Susan M. Dynarski spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her research on the widening gap between the college entry and completion rates of the rich and poor. The data Dynarski and co-author Martha Bailey used from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National...
A new study shows that the gap in rates of college completion between students from high-and low-income families has grown significantly in the last 50 years."We find growing advantages for students from high-income families," said University of...
Data from the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy's (CLOSUP) latest Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) report was cited in a Center for Michigan article, "'Shadow tax cut' deepens local budget crises."The October 2011 MPPS report found that...
Alumni, want to help "spread the word" about the Ford School? Then order a new, embroidered quarter-zip sweatshirt from our online store and wear it proudly!The Ford School is offering this new item via an online spirit store for one week only. This...
John D. Ciorciari was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article about how and why U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address political, economic, and human rights issues during her 3-day visit to Burma (Myanmar)."Secretary Clinton's...
John Ciorciari was interviewed for an Agence France-Press (AFP) article, published by Yahoo! News, about U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's upcoming visit to Burma, the first of a senior U.S. official since 1955.According to the article's...
Research by Susan M. Dynarski was cited in a New York Times editorial called "The Poor, the Near Poor, and You." The editorial discusses various measures of poverty within the U.S., and suggests that measures of poverty could be expanded to include...
John R. Chamberlin spoke to the Detroit Free Press about the resignation of Renee Axt, the former chairwoman of the Detroit Metro Airport board. According to the article authors, Axt resigned a few days after the Wayne County executive called for...
The Ford School's National Poverty Center's Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS) is analyzing data from its second collection wave, which was completed in August 2011, and planning for its third wave of collection scheduled for spring...
The National Poverty Center (NPC), located within the Ford School of Public Policy, has a number of job and research opportunities. The NPC was established in 2002 as a university-based nonpartisan research center. The NPC conducts...
