, 2022 News Nation

The COVID-19 pandemic made big cities less attractive, with no events to attend or restaurants to sample. Reynolds Farley, a research scientist at the Population Studies Center, discussed the trend. “Cities growing and declining, that’s strongly...

Photo of Ren Farley speaking into a megaphone as he leads a tour of U-M students in downtown Detroit

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The US-Canada (clean) electricity relationship: Challenges and opportunities in policy design and coordination

April 10, 2022

Joshua Basseches, Nwamaka Ikenze

Both the United States and Canada have made significant commitments to reduce their climate-changing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But importantly, both countries have also adopted the same grand strategy to do so: “electrify...

Joshua A. Basseches & Nwamaka Ikenze paper cover

In the Media

Schwarz discusses Michigan GOP convention confusion

Mar 31, 2022 Michigan Advance

Ahead of the Michigan Republican Party’s endorsement convention this month, Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock has endorsed several candidates, an unusual move. Joe Schwarz, lecturer and former Michigan state senator, weighed in on the...

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