In the latest installment of "Policy Points," Sheldon Danziger predicts a rise in the poverty rate for 2012. The U.S. Census Bureau will announce the latest poverty figures next week.Danziger asserts that while poverty levels in 2011 were high, they...

Michigan continues to battle the economic challenges of the Great Recession, but some progress has been made, reported Kristin Seefeldt and Sarah Burgard in a guest column for the Detroit Free Press. "The unemployment rate has been slowly...

The Center for the Education of Women has named the Ford School's Emma Maack (MPP student), Caroline Meehan (MPP student), Alyssa Mouton (MPP student), Rachel Potter (PhD candidate), and Cici Vu (MPP student) among its 2012-13 scholarship...

Susan Collins, the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, was quoted by Reuters and CNNMoney regarding the dangers of politicizing the Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy.Collins, who on Friday chaired the opening day of the Federal...

Only one-third of the local governments in Michigan say they are somewhat or significantly less able to meet their fiscal needs this year—a big drop from last year when nearly half reported having such difficulties, according to a University of...

National Poverty Center researchers wrote a guest column for the Huffington Post titled, "How to Fight Poverty in Detroit." The authors – Kristin Seefeldt (MPP '96, PhD '10), Sarah Burgard, and NPC director Sheldon Danziger – posted some of the...

Susan Collins, the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, told CNBC Thursday she believes the Federal Reserve should act boldly to stimulate the U.S. economy."I think the Fed should and can do more," Collins said. "It's not just quantitative...

Dean Susan M. Collins chaired today's session of the 2012 Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As part of Collins' duties, she introduced Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who delivered a highly-anticipated speech outlining the Fed's...

Policy Talks @ the Ford School - a 2012 Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture by General Michael Hayden. Friday, September 07, 2012 1:00-2:30 p.m. Alumni Center, Founders Room 200 Fletcher Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 [Learn more]...

The New York Times cited Rick Hall's research on interest groups in its article, "Unleashing the Campaign Contributions of Corporations."The article inspected the real and perceived effects corporate contributions could have on the 2012 presidential...