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Generous gift from Towsley Foundation to expand Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship

Oct 19, 2015

The Ford School is pleased to announce the expansion of the Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship through a generous $750,000 pledge from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation.When established with an estate gift from longtime Ford School...

Marriage is not a silver bullet says Michelmore of her recent research on family stability

Oct 13, 2015

A new study published in Demography, co-authored by the Ford School's Katherine Michelmore, examines the change over time in the stability of married and unmarried American couples with children. The number of children born to unmarried women in...

Barry Rabe to co-chair EPA subcommitee on Clean Water Act dredge-dumping regulations

Oct 8, 2015

Last month, Barry Rabe was nominated to co-chair the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Assumable Waters Subcommittee.The subcommittee will take on the Clean Water Act's (CWA) Section 404 program, which enables states and tribes to regulate the...

ACLU's Kary Moss petitions EPA calling for immediate action on Flint’s water crisis

Oct 8, 2015

Kary Moss, a lecturer at the Ford School and executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, worked with a coalition of groups behind the Flint Water Study to petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take...

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Susan Dynarski honored by Michigan for tackling barriers to education for low-income youth

Oct 8, 2015

On September 21st, State Representative Adam Zemke, State Senator Rebekah Warren, and Governor Rick Snyder honored Professor Susan Dynarski with a special tribute from the state for her work on the HAIL (High Achieving Involved Leaders) Scholarship...

“No, student borrowers don’t need to worry about loan market turmoil” writes Dynarski

Oct 2, 2015

In “No, student borrowers don’t need to worry about loan market turmoil,” published by the New York Times Upshot on September 29, 2015, Susan Dynarski explains why concerns that financial market turmoil will put student borrowers at risk are...

In The Detroit News, Al Young considers lessons on race for the next generation

Oct 1, 2015

In a recent op-ed for The Detroit News, Al Young grapples with racial consciousness, contrasting the products of his racially segmented upbringing in 1970s East Harlem with his sons’ more fluid worlds in Ann Arbor today.“I long for them to...

In government, let hard data judge what works, says Wolfers in NYT Upshot column

Oct 1, 2015

In his most recent column for The New York Times’ Upshot, Justin Wolfers explains how behavioral economics is used to promote government efficiency and effective service delivery.He presents findings from the White House Social and Behavioral...

Dynarski describes the merits of new FAFSA process in New York Times op-ed

Sep 29, 2015

Last week, in her New York Times Upshot piece on higher education policy, Professor Susan Dynarski outlined a critical change in federal financial aid.According to the new rules, students hoping to begin college in September 2017 can file the FAFSA...

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Susan M. Collins quoted in Detroit Free Press about Federal Reserve unpredictability

Sep 22, 2015

Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School, was one of several economists who provided insight into possible actions the Federal Reserve could take in the coming year following its decision to not raise...

Joe Schwarz presses Michigan to fund emerging primary care doctors

Sep 22, 2015

Michigan needs more medical students interested in primary care fields like internal medicine and pediatrics, according to Ford School lecturer Dr. Joe Schwarz. “Every time I go to another medical school graduation and hear the number of students...

Education Policy Initiative informs new pilot scholarship designed to enhance diversity at U-M

Sep 17, 2015

Last weekend throughout the state, an estimated 1,000 economically disadvantaged high school students with high GPAs and ACT scores found a major opportunity in their mailboxes from the University of Michigan. The students received a customized...

Alumni-in-Residence program connects students with alumni in policy careers

Sep 15, 2015

Want to meet with alumni working in government, consulting, education policy and other fields? Join us for this fall’s Alumni-in-Residence program, where students will have the opportunity to engage with Ford School alumni through career...

Susan Dynarski celebrates long-awaited transparency around student debt data

Sep 14, 2015

Susan Dynarski, who has long argued for transparency of data surrounding student loans, student debt, and student outcomes, celebrates a big new win in her New York Times Upshot column, "New Data Gives Clearer Picture of Student Debt."Until now,...

David Thacher comments on the Black Lives Matter agenda for police reform

Sep 10, 2015

“We are in the middle of the most important social movement for police reform in a half century,” writes David Thacher in “Don’t End Broken Windows Policing, Fix It” published on The Marshall Project criminal justice news blog. “The focus and moral...

Atlantic, HuffPo and others highlight Shaefer/Edin's new book on extreme poverty in US

Sep 8, 2015

Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s new book, $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, details the lives of Americans in extreme poverty.In a recent op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, the authors estimate that the proportion of Americans living...

Susan Dynarski highlights surprising reality surrounding student loan default in NY Times

Sep 8, 2015

On August 31st, Susan Dynarski illuminated findings regarding loan default among college students in The New York Times article, “Why Students with Smallest Debts have the Larger Problem.”According to the latest U.S. Department of Education data,...

NY Times reviews Shaefer/Edin's $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Sep 2, 2015

“This essential book is a call to action,” writes William Julius Wilson of Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s just released $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Wilson, who is a professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard, writes...

New York Times editorial board says it’s “Time to fix the Fafsa,” citing Susan Dynarski's work

Aug 27, 2015

“Legislators and the Department of Education have been trying for years to radically simplify [the Fafsa],” writes The New York Times editorial board in "Time to fix the Fafsa." They’re referring to the 100-plus-question form students and families...

Introducing Alexandra Murphy, joining our faculty with a courtesy appointment

Aug 27, 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 community, we’re running weekly Q&As throughout the summer that touch on their policy and personal...

“To gain a student, eliminate a form,” writes Susan Dynarski for The New York Times

Aug 21, 2015

In this Sunday’s New York Times “Economic View,” Susan Dynarski explains why recent efforts to simplify the Fafsa, the financial aid application for aspiring college students, don’t go far enough. Dynarski’s prescription? Eliminate the form...

Announcing the Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship in Senator Debbie Stabenow’s office

Aug 19, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce a pilot fellowship—the Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship—that will send one competitively selected graduate student to Washington, DC to complete a six-month assignment in the office of a senator or...

Introducing Jason Owen-Smith, joining our faculty with a courtesy appointment

Aug 10, 2015

Internship field report, Cassandra Baxter @ Mesa Verde National Park

Aug 10, 2015

For me, there is no greater respite than exploring nature. Directly upon moving to Michigan, I began hatching plans to visit one of our nation’s least visited national parks, Isle Royale. I envisioned this summer culminating with a vacation to that...

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...

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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...

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...