Noelle Polaski (MPP, MA '16) is among four U-M graduate students whose team, Le Rouge, won the 2014 Social Impact Challenge based on their recommendations for Detroit Future City. The Social Impact Challenge asks multidisciplinary teams of graduate...

In an NPR article, Susan Dynarski asked to explain the viability of proposals out of Oregon and Tennessee aimed at alleviating the cost of college. Both states are asking legislators to consider very different strategies for increasing college...

On February 19, Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky was quoted in a Mainstreet.com article on the push for marijuana legalization. Levitsky, a former member on the United Nations International Narcotics Board, voiced his opposition to marijuana...

On February 20, Professor Sheldon Danziger was interviewed in an Al Jazeera America article about the relationship between poverty and inequality. Danziger discussed his research on how factors such as the racial composition of the U.S., shifts in...

Announcing TWO exciting half-semester public policy courses taught by our Winter 2014 Towsley Foundation Policymakers in Residence, Ambassador Richard Boucher and Margo Picken! Richard Boucher served as Deputy Secretary-General of the...

The focus of this Ford Policy Union will be on leadership and on specific examples from Ambassador Negroponte's experience. What makes a good leader and how do leaders make decisions? How do leaders handle dissent and divergent views? What lessons...

In a new Ford School Policy Points video, Ann Lin analyzes Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's plan to bring 50,000 highly skilled immigrants to the state over five years. She states that Governor Snyder's numbers are likely unrealistic under the...

In 2014, Susan Dynarski will serve as a nonresident senior fellow in the Brookings Institution's Economic Studies program. The Brookings Economic Studies program analyzes current and emerging economic policy issues facing the United States and aims...

The Ford School of Public Policy has engaged Hile Creative and The Linux Box to undertake a major project that is critical for the school's continued success: a complete redesign of the school's web presence. The school is focused on creating a site...

In a Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina v.N. Whitman calls for tax code reform as its current complexity often results in chaos. Whitman notes that tackling the 73,000 pages of the tax code is often insurmountable for individuals or organizations,...