Policy Topics

Domestic policy

Showing 1711 - 1740 of 2996 results

Dynarski voted president-elect of the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)

Mar 21, 2016

Susan Dynarski was voted president-elect of the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) during the organization’s 41st conference, March 17-19, 2016. Dynarski will serve as president-elect in 2017 and will become the organization’s 43rd...

Stevenson testifies on new pay data policy before U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Mar 16, 2016

On March 16, Betsey Stevenson testified before a hearing of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on a proposed change to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that would require larger employers to submit pay data. The data,...

News

U.S. News & World Report releases its latest public affairs graduate program rankings

Mar 16, 2016

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally in the latest U.S News & World Report rankings of “public affairs” programs. According to the rankings, the Ford School is the #1...

Annual DC trip informs and inspires student career searches

Mar 14, 2016

Ford School alums are working across the globe, on the east coast and the west, as well as in that big portion of land in the middle. They are working in government agencies, consulting firms, non-profits and advocacy organizations on every issue...

Study highlights public perceptions, misperceptions about ACA's preventive care guidelines

Mar 14, 2016

The March 2016 issue of the Milbank Quarterly published a new report by Paula Lantz, associate dean for research and policy engagement, and researchers at George Washington University. The focus: Public perceptions toward the Affordable Care Act’s...

News

Ford School students envision Tiger Stadium redevelopment, win Social Impact Challenge

Mar 10, 2016

This February, a number of Ford School students participated in the 2016 Social Impact Challenge, which asked teams to envision redevelopment solutions for the former stadium of the Detroit Tigers, which will be converted into a youth sports center...

News

Michigan Radio interviews Brian Jacob about latest research on MI high school curriculum reforms

Mar 9, 2016

Last week, Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski and two colleagues from Michigan State released a new paper, "Are expectations alone enough? Estimating the effect of a mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan." The paper examines the effect of the 2006...

Examining labor market outcomes for first-time community college students in Michigan

Mar 1, 2016

Peter Riley Bahr, Susan Dynarski, Brian Jacob, Daniel Kreisman, Alfredo Sosa, and Mark Wiederspan have written a working paper for the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE). The paper was published in March and is...

Knowledge and attitudes regarding U.S. guidelines for clinical preventive services

Mar 1, 2016

A journal article "Knowledge and attitudes regarding the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and guidelines for clinical prevention services: results from a national survey," by Paula M. Lantz, W. Douglas Evans, Holly Mead, Carmen Alvarez, and Lisa...

Maternal labor force participation and differences by education in an urban birth cohort study

Mar 1, 2016

A journal article by Natasha V. Pilkauskas, Jane Waldfogel, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, "Maternal labor force participation and differences by education in an urban birth cohort study: 1998-2010", was published in the March 2016 edition of Demographic...

Jacob on teacher applicant hiring and teacher performance in DC public schools

Mar 1, 2016

“Teacher Applicant Hiring and Teacher Performance: Evidence from DC Public Schools” a journal article by Ford School Professor Brian Jacob, Jonah E. Rockoff, Eric S. Taylor, Benjamin Lindy, and Rachel Rosen, has been released as an NBER working...

Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton on “Tax benefits for college attendance”

Mar 1, 2016

“Tax benefits for college attendance," a paper by Susan Dynarski and Judith Scott-Clayton, appears in the March 2016 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper series. ABSTRACTNational efforts to promote college enrollment are...

Rabe examines Palin’s energy record as she angles for Trump cabinet appointment

Feb 25, 2016

In his latest Brookings article, “Trump Cabinet Auditions: Progressive Energy Secretary Sarah Palin?,” Barry Rabe examines Sarah Palin’s energy record during her time as an Alaska policymaker. Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee, has...

CLOSUP MPPS survey, officials in large Michigan cities worried about potential unrest

Feb 24, 2016

While local leaders say police forces across Michigan have good overall relations with their communities, those in larger cities worry about the possibility of civil unrest after well-publicized incidents in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.In...

Ford School panel discussion focuses on Cincinnati's innovative model of police reform

Feb 24, 2016

On Monday, February 22, the Ford School hosted “21st Century Policing: Lessons from Cincinnati,” as part of the University of Michigan's 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The event brought together a roundtable of community leaders to talk...

