"In September 2005, Emma Street Holdings bought property on Sibley road in Huron Township for $375,000. Six days later, Emma Street sold the parcel to Summit Academy North, a charter school, for $425,000." So begins Jennifer Dixon's Detroit Free...

Betsey Stevenson, a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, will offer a plenary speech during the June 23 White House Summit on Working Families in Washington, DC. Her topic: A 21st century economy that works for businesses and...

Congratulations to Lindsay Price, academic advisor, and Tom Cook, instructional services/computing technician, for receiving Staff Recognition Awards! Now in its eight year, the Staff Recognition Awards are a highlight of the Annual Ford School...

Kenneth Furlough, who began his MPP studies at the Ford School in the fall of 2013, passed away early last week from hypertensive heart disease. Kenneth was a warm, kind, gregarious person, with a lasting commitment to public policy. The Ford School...

Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo) have proposed a bipartisan bill to dramatically simplify the college financial aid form. They announced their proposal in the op-ed column, "An Answer on a Postcard," published by The New...

On June 17, both MLive and the Detroit Free Press reported on amicus briefs filed with the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (covering appeals from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) in Michigan's landmark gay marriage case.Amicus briefs were...

"Top universities are paying too much for scores of academic journals provided by major publishing companies," writes Ian Sample, science editor of The Guardian, in the June 16 article, "Universities 'get poor value' from academic journal-publishing...

In her Economic View "Finding Shock Absorbers for Student Debt," published June 15 in the Sunday business section of The New York Times, Susan Dynarski explains why President Obama's recent executive order aimed at easing the debt burden for...

If you're considering a master's degree at the Ford School we encourage you to join an upcoming text chat, where we can answer any of your questions.

Policy at work: the summer policy internship