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Hausman talks “fugitive methane” and incentivizing natural gas utilities to reduce it

Aug 23, 2016

Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s “Stateside,” interviews Catherine Hausman for a program on “fugitive methane,” or methane gas leaks, in the natural gas distribution industry. “The natural gas industry tells us that using natural gas is...

Fiscal health trends reversing--and not for the better--in some Michigan communities

Aug 22, 2016

After five years of steady statewide improvement, fewer Michigan communities report that they are better able to meet their fiscal needs this year.A University of Michigan survey polled top elected and appointed officials in the state's 1,856 units...

Internship field report, Jill Rosenfeld @ Violence Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Aug 22, 2016

Jill Rosenfeld (BA '18), a University of Michigan sophomore who will join the Ford School as a bachelor's student this fall, is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C.This summer...

The Economist cites $2.00 a Day in the article, “Poverty in America: No money no love”

Aug 19, 2016

The Economist cites $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, in the story “Poverty in America: No money no love,” which calls on today’s Presidential candidates to address endemic poverty.$2.00 a Day, a recently released book by Luke...

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Internship field report, Bohnett Fellow Luz Viviana Meza @ the Detroit mayor's office

Aug 19, 2016

Luz Viviana Meza (MPP '17) is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at the City of Detroit mayor's office, where she works with the Department of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Neighborhoods (District 6). As a...

Ruth Browne (MPP/MPH '83) to serve as CEO of Ronald McDonald House New York

Aug 18, 2016

The Ford School congratulates alum and 2015 Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Dr. Ruth C. Browne (MPP/MPH '83) on her new job.In an August 16, 2016 press release, Browne was announced as president and chief executive officer of the Ronald...

Susan Dynarski in NYT, “Why American schools are even more unequal than we thought”

Aug 16, 2016

Susan Dynarski, writing for The New York Times, explains “Why American schools are even more unequal than we thought.” In the piece, Dynarski describes a new measure of economic hardship—one that reveals an even more troubling picture of the...

Brian Jacob on student test scores—how they’re assembled and why that matters

Aug 16, 2016

In “Student test scores: How the sausage is made and why you should care,” Brian Jacob describes how student ability is measured; how various test makers analyze and report student performance; and why this matters for policymakers and practitioners...

Michael Barr on Marketplace, “Dodd-Frank: What it set out to do, and where we are now”

Aug 10, 2016

As the Republican Party announces regulatory alternatives to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which was devised to reform Wall Street, protect consumers, and prevent financial collapse, Marketplace interviews some of the key architects of Dodd-Frank for...

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Hausman in The Conversation: Why methane leaks matter, and why markets won't fix them

Aug 10, 2016

“In less than a year, the Aliso Canyon [natural gas] facility leaked methane equal to about four million metric tons of CO2, the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving over 800,000 cars in a year,” writes Catherine Hausman for The Conversation...

Huff Po asks if America’s poor really are “the envy of the world,” cites new NPC paper

Aug 9, 2016

Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent for the Huffington Post, explores how America’s poor measure up by international standards in, “Yet another conservative argument about poverty appears to be wrong.”The piece explores whether America’s...

New book, "Abandoned families: Social isolation in the 21st century," by K. Seefeldt

Aug 5, 2016

Kristin Seefeldt’s new book, Abandoned families: Social isolation in the 21st century, is set to release on December 25, 2016. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation, the book is described as “a timely, on-the-ground assessment of hardship in...

There’s been a shift in thought on climate change, Mills tells CSM, Michigan Radio, more

Aug 3, 2016

Sarah Mills spoke with the Christian Science Monitor about results from the latest National Survey on Energy and Environment (NSEE), which found that only 15 percent of Americans now deny that there is solid evidence of climate change, in contrast...

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Internship field report, Michelle Rubin (MPP/MUP '17) @ Global Detroit, Michigan

Aug 1, 2016

Michelle Rubin (MPP '17) submits this field report from her summer 2016 internship at Global Detroit. I am just wrapping up and reflecting on my ten-week summer internship with Global Detroit. Global Detroit is a non-profit that aims to...

