The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy's (CLOSUP) Tom Ivacko wrote a two-part column for Dome magazine about the declining health of Michigan cities and what is being done to combat this decline.In part one, "Michigan Cities Suffer Declining...

Mental health consequences of the Great Recession may extend to workers who perceive job insecurity, even if they have avoided unemployment, according to researchers working with data from the National Poverty Center's Michigan Recession and...

Tom Ivacko, administrator for the Center of Local, State and Urban Policy, was quoted in a Bridge Magazine article that suggests townships are generally in much better shape financially than other local units of government. The study by Isabella...

Susan M. Dynarski was one of seven new representatives elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. Her term expires in 2015.An Associate Professor at both the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and...

Ford School alumnus Doug Brook (MPA '67) was awarded the prestigious 2011 Naval Postgraduate School's Louis D. Liskin Award for Teaching Excellence.The Graduate School of Business and Public Policy's graduating class of students select the Liskin...

Elena Delbanco, lecturer in expository writing in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and her husband, Nicholas Delbanco, discussed with The New York Times and National Public Radio the decision to find a new owner for the 300-year-old...

Assistant Professor of Public Policy John Ciorciari was quoted Wednesday by AFP News on the potential impact of Saturday's Taiwanese presidential elections on relations between Taiwan and China.President Ma Ying-jeou, who has encouraged economic...

Joe Schwarz spoke to the Battle Creek Enquirer about President Obama's announced cuts to national defense spending, and its impact on both southwest Michigan and the rest of the country.As the article's author explains, many are wondering how a...

Three Ford School faculty members—David K. Cohen, Susan M. Dynarski, and Brian A. Jacob—were named to Education Week blogger Rick Hess' 2012 rankings of education scholars. The 2012 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings recognize the top...

State & Hill's Winter 2012 issue offers readers an opportunity to learn about the wide array of education reform and policy issues that our students, alumni, and faculty are tackling right now. Click through the magazine below to read about Susan M....