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Ford School faculty member, alum join White House College Opportunity Day of Action

Dec 4, 2014

Professor Susan Dynarski and alum Brandy Johnson (MPP ‘09) traveled to Washington, DC for the Obama Administration’s College Opportunity Day of Action on December 4, 2014. They joined President Barack Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden,...

Das, Derbes, Duverce, Higgins, and Singh win first Ford School Case Competition

Nov 26, 2014

The inaugural Ford School Case Competition has come to an end (see pictures here), with a group of first-year MPP students taking this year’s title.Kamolika Das, Catherine Derbes, Brenda Duverce, Maureen Higgins, and Khush Singh emerged from...

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Detroit News covers CLOSUP privatization survey

Nov 24, 2014

Results from a recent survey released by the Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) served as the basis for a Detroit News editorial advocating that municipalities continue to turn to privatization and intergovernmental...

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Michigan Daily highlights the Ford School’s inaugural case competition

Nov 18, 2014

The Ford School’s inaugural Case Competition Showcase, to be held on November 21, will be the culmination of a 10-day consulting project. Teams consisting of three to five public policy students were required to register for the competition by...

John Hieftje, longest-serving mayor in Ann Arbor history, teaches Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

Nov 14, 2014

Mayor John Hieftje, a lecturer at the Ford School, chose to not seek reelection after serving 14 years in office. Sunday, November 9 was his last day as mayor, with newly-elected mayor Christopher Taylor assuming the position at midnight November...

Q&A with Ann Lin on immigration reform executive action

Nov 11, 2014

A Q&A between Greta Guest, Michigan News, and Ann Lin, associate professor at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy. Lin has studied recent federal efforts to reform immigration policies and shares her thoughts on why meaningful...

Wolfers on country music and the Fed’s dual mandate

Nov 7, 2014

“The struggle to balance the demands of keeping unemployment low versus keeping a lid on inflation is just the sort of dilemma crying out for the full country-music treatment,” states Justin Wolfers in Simone Pathe’s recent article, “From Alan...

Election Day went well for local candidates with Ford School ties

Nov 7, 2014

Election Day went well for local candidates with Ford School ties.One even made history.Stephanie Chang (MPP/MSW ’14) became the first Asian American woman elected to Michigan’s legislature. The second generation Taiwanese American will represent...

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As Detroit bankruptcy wins federal judge approval, a summary of Ford School engagement

Nov 7, 2014

As the Detroit bankruptcy agreement wins federal judge approval, we’re sharing a quick roundup of stories highlighting the Ford School’s engagement. In July of 2013, just after the bankruptcy filing was announced, BBC Radio interviewed Tom...

Healthy Michigan Plan a good blueprint for states looking to expand Medicaid, says Ayanian

Oct 24, 2014

John Ayanian discusses the success of Medicaid enlargement in Michigan in Crain's Detroit Business article, “UM report: Planning helped Michigan Medicaid expansion rollout,” and New England Journal of Medicine podcast, "Interview with Dr. John...

MarketWatch cites Collins on the missing ‘e-word’ in today's Senate races

Oct 24, 2014

Greg Robb, a senior economic reporter for MarketWatch, quotes Susan Collins in his October 23 piece, “In the battle for the U.S. Senate, the ‘E-word’ is largely ignored.” “I’ve got to say that it hasn’t been a great political season for good...

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First Bohnett Fellows Summit in Detroit

Oct 24, 2014

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy hosted the first Bohnett Fellows Summit in Detroit in October, 2014. The event--designed to highlight and explore policy issues related to the renaissance of the City of Detroit--brought together...

Rohde argues “police militarization is a legacy of cold war paranoia”

Oct 22, 2014

“Since [Ferguson], government officials and the media have blamed police militarization on a U.S. Department of Defense program, begun in 1997, that provides police with free surplus military gear,” writes Joy Rohde in The Conversation. “But the...

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Kary Moss on Detroit water shutoffs

Oct 22, 2014

Kary Moss speaks on the Detroit water shutoffs in Henry Gass’s “Do Detroit's water shutoffs violate international law? UN to investigate,” posted in the Christian Science Monitor on October 17. The United Nations visited Detroit last weekend to...