Internship field report, Tachana Joseph (MPP '17) @ Verizon, Washington, DC

Aug 1, 2016

Tachana Joseph (MPP '17) is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at Verizon in Washington, DC, where she works as a federal regulatory intern.This summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to work for Verizon as a federal...

Stange on investing in schools: Capital spending, facility conditions, and student achievement

Aug 1, 2016

“Investing in Schools: Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Achievement” a journal article by Paco Martorell, Kevin Stange, and Isaac McFarlin, has been published in the August 2016 edition of the Journal of Public...

Tamar Mitts in The Journal of Economic Perspectives: "Can war foster cooperation?"

Jul 31, 2016

“Can War Foster Cooperation?” Michal Bauer, Christopher Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel and Tamar Mitts pose this question in the summer 2016 volume of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. Introduction Warfare leaves...

Photos and lessons from 2016 Graduate Horizons conference for Native American students

Jul 29, 2016

The Ford School and University of Michigan recently hosted the 10th biennial Graduate Horizons conference for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian students.View the photo album here.The four-day conference, held July 9 - 12 on the...

Ren Farley comments on “Black and white optimism on Detroit-area race relations”

Jul 29, 2016

Reynolds Farley is quoted in a Bridge Magazine piece, reprinted in today's Detroit Free Press, on “Black and white optimism on Detroit-area race relations.” The piece reports on a recent poll by the Detroit Journalism Cooperative that collected...

Internship field report, Fordies @ Goverment Accountability Office, Washington, DC

Jul 28, 2016

Four Fordie MPPs are spending this summer interning at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the agency’s headquarters location in Washington, DC. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO's mandate is to serve as the...

“Could Clinton’s health care proposals work?” asks Ayanian in The Conversation U.S.

Jul 28, 2016

John Z. Ayanian, director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, explores whether Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton’s health care proposals might work in a July 27 contribution to The...

Governing or fundraising: What’s the duty of elected officials? Schwarz on Stateside

Jul 27, 2016

Dr. John J.H. (Joe) Schwarz spoke with Stateside, a Michigan Radio program, about “Governing or fundraising: What’s the duty of elected officials?”Schwarz, a former U.S. congressman (R-MI) and longtime policymaker and political actor, is a lecturer...

Stange study of cross-state licensing compact featured in WSJ, Brookings, more

Jul 26, 2016

Recent research by Kevin Stange, which evaluates a multi-state compact that allows nurses to easily practice across state borders, is featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Roundup, and the Washington Center for...

CLOSUP supports Ford School student internships with state and local policy leaders

Jul 26, 2016

In 2004, the Ford School’s newly launched Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) sponsored its first internship partnership with the City of Ann Arbor administrator’s office. “Part of the center’s mission is to help bring the resources...

Internship field report, a Q&A with Maisy Sylvan (BA ’17) @ Boston City Council

Jul 26, 2016

This internship field report is submitted by Maisy Sylvan (BA '17), who served Boston City Council President Michelle Wu.Q. Where are you interning and how are you liking it?Sylvan. This summer, I’m interning under Boston City Council President...

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Detroit 2017, welcome our next David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellows

Jul 22, 2016

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...

RNC’s new call for a return to a “competitive” student loan market won’t work, says Dynarski

Jul 21, 2016

In “The RNC wants to make student loans competitive again. They never were,” Susan Dynarski provides detailed context on one plank of the newly released Republican platform, which pushes to get the federal government out of the student loan...

Oral history of Joe Schwarz produced by the Michigan Political History Society

Jul 21, 2016

Former U.S. Congressman Dr. John J.H. “Joe” Schwarz (R-MI), a longtime lecturer in public policy at the Ford School, is featured in a nine-part oral history produced by the Michigan Political History Society.Other Michigan political leaders featured...

Internship field report, Molly Welch-Marahar @ Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco

Jul 21, 2016

Maureen (Molly) Welch-Marahar (MPP '17) submits this internship field report from her summer 2016 service with Breast Cancer Action in San Francisco, California. I’m one month into my 10 weeks here at Breast Cancer Action and I already feel at home....

Latest CLOSUP survey shows declining confidence in Michigan’s leadership, direction

Jul 20, 2016

The latest Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), published by the Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), finds that local leaders are less optimistic about the state’s direction.Statewide, only 44 percent of local leaders...