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Betsey Stevenson takes on retroactive corporate giveaways, a Congressional holiday tradition

Dec 14, 2015

“While Americans ready their holiday shopping lists, Congress is busy with its own holiday tradition—preparing a grab bag of corporate giveaways known as ‘tax extenders,’” writes Betsey Stevenson for a December 10 Bloomberg View piece. “The gifts,...

Ford School, U-M to host 2016 Graduate Horizons program for Native American students

Dec 14, 2015

The Ford School is delighted to announce that the University of Michigan will host the tenth “Graduate Horizons” higher-education preparation program for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian students preparing to apply to graduate...

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The last word with Mahima Mahadevan (MPP '11), State & Hill Detroit issue

Dec 4, 2015

A research manager at the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative (EPI), Mahima S. Mahadevan (MPP ‘11) is leading the implementation of a major study on Michigan’s charter schools. Preliminary findings will be released in early 2016. Mahima has...

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Alum Steve Tobocman of Global Detroit, disrupting urban poverty, one new American at a time

Dec 4, 2015

Steve Tobocman (MPP/JD '97) is the director of Global Detroit, a non-profit that seeks to revitalize Michigan’s economy by making the region more attractive and welcoming to immigrants, international students, businesses, and investors. He speaks...

Catch up on faculty news with the Ford School's fall 2015 roundup

Dec 4, 2015

This spring, Robert Axelrod was one of ten distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard’s 364th commencement ceremony. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded John Ciorciari its prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to examine...

Seefeldt shares new research on poor single motherhood in The Atlantic

Dec 3, 2015

According to “How Poor Single Moms Survive,” an article by Alana Semuels for The Atlantic, the number of single-parent households in the US has soared since 1960, just as the amount of government assistance available to these largely female-headed...

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My Brother's Keeper Detroit, "We all play a role," says Eboni Wells (MPP '13)

Dec 1, 2015

It’s Eboni Wells’ (MPP ’13) penultimate day at the Skillman Foundation, located on Detroit’s bright riverfront. She’s tying up a two-year public policy fellowship that, for the last eight months, has tasked her with supporting Detroit’s response to...

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...

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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...

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...

Wolfers talks investment behavior in NPR Special Series, "Your Money and Your Life"

Oct 28, 2015

On October 23, Justin Wolfers was quoted in the NPR Special Serices, “Your Money and Your Life,” discussing savings and investment behavior.In the article, “Why Is It So Hard To Save? U.K. Shows It Doesn't Have To Be,” NPR Correspondent Chris Arnold...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

Ford School launches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Planning initiative

Sep 29, 2015

Today, Dean Susan M. Collins officially launched the Ford School’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic planning initiative, which will be a top priority for the Ford School for the coming year. Here are excerpts from the letter Collins...

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...

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...

Welcome to the new academic year

Aug 31, 2015

Dear members of the Ford School community,As the streets of Ann Arbor start to fill with students, as the marching band takes the field down the hill, and as we open our doors for Welcome Week, I write with my warmest greetings to new and returning...

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Will the Ashley Madison hack help or hurt the economy? Justin Wolfers explores in NYT Upshot

Aug 21, 2015

In an August 20 column for The New York Times’ Upshot, Justin Wolfers and Josh Barro ponder the likely economic impact of the recent Ashley Madison leak, which has exposed millions of cases of adultery and is likely to instigate an uptick in divorce...

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Introducing Bill Axinn, joining our faculty with a courtesy appointment

Aug 11, 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...

In the news, Stevenson talks My Brother's Keeper, min. wage, job licensing

Jul 31, 2015

Betsey Stevenson is helping to paint a picture of the stark reality surrounding racial and economic inequality in the United States. In a July 30 Yahoo Politics article, "Obama: Investing in minority men is not 'charity,' it's lucrative," Senior...

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The Ford School faculty is growing

Jul 23, 2015

We’re delighted to announce significant growth in our faculty for the coming year, including six additions to our governing faculty. Paula Lantz, a social epidemiologist, is currently professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy at...

Internship field report, Mika Koizumi works on gender equality @ OECD, Paris

Jul 10, 2015

Mika Koizumi (MPP '16) offers this field report from Paris, France. Koizumi is working on gender equality issues with the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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...

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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...

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Wolfers takes on Greek financial crisis in latest NY Times Upshot

Jul 1, 2015

Amid the Greek financial crisis, heads have turned to experts like Justin Wolfers to help break down the complex economic factors that have led to the current situation. A professor of public policy and economics at the Ford School, Wolfers is known...

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

Jun 29, 2015

Kary Moss has long advocated for reform to the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws. After years of lobbying and advocacy, she and other supporters may finally see changes to the controversial laws.The Senate is set to consider an eight-bill package,...

With SCOTUS marriage decision, Kary Moss calls for 'LGBT Equality Day'

Jun 29, 2015

In a press conference Friday in Ferndale, Kary Moss was joined in celebration by Michigan LGBT civil rights leaders for a victory she called "historic." Moss, the director of the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), was, of...