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...
A new study by Benjamin Edwards, Alexander Furnas, Stephanie Forrest, and Robert Axelrod, titled “Strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame” was published on February 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Every year the Ford School organizes a two-day trip to Washington, DC that allows master’s students to explore policy careers while learning from and networking with Ford School alumni who live and work in the nation’s capital.The trip brings...
The National Academy of Sciences has appointed Joy Rohde to serve on an 18-member committee tasked with carrying out a two-year study sponsored by the Office of the Directorate of National Intelligence (ODNI).
The study, titled “Social and...
Climate change is likely to increase U.S. electricity costs over the next century by billions of dollars more than economists previously forecast, according to a new study involving a University of Michigan researcher.
The study shows how higher...
An article by Maximilian Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley), Patrick Baylis (Stanford University), and Catherine Hausman, "Climate change is projected to have severe impacts on the frequency and intensity of peak electricity demand...
An article by Kaitlin Raimi, Paul Stern (National Research Council), and Alexander Maki (Vanderbilt University), "The Promise and Limitations of Using Analogies to Improve Decision-Relevant Understanding of Climate Change," has been published in...
The National Academy of Public Administration has appointed Barry Rabe to a three-person Expert Advisory Group that is charged with conducting a performance review of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental...
Elisabeth Gerber on the dangers of extrinsic motivation
Organizations around the world hope to prove that natural resource conservation and economic development can go hand in hand—that we can preserve our forests, fish, and waterways while...
Bob Axelrod's latest paper, published in Psychological Science, explores increasing attention to causality in western society.
John Ayanian is serving on a National Academies committee focused on accounting for socioeconomic status in Medicare...
Five Ford School students have been awarded 2017 Dow Sustainability Fellowships, out of 40 selected students from 12 U-M schools and colleges.The Dow Sustainability Fellowship supports graduate students who are "committed to finding...
While we know a great deal about President-elect Trump’s EPA nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Barry Rabe writes for the Brookings Institution that it is highly unclear "just what he will do in his role.” The article, titled “What...
Ford School Professor Barry Rabe was quoted in a recent E&E News article titled “Can Trump deliver on immense energy, climate promises?”
Throughout the campaign, President-elect Trump promised to repeal or replace many of President Obama’s...
Peter Behr, E&E News Reporter, quoted Catherine Hausman in his November 17 article, "Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump." Behr reports that up to 15 percent of U.S. nuclear reactors may shut down over the next ten years...
Findings from the most recent Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), published by the Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), reveal broad concern by local leaders and administrators over property tax appeals.
The survey...
An article by Barry G. Rabe and Rachel L. Hampton, “Trusting in the future: The re-emergence of state trust funds in the shale era.” appears in the October 2016 volume of Energy Research & Social Science.
Abstract
Energy-producing states...
In an October 2 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina v.N. Whitman outlines how trade policies can work for all Americans.
Addressing polling data and the policy positions of both presidential candidates against free trade agreements, Professor...
Provost Martha E. Pollack has appointed an advisory committee to search for a new dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The search process will begin in early October.
Elisabeth Gerber, associate dean for research and policy...
We are pleased to announce a new director of the University of Michigan's Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) graduate certificate program and to welcome applications from interested students. Associate Professor Shobita Parthasarathy,...
Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) and the University of Michigan's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) are launching a new public policy survey designed to tap the attitudes and...
Wisconsin Public Radio’s John Munson interviewed Barry Rabe for "A look at the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline," about the controversy over the multi-state Dakota Access Oil Pipeline on September 6. Rabe provided extensive background information and...
Susan M. Collins will serve as an evaluating judge for a new competition that will award a $100 million grant to a single proposal designed to help solve a critical problem affecting people, places, or the planet. The John D. and Catherine T....