This course is designed to introduce the students to what public managers do and to help provide the students with perspectives and opportunities for practice that will help them become effective public...
In this course the students will (a) master key themes in leadership development and policy making, (b) increase their own leadership capacities through reflection, feedback and practice and (c) evaluate the leadership record of an...
This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in the analysis of survey data using the statistical package Stata. Students will learn how to investigate a variety of public policy issues using data from the...
Managers, particularly as they move to higher-level responsibility, are increasingly called upon to deal with issues involving governmental actions, media attention and public...
This course examines alternative institutions and strategies through which nations articulate, either cooperatively or competitively, their foreign policy...
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...
This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in the analysis of survey data using the statistical package Stata. Students will learn how to investigate a variety of public policy issues using data from the...
This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master’s student. To be offered each semester, concurrent with the...
An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public...
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins the Ford School for a conversation on the Biden-Harris Administration’s record in transportation. January, 2025.
Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chair Michael Barr, former dean of the Ford School, discusses the workings of the Fed, his work on banking reform, and the lessons of leadership he has learned. March, 2024.
Chloë Cheyenne will be in conversation with Christian Davenport, PhD about COMMUNITYx, a digital platform for activism, founded by Cheyenne, that connects like-minded changemakers to take collective action on social justice-oriented causes.
Stephanie Leiser, lecturer in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, discusses the Local Fiscal Health Project, an initiative of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy to help local governments navigate fiscal challenges.
As many Michigan communities — like Greenwood and Chandler Townships — face important decisions regarding their future in renewable energy, they are using unbiased information provided by U-M’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) to
In this presentation, Sanya Carley introduces a framework for conceptualizing vulnerability and then provide an illustration of its potential application using the case of the renewable portfolio standard. March, 2018.
Megan Tompkins-Stange: She will be presenting the findings of her recently-published book, Policy Patrons: Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence. March, 2017.
