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Relationships and trust: Leaders, philanthropies foster change through the "soft stuff"

May 1, 2017

Philanthropic foundations. To many, they're organizations that deserve only reverence—founded and funded by ethical actors, managed by honest brokers, and characterized by selfless acts. But to Megan Tompkins-Stange, who teaches courses in public...

Jacob: Effects of labor market information on community college students' choice of major

May 1, 2017

Rachel Baker (University of California, Irvine), Eric Bettinger (Stanford University), Brian Jacob, and Ioana Marinescu (University of Chicago) co-authored a working paper, "The Effect of Labor Market Information on Community College Students' Major...

PhD candidates Christina Cross and Nadiya Kostyuk receive competitive fellowships

Apr 5, 2017

Two PhD candidates were recently awarded competitive fellowships for their outstanding academic achievements.Christina Cross wins Ford Foundation's 2017 Dissertation FellowshipChristina Cross, a PhD candidate in public policy and sociology, received...

APPLE organizes Public Policy Connects conference for local high school students

Apr 4, 2017

On March 10, the Ford School student group Association of Public Policy for Learning and Education (APPLE) welcomed 29 high school students from the Detroit Leadership Academy (DLA) and Washtenaw International High School (WIHI) for this year’s...

Brian Jacob tracks trends in charter school research for Brookings' Evidence Speaks

Mar 31, 2017

In a March 23 piece for Brookings’ Evidence Speaks series, Brian Jacob outlines recent research that aims to answer key questions about the effectiveness of U.S. charter schools. Jacob’s article, “The evolution of the charter school market and...

Dynarski’s research on income-contingent loans cited in Times Higher Education

Mar 16, 2017

A team of four researchers, including Susan Dynarski, published a working paper on income-contingent loan (ICL) systems this month for the Centre for Global Higher Education: “Getting student financing right in the US: Lessons from Australia and...

Susan Dynarski in New York Times on the recent FAFSA fumble

Mar 13, 2017

Susan Dynarski’s recent article, "A fumble on a key FAFSA tool, and a failure to communicate," was published by The New York Times earlier today. The piece takes a critical look at the IRS shutdown of the FAFSA's data retrieval tool earlier this...

Jacob in Bridge Magazine: If nothing is done, Michigan public education will continue decline

Mar 9, 2017

In "State Commission: Consider abolishing Board of Education," Ted Roefels of Bridge Magazine quotes Brian Jacob, whose research focuses on improving educational achievement and outcomes.The article, published on March 9, covers a forthcoming report...

Dynarski working paper focuses on "Getting student financing right in the U.S."

Mar 1, 2017

A working paper by Nicholas Barr, Bruce Chapman, Lorraine Dearden and Susan Dynarski titled, “Getting student financing right in the US: lessons from Australia and England,” was published by the Centre for Global Higher Education this...

Jacob speaks with Michigan Radio, poor marks for Michigan’s reading, math proficiency

Feb 22, 2017

“Are Michigan’s schools improving? According to a new analysis of national testing data, the answer is a clear 'no,'" says Michigan Radio’s “Stateside” in today’s segment, “On national reading and math test, Michigan only state where students have...

Michelmore and Dynarski publish “The gap within the gap” in education journal

Feb 21, 2017

A paper by Katherine Michelmore and Susan Dynarksi titled, “The gap within the gap: Using longitudinal data to understand income differences in educational outcomes” was published on February 1 in AERA Open, a journal from the American Educational...

News

Jacob on how the U.S. Department of Education can foster reform in the Trump era

Feb 3, 2017

In "How the U.S. Department of Education can foster education reform in the era of Trump and ESSA," Brian Jacob describes Michigan's disappointing performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. According to Jacob's analysis,...

Faculty publication on Michigan merit curriculum now in educational policy journal

Jan 27, 2017

A paper by Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski, Kenneth Frank, and Barbara Schneider titled, “Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan” was published in Educational Evaluation and Policy...

Brian Jacob, Sue Dynarski, and members of the Education Policy Initiative stand along the winding main staircase of the Ford School's home, Weill Hall

Jacob publication: "The measurement of student ability in modern assessment systems"

Jan 27, 2017

A paper by Brian Jacob and Jesse Rothstein (U-C Berkeley), "The Measurement of Student Ability in Modern Assessment Systems," was published in the Summer 2016 edition of the American Economic Association's Journal of Economic Perspectives. The piece...

Jacob examines effects of Evidence Based Literacy Instruction on student reading

Jan 25, 2017

An NBER working paper by Brian Jacob, "When Evidence is Not Enough: Findings from a Randomized Evaluation of Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction," is forthcoming in Labour Economics. Abstract This paper reports the results of an experimental...

Houston Chronicle cites Stange on Texas university autonomy, impact on low-income students

Jan 25, 2017

When Texas' state legislature passed bills allowing state universities to set their own tuition, there were concerns that low-income students would find higher education in the state less accessible. A December 29 article by the Houston...

Stange co-edits volume on "Productivity in Higher Education” with Caroline Hoxby

Jan 20, 2017

"Productivity in Higher Education," a forthcoming volume co-edited by Caroline Hoxby (Stanford University) and Kevin Stange, will include research by a number of Ford School faculty members including including Stange, Paul Courant, and Brian...

