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Rabe speaks with NPR about changing attitudes on climate action and Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Aug 8, 2015

In “Obama's Climate Plan Faces Huge Political Challenges,” which ran on Monday, NPR reporter Scott Horsley outlined the President’s “ambitious new climate regulations” and the political opposition to them. He turned to Barry Rabe to provide insight...

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Parthasarathy takes aim at 'out of step' patent system, calls for reforms

Jul 31, 2015

Shobita Parthasarathy has called for serious patent system reforms in a July 31 article she authored in The Conversation. Such reforms, she said, could "include increasing opportunities for the public to participate in patent decision-making,...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

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Introducing Luke Shaefer, associate professor of public policy and social work

Jul 14, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce that a number of faculty members will join our community this fall. To introduce them to the Ford School and University, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...

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To be effective, healthcare policy needs expanded focus says House in Guardian op-ed, new book

Jul 13, 2015

"Healthcare, for the most part, doesn't prevent illness—it tries to fix it once it happens," writes James House in his July 6 Guardian op-ed, "Healthcare heals the sick. Better pay keeps them healthy in the first place."The Affordable Care Act has...

Betsey Stevenson on the June jobs report: new jobs, flat wages, falling labor force participation

Jul 10, 2015

The American economy added 223,000 jobs this month, but wages have not risen and labor force participation has fallen to its lowest level since 1977, according to the Department of Labor's June jobs report. As a member of President Obama's Council...

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Supreme Court marriage equality decision is not final victory notes Kary Moss in Detroit News op-ed

Jul 10, 2015

"Our work is far from over—especially in Michigan," writes Kary L. Moss in her June 29 Detroit News op-ed, "Continue work toward equality." "In some ways, in fact, it's only beginning." Moss argues that while the Supreme Court marriage equality...

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TIME, NPR, CBS report parent confidence in vaccines is rising per new survey by Matt Davis

Jul 9, 2015

A recently conducted survey directed by Dr. Matthew Davis is garnering national attention. The survey gauges the confidence parents in the U.S. have in vaccines.The poll, conducted by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, found...

With SCOTUS marriage decision, Kary Moss calls for 'LGBT Equality Day'

Jun 29, 2015

In a press conference Friday in Ferndale, Kary Moss was joined in celebration by Michigan LGBT civil rights leaders for a victory she called "historic." Moss, the director of the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), was, of...

'Complete Streets' policies more popular in Michigan's urban areas

Jun 18, 2015

Complete Streets, policies that encourage local governments to take all users—pedestrians, cyclists, public transit users and drivers—into account when designing and constructing roads, have a good deal of support among Michigan local officials, but...

Schwarz, Whitmer pen bipartisan op-ed, call on Michiganders to support new clean energy policy

Jun 17, 2015

Former U.S. Congressman Dr. Joe Schwarz (R-7) and former Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) pen MLive op-ed, “New energy plan for Michigan is opportunity to find common ground for cleaner water.” Together, Schwarz and...

Three out of four adults support banning online sale of powdered alcohol per new poll by Dr. Matt Davis

Jun 17, 2015

Powdered alcohol, a newly legalized drug, will soon become broadly available. In a recent press release on the topic, Dr. Matthew Davis reports that 90 percent of adults are concerned about misuse of powdered alcohol by underage youth and more than...

Kary Moss of ACLU Michigan announces free Mobile Justice Michigan app to record, witness, and report police misconduct

Jun 8, 2015

Kary Moss, a lecturer at the Ford School and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, is quoted in a series of articles announcing the release of Mobile Justice Michigan, a free app that makes it easy for citizens to...

Rabe cited in coverage of new EPA report on fracking

Jun 8, 2015

Barry Rabe, a Ford School professor and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), was recently cited by both the Financial Times and the U.S. News & World Report in coverage surrounding the last week's release of findings...

Sue Dynarski’s latest NYT TheUpshot column takes on income gap in college graduation

Jun 2, 2015

In a June 2 column in the New York Times, Ford School professor Susan Dynarski writes that “class trumps ability when it comes to college graduation.”Dynarski cites a recent publication from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which...

Local leaders give high marks to road commissions

May 29, 2015

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsMost local government leaders have good things to say about their road commissions that maintain county primary and township local roads upon which so many Michigan residents rely.The Michigan Public Policy Survey at the...

