The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for learning about and discussing (primarily) micro-economic applications. It is intended for those students who have completed PubPol 571 or an...
The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to do public sector consulting work for state and local governments and community development organizations in Ann Arbor,...
This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...
This section is designed to introduce many of the leading issues and challenges involved in public management and governance. It draws heavily from the discipline of political science and places major emphasis on bureaucratic...
This course examines a number of popular approaches to education reform, using an economic lens to understand the theoretical rationale and potential impact of...
The goal of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to get their "hands dirty" with actual policy work, both as a way to utilize some of the skills they have learned in their other courses as well as to help them learn about many...
The central issues addressed by this course are whether and how one ought to try to establish the extent to which public programs are achieving their goals. Are the goals being attained? If not, why...
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. The course is held the first week in...