Courant finds that faculty salaries determined by research output and associated reputation

Jan 17, 2017

A paper by Paul Courant and Sarah Turner (University of Virginia), "Faculty Deployment in Research Universities," will be included in the forthcoming book of conference proceedings, "Productivity in Higher Education," edited by Kevin Stange and...

Jacob, Stange, De Vlieger: “Measuring instructor effectiveness in higher education.”

Jan 16, 2017

Ford School professors Brian Jacob and Kevin Stange, and Michigan Economics PhD candidate Pieter De Vlieger, published "Measuring instructor effectiveness in higher education," a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, on November...

McCall and Starr: “Effects of autism spectrum disorder on parental employment in the US”

Jan 16, 2017

An article by Brian McCall and Elizabeth M. Starr (University of Windsor) titled the "Effects of autism spectrum disorder on parental employment in the United States: evidence from the National Health Interview Survey" was published on October 9,...

Stange finds that autonomy in higher education “need not diminish opportunities”

Jan 16, 2017

An article by Kevin Stange and Rodney Andrews (University of Texas at Dallas), "Price Regulation, Price Discrimination, and Equality of Opportunity in Higher Education: Evidence from Texas," was published as an NBER (National Bureau of Economic...

Axinn researches “Mental disorders among college students” for Population Studies Center

Jan 16, 2017

William Axinn co-authored a study, "Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys," published in Psychological Medicine on August 3, 2016. Abstract: Although mental disorders are...

Jeffrey Smith examines “match between student ability and college quality” in new paper

Jan 16, 2017

A new article by Jeffrey Smith and Eleanor Wiske Dillion (Arizona State University), "Determinants of the Match between Student Ability and College Quality," was published in the Journal of Labor Economics on October 24, 2016. Abstract: We...

Dynarski: New York Governor’s free tuition plan may actually hurt low-income students

Jan 12, 2017

Susan Dynarski is quoted in James S. Murphy’s January 10 piece for The Atlantic entitled: “The gaps in New York’s free-college plan.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently unveiled a plan, called the Excelsior Scholarship Program, that would cover...

Brian Jacob debates the effects of NCLB school accountability policies in JPAM articles

Jan 1, 2017

In "The changing federal role in school accountability" and "The potential and limits of federal policy: A response to Ladd," two January articles in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Brian Jacob engages with Helen Ladd of Duke...

State & Hill

"Discourse," Ford School faculty in the news roundup from fall 2016 State & Hill

Dec 31, 2016

"[T]he risks of moving too quickly are quite a bit higher than the risks of waiting a little bit. If it turns out that the inflation rates are rising, the Fed is well-positioned to address that promptly." —Susan M. Collins, live @ Jackson Hole,...

Dynarski on "Fulfilling the promise of community college: The ASAP demonstrations"

Dec 7, 2016

Community colleges throughout the United States have low graduation rates, yet preliminary evidence from a new randomized trial suggests an effective policy prescription, write Susan Dynarski and Meghan Oster. Their article, “Fulfilling the promise...

Education

Relationships and trust: Leaders, philanthropies foster change through the "soft stuff"

Jacob: Effects of labor market information on community college students' choice of major

PhD candidates Christina Cross and Nadiya Kostyuk receive competitive fellowships

APPLE organizes Public Policy Connects conference for local high school students

Brian Jacob tracks trends in charter school research for Brookings' Evidence Speaks

Dynarski’s research on income-contingent loans cited in Times Higher Education

Susan Dynarski in New York Times on the recent FAFSA fumble

Jacob in Bridge Magazine: If nothing is done, Michigan public education will continue decline

Dynarski working paper focuses on "Getting student financing right in the U.S."

Jacob speaks with Michigan Radio, poor marks for Michigan’s reading, math proficiency

Michelmore and Dynarski publish “The gap within the gap” in education journal

Jacob on how the U.S. Department of Education can foster reform in the Trump era

Faculty publication on Michigan merit curriculum now in educational policy journal

Jacob publication: "The measurement of student ability in modern assessment systems"

Jacob examines effects of Evidence Based Literacy Instruction on student reading

Houston Chronicle cites Stange on Texas university autonomy, impact on low-income students

Stange co-edits volume on "Productivity in Higher Education” with Caroline Hoxby

Courant finds that faculty salaries determined by research output and associated reputation

Jacob, Stange, De Vlieger: “Measuring instructor effectiveness in higher education.”

McCall and Starr: “Effects of autism spectrum disorder on parental employment in the US”

Stange finds that autonomy in higher education “need not diminish opportunities”

Axinn researches “Mental disorders among college students” for Population Studies Center

Jeffrey Smith examines “match between student ability and college quality” in new paper

Dynarski: New York Governor’s free tuition plan may actually hurt low-income students

Brian Jacob debates the effects of NCLB school accountability policies in JPAM articles

"Discourse," Ford School faculty in the news roundup from fall 2016 State & Hill

Dynarski on "Fulfilling the promise of community college: The ASAP demonstrations"

Michigan charter school practices rarely differ from those offered in traditional public schools

Youth Policy Lab announces application for new technical assistance program

Why investors are suddenly bullish on for-profit colleges, Dynarski in NYT Upshot