Michael Barr in WaPo on proliferation of rent-to-own retailers and their impact on the working poor

Oct 21, 2014

Michael Barr was quoted in a Washington Post news feature about the boom of the rent-to-own retail industry since the Great Recession. The article, “Rental America: Why the poor pay $4,150 for a $1,500 sofa,” examines the impact these retailers have...

Read 'the Ford School feed'

Oct 17, 2014

The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes this week.This fall edition:Reminds alumni and friends to RSVP for the Centennial Reunion, Oct. 31 – Nov . 1, which will...

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For better or worse, Michigan's fiscal health post-recession

Oct 2, 2014

For the first time in six years, more Michigan communities report that they are better able to meet their fiscal needs this year than those who say they are less able to do...

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Proximity to Great Lakes a key factor in local officials' views

Sep 4, 2014

By Greta Guest ANN ARBOR—Nearly all of Michigan's local leaders see the Great Lakes as a valuable economic resource for the state, but some don't see it that way for their own jurisdictions, according to a survey by the University of Michigan's...

Law enforcement increasingly intolerant of dissent

Aug 29, 2014

"It's very clear that when people get this gear they tend to want to use it," says Joy Rohde in the August 28 Policy Points video, "When the police look like soldiers." Rohde argues that militarized police departments lead to violent confrontations...

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Meet our 2015 David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellows, Detroit

Jun 30, 2014

Megan Foster comes to the Ford School from the United States Senate, where she served as a legislative aide for Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), supporting her work on a number of legislative issues and committees. Prior to this, Foster was development...

"No legitimate, fact-based reason" to deny gay marriage

Jun 18, 2014

On June 17, both MLive and the Detroit Free Press reported on amicus briefs filed with the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (covering appeals from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) in Michigan's landmark gay marriage case.Amicus briefs were...

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Rabe cited in Forbes on EPA greenhouse gas rules

Jun 3, 2014

Ford School Professor Barry Rabe was cited in Howard Gleckman's June 2 Forbes article "Could EPA's New Greenhouse Gas Rule Open the Door to a New State-based Gas Tax?" "The proposed EPA rules, which Brookings senior fellow Barry Rabe describes as...

What fast food wage protesters can learn from the past

May 28, 2014

In a May 23 article for Business Insider, Hayley Peterson looks to history to argue "Why Today's Fast Food Wage Protests Won't Force Companies to Pony Up." "American workers have been unionizing and striking for better pay and working conditions...

Barry Rabe interviewed on Marketplace Morning Report about the challenges Obama faces on climate change

May 6, 2014

"Attorney General Greg Abbot, perhaps the most likely person to be the next governor of Texas, routinely says, 'I wake up in the morning, I sue the federal government and then I go home,'" Barry Rabe told Sally Herships during a May 6 interview for...

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Skin in the game, Applied Policy Seminar puts students to work for local governments, NGOs

May 1, 2014

When Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA), wanted to document the economic impact of her organization and others like it around the state of Michigan last fall, she sought help from the Ford...

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CLOSUP hosts Ann Arbor mayoral candidates

Apr 18, 2014

The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) hosted the four declared candidates in Ann Arbor's mayoral race on Wednesday, April 16. The forum focused on the future of public transportation and prospects for economic development of Ann...

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Inaugural Dow Sustainability Fellow Cassie Brown helps city establish revolving loan fund for A2 energy efficiency upgrades

Apr 16, 2014

The first cohort of Dow Sustainability Fellows has recently partnered with the City of Ann Arbor on a pilot project establishing a new, low-interest revolving loan fund for landlords and renters seeking to improve the energy efficiency of rental...

CLOSUP illuminates local leaders' perceptions of tax-exempt properties

Apr 10, 2014

"It's no overstatement to say that property tax revenues are really the lifeblood of local government. So what do local leaders think about the tax-exempt properties within their borders—the ones that take up municipal services, but are exempt from...

Informing local leaders about fiscal health and economic development

Mar 28, 2014

Five years ago, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy launched an ongoing survey of the chief elected and appointed officials in every one of Michigan's 1,856 counties, cities, townships and villages, large and small. Among the survey's goals?...

Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency financial manager, speaks at the Ford School

Mar 26, 2014

Over 400 people turned out on March 25th to hear Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr deliver a lecture as part of the Policy Talks @ the Ford School series. The event was covered by a number of media outlets, including the Detroit News, the...