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Cezanne Charles, empowering designers and artists to strengthen communities

Nov 19, 2015

How does the creative sector contribute to economic and community development in Michigan? As the director of creative industries at Creative Many, Ford School alum Cézanne Charles (MPA ’15) makes the case using data. Charles leads the...

Move Health Policy (Way) Beyond Health Care, Jim House and Beyond Obamacare

Nov 19, 2015

James House believes President Obama's initiatives to improve the socioeconomic situation of disadvantaged groups may do more to improve population health and reduce health care spending than his landmark Affordable Care Act. In his new book, Beyond...

Grappling with challenging issues around race, around gender, around all types of difference

Nov 13, 2015

More than two-dozen faculty, staff, and students shared comments and ideas for making the University of Michigan more diverse, equitable, and inclusive at a community assembly with U-M President Mark Schlissel on Tuesday.The comments — both...

"Why financial aid is broken and a simple solution to fix it," TEDx Talk by Sue Dynarski

Nov 12, 2015

On October 20, Susan Dynarski delivered a powerful talk at TEDxIndianapolis: "Why financial aid is broken and a simple solution to fix it." The focus? Dynarski’s simple and cost-effective strategy for dramatically reducing a significant roadblock to...

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Elective courses by new and returning faculty experts in health, social welfare, and more

Nov 11, 2015

This fall, the Ford School added six governing faculty members and two policymakers-in-residence while welcoming home three faculty members who had been on leave for high-profile policy service in Washington, DC. These new and returning faculty...

U Record spotlights Luke Shaefer, “Associate professor studies extreme poverty in America”

Nov 11, 2015

When living in extreme poverty, people make use of whatever assets they have as a means of survival, whether it means selling plasma, junk yard scrapping, food stamps or sex just to get by."It's both depressing and uplifting," Luke Shaefer says of...

Newsweek features Barry Rabe, CLOSUP survey on climate change acceptance

Nov 9, 2015

Barry Rabe is quoted in a November 7 Newsweek article on climate politics. The article by Emily Cadei, “After Keystone rejection, climate politics are just heating up,” focuses on political reactions—left and right—in the wake of President Obama’s...

"From welfare to a work-based safety net: An incomplete transition" published by JPAM

Nov 6, 2015

A research study by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "From welfare to a work‐based safety net: An incomplete transition," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of Policy Analysis and...

Increasing work opportunities, reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform

Nov 6, 2015

A research article by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "Increasing work opportunities and reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of...

Shaefer testifies before Senate Finance Committee at hearing on welfare and poverty

Oct 29, 2015

Luke Shaefer testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today in a hearing on welfare and poverty in America. During his testimony, Shaefer offered recommendations for reforming safety net programs (such as TANF) and provided insight into...

Wolfers comments on online betting markets and Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects

Oct 22, 2015

Justin Wolfers is quoted in Tuesday's Washington Post offering insight into betting markets and how they historically underrate the chances of big favorites in elections.According to the article, “The math is clear: Hillary Clinton has better odds...

Gov. Snyder appoints Dr. Matthew Davis to new Flint water crisis-response task force

Oct 22, 2015

In a press release on Wednesday Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a task force to review "actions regarding water use and testing in Flint" and to make recommendations for future guidelines. Among those appointed is the Ford School's own Dr. Matthew...

'Ford School feed' - run for the Alumni Board, Dynarski receives NASPAA award, school launches Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion strategic planning initiative

Oct 22, 2015

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 spring edition of the feed calls for Alumni Board nominations; celebrates Susan Dynarski's accomplishment as a...

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...

ACLU's Kary Moss renews call for civil asset forfeiture reform - content image

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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,...