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NSF award: Developing new techniques to detect financial market manipulation

Sep 11, 2017

Michael Barr and colleagues from the College of Engineering (Michael Wellman) and Ross School of Business (Uday Rajan) have been awarded a $670,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new techniques to identify financial market...

Ten years on, reflecting on Ned Gramlich’s legacy of service and leadership

Sep 5, 2017

Ten years ago today, we mourned the passing of Edward M. (Ned) Gramlich, a leader and friend of the Ford School and its predecessor, the Institute of Public Policy Studies, and a much-loved teacher and mentor to generations of aspiring public...

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APSA to recognize Shipan with prestigious Deil Wright (MPA ‘54) best paper award

Aug 8, 2017

Charles Shipan will be recognized with the Deil S. Wright (MPA ‘54) award from the American Political Science Association this September. The award, which is given to the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations, will...

Jacob in Brookings: Causes, consequences, and potential solutions for chronic absenteeism

Jul 31, 2017

In a July 27 “Evidence Speaks” column for the Brookings Institution, Brian Jacob and Kelly Lovett discuss “Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers.”During the 2013-14 academic year, the authors report that 14 percent of students...

Education Policy Initiative wins funding for postdoctoral fellowships in education sciences

Jun 29, 2017

Scholars from the Ford School's Education Policy Initiative (EPI) and the University of Michigan's School of Education have received a $712,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to continue the University’s postdoctoral training...

Welcome to the Ford School's 2017 Public Policy and International Affairs Fellows

Jun 5, 2017

Please join us in welcoming the Ford School's 2017 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) fellows to Ann Arbor. The PPIA program, which the Ford School has participated in each year since 1983, aims to promote diversity in public service....

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A voice for local governments: CLOSUP and the M's, the power of partnership

Apr 29, 2017

It's been eight years since the Ford School launched the Michigan Public Policy Survey, which collects data and opinions about a broad range of state and local policy challenges from local government leaders across the state. After 16 surveys, 60...

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Ford School faculty members share seven key strategies for effective collaboration

Apr 28, 2017

Ford School faculty members often engage in collective problem-solving--with other scholars, of course, but also with policymakers and practitioners all around the world. The goal of these collaborations? Finding better solutions, and mutually...

Ford School IEDP students travel to Greece to research economic, refugee policies

Apr 20, 2017

On Wednesday, April 12th, graduate students from U-M’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy presented their research on two timely and challenging global policy problems: how to restart an economy after a financial crisis, and how to integrate...

Wolfers in NYT Upshot: "How Gorsuch could pull the eight other justices rightward"

Apr 5, 2017

Justin Wolfers' April 4, 2017 article for The New York Times' "The Upshot," "How Gorsuch could pull the eight other justices rightward," examines recently published research on the effects of peer-judge ideology on the U.S. Supreme Court.According...

New graduate seminar: Quantifying the economic impact of refugees in Detroit

Apr 4, 2017

Elisabeth Gerber, associate dean for research and policy engagement, has teamed up with Steve Tobocman (MPP/JD '97), executive director of Global Detroit, to lead an applied research course of 13 graduate students this semester.In December 2016,...

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Ford School alumna Annie Maxwell to receive U-M Bicentennial Alumni Award

Mar 28, 2017

During spring commencement, the University of Michigan will forego its traditional honorary degrees to recognize ten young alumni with a special Bicentennial Alumni Award. Among the bicentennial honorees is Ford School alumna Annie Maxwell (AB...

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Americans warming up to the idea of a carbon tax in latest energy and environment survey

Mar 24, 2017

According to "Moving the needle on American support for a carbon tax," a Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) report by Daniel Puskin (American University) and Sarah Mills (Ford School), Americans are 'increasingly warming' to the idea...

Michelmore and Dynarski publish “The gap within the gap” in education journal

Feb 21, 2017

A paper by Katherine Michelmore and Susan Dynarksi titled, “The gap within the gap: Using longitudinal data to understand income differences in educational outcomes” was published on February 1 in AERA Open, a journal from the American Educational...

Jacob publication: "The measurement of student ability in modern assessment systems"

Jan 27, 2017

A paper by Brian Jacob and Jesse Rothstein (U-C Berkeley), "The Measurement of Student Ability in Modern Assessment Systems," was published in the Summer 2016 edition of the American Economic Association's Journal of Economic Perspectives. The piece...