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Detroit 2016, welcome our next David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellows

May 26, 2015

The David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship, launched in 2010 with a gift from the foundation of U-M alumnus David Bohnett (MBA ’80), is a competitive award that enables Ford School students to apply their policy training...

To drill or not to drill: Barry Rabe discusses growing state-local conflicts over fracking

May 19, 2015

In Barney Jopson’s “US states seek to block city fracking bans,” an article that appeared in yesterday’s Financial Times, Barry Rabe explains that “the US is still in the early stages of discovering and managing the upsides and downsides of shale...

Education Policy Initiative releases timely brief as Congress debates bipartisan FAST Act

May 15, 2015

As Congress debates reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and with it the bipartisan FAST Act bill introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative releases a timely new...

Dr. Matthew Davis appointed deputy director of Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

May 11, 2015

By Christina Camilli-WhisenhuntOn May 1, 2015, Dr. Matthew Davis began his appointment as deputy director of the University of Michigan's Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI). In this newly created role, Davis will help lead the...

Susan Dynarski cited by Senator Elizabeth Warren at hearing on reauthorization of higher education act

May 7, 2015

Susan Dynarski’s New York Times article, “We’re frighteningly in the dark about student debt,” was cited by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during the May 6 committee hearing, “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: The Role of Consumer Information...

John Dingell to facilitate leadership conversations for aspiring public servants fall 2015

May 7, 2015

The longest-serving U.S. Congressman in history—John D. Dingell Jr. (HLLD ’15) has donated collected materials from his 59 years in office to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.To enhance their readings of this...

Few local leaders satisfied with public transit options

Apr 29, 2015

By Greta Guest, Michigan NewsA minority of Michigan's local leaders say they're satisfied with public transit options in their communities, but a lack of funding and other issues present roadblocks to improvements, a University of Michigan survey...

Two Ford School students win 2015 Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internships

Apr 21, 2015

Michon Johnson The Udall Foundation recently announced that 12 students from 11 tribes and 10 universities have been selected as 2015 Native American Congressional Interns. They were selected by an independent review...

Michigan Radio interviews Kristin Seefeldt for "Up by your bootstraps," a State of Opportunity special

Apr 15, 2015

In “Up by your bootstraps,” a State of Opportunity special that aired today on Michigan Radio, Sarah Alvarez interviews Kristin Seefeldt about “policymaking by anecdote.” “Seefeldt says the number-one myth about poverty she sees making its way into...

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Inside Philanthropy profiles Russell Sage Foundation’s crucial role in "moving inequality to the center of politics and policy”

Apr 15, 2015

“The [Russell Sage Foundation’s] research has played a crucial, if subtle role in moving inequality to the center of politics and policy in recent years” writes David Callahan for Inside Philanthropy. The article, “Inside the Russell Sage...

New York Review of Books features Sheldon Danziger’s Legacies of the War on Poverty

Apr 7, 2015

This April, Christopher Jencks reviews Sheldon Danziger’s Legacies of the War on Poverty (Russell Sage, 2013) in a two-part series for The New York Review of Books. Jencks says Legacies’ chapters are “packed with evidence, make judicious judgments,...

WGPP hosts five powerhouse female policymakers for discussion on women in elected office

Apr 7, 2015

Women and Gender in Public Policy (WGPP – pronounced “whip”), a student organization at the Ford School, recently hosted five of Michigan’s leading female policymakers for a discussion on women in elected office. The April 2nd event was covered by...

Pictured (L-R): U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12), former Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing), Chairwoman of the U-M Board of Regents Kathy White (D-Ann Arbor); State Representative Gretchen Driskell (D-Saline), and State Representative Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit)

Ford School students host annual US-Canada conference

Mar 31, 2015

The 6th annual Ford+SPPG Conference took place earlier this month at Joan and Sanford Weill Hall in Ann Arbor. The event brings together MPP candidates from the Ford School and the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance...

10 Fordies make list of 2015 Presidential Management Fellows program finalists

Mar 26, 2015

Nine current Ford School students and one recent graduate have made the list of finalists for the 2015 Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, a two-year post-graduate training and development program facilitated by a U.S. government...

“We’re frighteningly in the dark about student debt” writes Dynarski for The New York Times

Mar 21, 2015

The United States government has a portfolio of roughly $1 trillion in student loans, many of which appear to be troubled writes Susan Dynarski in the business section of the Sunday New York Times. Dynarski’s column, “We’re frighteningly in the dark...