Shipan pens WaPo piece on ‘the crucial role of the median justice’ and the Scalia appointment

Feb 16, 2016

It’s an election year, so perhaps it’s not so surprising that Republicans and Democrats are bickering vehemently over whether or not President Obama, who will soon leave office, should have the right to appoint Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s...

Students team up with Red Cross to distribute water, filters, and information in Flint

Feb 15, 2016

On Saturday February 6, nineteen Ford School MPPs volunteered with the Flint Red Cross to help with water delivery and outreach efforts in the wake of Flint’s water crisis. Students went door-to-door delivering water filters and cases of water and...

News

Farley proposes long-term fix to MI’s flawed emergency management system

Feb 8, 2016

In a February 5 guest column for Bridge Magazine, a publication of The Center for Michigan, Reynolds Farley discusses Michigan’s controversial emergency management system and proposes solutions to help underfunded localities. Farley's...

Photo of Ren Farley speaking into a megaphone as he leads a tour of U-M students in downtown Detroit

Olmsted, the renowned 19th century landscape architect, may offer insights for today's police

Feb 5, 2016

The last place David Thacher expected to uncover a largely overlooked policing philosophy—one highly relevant to today’s police reform discussions—was from a man best known as a landscape architect in the late 19th century. In fact, he kind of...

NYT profiles bipartisan plan to reduce poverty, professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger

Feb 3, 2016

The New York Times this week highlights a recent development in the fight against poverty that brought together thinkers from both sides of the aisle, including professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger. "Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty," the...

News

Shaefer promotes job stability as a key solution to poverty in SSIR op-ed

Jan 25, 2016

In "Precarious Work and the Employment-based Safety Net," an op-ed for the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Luke Shaefer argues that our current employment-based welfare system overlooks the fact that the poorest Americans can only secure...

In Michigan Daily, Hills inspires students to ‘make a difference’ through public service

Jan 20, 2016

A January 7 Michigan Daily article, “’U’ classes help inspire careers in government,” highlights the involvement of recent U-M alumni in local government. The article identifies the skills and inspiration students have gained from U-M faculty and...

Inaugural Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow has begun assignment with Senator Debbie Stabenow

Jan 19, 2016

The Ford School is delighted to announce that Myra D. Lee (MPP ’16) will serve as the inaugural Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow. Lee began her six-month assignment last week. She will support the work of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI),...

HuffPost says Shaefer’s work on extreme domestic poverty inspired $2 billion federal proposal

Jan 13, 2016

The Obama administration has announced plans for a $2 billion initiative to test new approaches to fight poverty in the U.S., citing Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s recently published book about Americans living on $2 a day.White House officials say...

Susan M. Collins elected to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s board of directors

Jan 11, 2016

Susan M. Collins has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, one of 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks that, along with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, conduct the nation’s monetary...

Barry Rabe's "The Durability of Carbon Cap-and-Trade Policy" in Governance journal

Jan 1, 2016

A journal article by Barry Rabe, “The Durability of Carbon Cap-and-Trade Policy,” was published in the January 2016 edition of Governance.AbstractThe surge of American states' adoption of policies to mitigate climate change in the late 1990s and...

Seefeldt questions Massachusetts' welfare and work program in The Atlantic

Dec 15, 2015

A recent Atlantic article, "When the Government Tells Poor People How to Live," profiles A Better Life, an intensive case management program that requires residents of Worcester, Massachusetts’ state-subsidized public housing system to work or...

Chronicle of Higher Ed recognizes Susan Dynarski among top ten influencers, agitators of 2015

Dec 14, 2015

Susan Dynarski is among the top ten influencers and agitators recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education for shaking up higher ed “in the classroom, on campus, and beyond.”In “Sensible Explainer,” the Chronicle’s Beckie Supiano lauds Dynarski’s...

Betsey Stevenson takes on retroactive corporate giveaways, a Congressional holiday tradition

Dec 14, 2015

“While Americans ready their holiday shopping lists, Congress is busy with its own holiday tradition—preparing a grab bag of corporate giveaways known as ‘tax extenders,’” writes Betsey Stevenson for a December 10 Bloomberg View piece. “The gifts,...

"Responding to budget surplus vs. deficit," reviews citizen, leader preferences

Dec 10, 2015

As the Michigan economy improves, some local leaders are facing the welcome task of deciding how to allocate funds from budget surpluses. A University of Michigan Ford School survey, "Responding to budget surplus vs. deficit: the preferences of...