Michigan News Release: "Challenges in researching terrorism from the field"

Jan 27, 2017

Engaging with youth involved in or susceptible to violent extremism is key in helping the U.S. government understand—and combat—terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, according to a position paper, "Challenges in researching...

Faculty publication on Michigan merit curriculum now in educational policy journal

Jan 27, 2017

A paper by Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski, Kenneth Frank, and Barbara Schneider titled, “Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan” was published in Educational Evaluation and Policy...

Brian Jacob, Sue Dynarski, and members of the Education Policy Initiative stand along the winding main staircase of the Ford School's home, Weill Hall

Stevenson: To measure Trump’s success, use working-class men’s employment as benchmark

Jan 24, 2017

Bloomberg View columnists, including Betsey Stevenson, issued an article on “17 metrics to watch in the Trump era” on January 20. Columnists each submitted benchmarks to watch for a sense of President Trump's performance. “His success, he...

Yang featured in Experimental Conversations, book examining development economics

Jan 20, 2017

For those interested in global development and development economics, Experimental Conversations, a volume by Timothy Ogden, features an interview with Dean Yang (Chapter 12). The book is a collection of interviews conducted by Ogden with...

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Justin Wolfers and coauthors publish in SSRN: "In-group bias in financial markets"

Dec 24, 2016

A paper by Sima Jannati (University of Miami), Alok Kumar (University of Miami), Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi (University of Mannheim), and Justin Wolfers was published in SSRN on December 24, 2016. The paper is entitled: "In-group bias in financial...

On Mindpop, Rohde pushes for us to "not lose sight of humans" in the big data revolution

Dec 6, 2016

David Sehat, host of the Mindpop podcast, talks with Joy Rohde about big data for the December 4 episode: “Is big data a force for good?” Rohde recounts the history of projects that use large datasets to try to solve policy problems – from the...

Ford School launches Supplemental Studies in Public Policy Program for undergrads

Dec 2, 2016

This year, the Ford School is introducing a new Supplemental Studies in Public Policy (SSPP) Program for undergraduate students. The program will consist of a 10-credit course sequence for University of Michigan bachelor's degree candidates....

Gerber develops "Policymaker" to simulate stakeholder engagement, policy decision-making

Nov 4, 2016

People disagree. When they do, decision makers are charged with weighing feedback from multiple parties to draw a conclusion about how best to move forward. “You have decision makers who need to deal with that disagreement," says Elisabeth...

Media on Wolfers' research: “What financial markets think of the 2016 election”

Oct 25, 2016

According to most polls, public opinion shifted in marked favor of a Clinton presidency during the first Presidential debate of 2016, which took place on September 26. Justin Wolfers, who watched the debate while observing the real-time reactions of...

Ford School, Survey Research Center faculty launch Youth Policy Lab to improve young lives

Oct 13, 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have launched a new lab designed to help state and local agencies, social service providers, nonprofits and educators improve life outcomes for Michigan youth, from birth through age 25.The Youth Policy Lab...

Jacob on Educational Test Score Manipulation in NBER Working Paper

Oct 12, 2016

“The Causes and Consequences of Test Score Manipulation: Evidence from the New York Regents Examinations” a journal article by Thomas S. Dee, Will Dobbie, Brian A. Jacob, and Jonah Rockoff, has been released as an NBER working paper.AbstractIn this...

"Class sizes in Michigan, the quiet crisis," new research by Education Policy Initiative

Sep 21, 2016

New research from the Education Policy Initiative at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy found that many Michigan K-12 students experience very large core classes—with 40 or more students—but that some students are at greater...

Michigan Journal of Public Affairs publishes 2016 volume on constitutional rights, freedoms

Sep 20, 2016

The editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is pleased to announce the 2016 edition and thirteenth volume of the student-run journal of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.This year’s call for papers established the...

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Axelrod compares historical analogies used to make sense of 9/11, Mumbai, Tahrir Square

Aug 16, 2016

An article by Bob Axelrod and Larissa Forster (ARTIS Research), "How Historical Analogies in Newspapers of Five Countries Make Sense of Major Events: 9/11, Mumbai and Tahrir Square," has been published by the journal Research in Economics....

Brian Jacob on student test scores—how they’re assembled and why that matters

Aug 16, 2016

In “Student test scores: How the sausage is made and why you should care,” Brian Jacob describes how student ability is measured; how various test makers analyze and report student performance; and why this matters for policymakers and practitioners...