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In Brookings, Barry Rabe sees policy potential in renewed U.S.-Canada relations

Mar 10, 2016

Barry Rabe’s latest blog for Brookings explores how President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau might leverage their new relationship to make progress on climate, water and infrastructure. “Methane may offer some real opportunity for...

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Michigan Radio interviews Brian Jacob about latest research on MI high school curriculum reforms

Mar 9, 2016

Last week, Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski and two colleagues from Michigan State released a new paper, "Are expectations alone enough? Estimating the effect of a mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan." The paper examines the effect of the 2006...

Maternal labor force participation and differences by education in an urban birth cohort study

Mar 1, 2016

A journal article by Natasha V. Pilkauskas, Jane Waldfogel, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, "Maternal labor force participation and differences by education in an urban birth cohort study: 1998-2010", was published in the March 2016 edition of Demographic...

Jacob on teacher applicant hiring and teacher performance in DC public schools

Mar 1, 2016

“Teacher Applicant Hiring and Teacher Performance: Evidence from DC Public Schools” a journal article by Ford School Professor Brian Jacob, Jonah E. Rockoff, Eric S. Taylor, Benjamin Lindy, and Rachel Rosen, has been released as an NBER working...

Examining labor market outcomes for first-time community college students in Michigan

Mar 1, 2016

Peter Riley Bahr, Susan Dynarski, Brian Jacob, Daniel Kreisman, Alfredo Sosa, and Mark Wiederspan have written a working paper for the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE). The paper was published in March and is...

Stevenson offers insight into gender pay gap in U.S. News & World Report article

Feb 25, 2016

Betsey Stevenson lent her expertise in labor markets to a recent U.S. News & World Report article on the gender pay gap, which despite gains in educational attainment for women, isn’t expected to close globally for another 118 years, according to a...

Ford School panel discussion focuses on Cincinnati's innovative model of police reform

Feb 24, 2016

On Monday, February 22, the Ford School hosted “21st Century Policing: Lessons from Cincinnati,” as part of the University of Michigan's 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. The event brought together a roundtable of community leaders to talk...

CLOSUP MPPS survey, officials in large Michigan cities worried about potential unrest

Feb 24, 2016

While local leaders say police forces across Michigan have good overall relations with their communities, those in larger cities worry about the possibility of civil unrest after well-publicized incidents in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.In...

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Farley proposes long-term fix to MI’s flawed emergency management system

Feb 8, 2016

In a February 5 guest column for Bridge Magazine, a publication of The Center for Michigan, Reynolds Farley discusses Michigan’s controversial emergency management system and proposes solutions to help underfunded localities. Farley's...

Photo of Ren Farley speaking into a megaphone as he leads a tour of U-M students in downtown Detroit

Olmsted, the renowned 19th century landscape architect, may offer insights for today's police

Feb 5, 2016

The last place David Thacher expected to uncover a largely overlooked policing philosophy—one highly relevant to today’s police reform discussions—was from a man best known as a landscape architect in the late 19th century. In fact, he kind of...

NYT profiles bipartisan plan to reduce poverty, professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger

Feb 3, 2016

The New York Times this week highlights a recent development in the fight against poverty that brought together thinkers from both sides of the aisle, including professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger. "Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty," the...

Jacob, Dynarski on the effect of a mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan

Feb 1, 2016

“Are Expectations Alone Enough? Estimating the Effect of a Mandatory College-Prep Curriculum in Michigan” a journal article by Brian Jacob, Susan Dynarski, Kenneth Frank, and Barbara Schneider, has been circulated as an NBER working paper this...

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

HuffPost quotes Betsey Stevenson on the impact of paid leave laws at home, abroad

Jan 28, 2016

Betsey Stevenson is quoted in a January 22 HuffPost piece by Jonathan Cohn, “Paid Family Leave Laws Aren’t Crushing Business, Despite What Ted Cruz Says.”“Paid family leave is finally getting serious attention in Washington and on the campaign...

Join us in congratulating the Ford School’s MLK Spirit Award nominees, recipients

Jan 28, 2016

Seventeen undergraduates, including five of the Ford School’s bachelor’s degree students, were recognized at a January 23 MLK Spirit Award ceremony that highlighted the ways in which these students have worked to carry on King’s spirit.Dr. Martin...

WaPo features Ostfeld's research on American attitudes on race and immigration

Jan 13, 2016

A January 12 Washington Post article tackles American attitudes on race and immigration, citing new research from Mara Ostfeld, who is finishing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Ford School and will join the political science faculty in fall...

HuffPost says Shaefer’s work on extreme domestic poverty inspired $2 billion federal proposal

Jan 13, 2016

The Obama administration has announced plans for a $2 billion initiative to test new approaches to fight poverty in the U.S., citing Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s recently published book about Americans living on $2 a day.White House officials say...

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On Michigan Radio, Alford Young Jr. calls for increased faculty diversity

Jan 6, 2016

In a recent interview on Michigan Radio, Alford Young Jr. discusses the lack of faculty diversity in the U.S. with Michigan State professor Django Paris. According to the article, 3.3 percent of University of Michigan faculty members are black,...

Ford School faculty, alum make Education Week list of top 200 policy, practice influencers

Jan 6, 2016

Ford School faculty members David Cohen, Susan Dynarski, and Brian Jacob made the 2016 RHSU Edu-Scholar list of the top 200 U.S.-based university scholars, “who are doing the most to influence education policy and practice.”The list, which was...

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Massive policy simulation explores regional cooperation, economic development, green energy

Jan 5, 2016

It’s hardly uncommon for University of Michigan faculty to invite in an outside expert or two to share their perspectives with students in a course. Still, it’s safe to say that Elisabeth Gerber, the Jack L. Walker Professor of Public Policy, has...

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...

Brian Jacob on harnessing the value of ‘failure’ in education research for Brookings' Evidence Speaks

Dec 10, 2015

In Harnessing the value of ‘failure,’ Brian Jacob describes the high “failure rate” in educational intervention research trials and what can be done to learn more from null results. Jacob’s piece appears in Evidence Speaks, a weekly publication of...

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Fall 2015 State & Hill magazine, “Motor City Remix, an iconic American city races forward”

Dec 10, 2015

The fall 2015 issue of State & Hill magazine was mailed to alumni and friends of the Ford School on November 18, 2015. This edition of the magazine, titled “Motor City Remix,” highlighted stories about some of the work Ford School faculty,...

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...

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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...

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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Post-game analysis: Coach Beilein and Ray Batra on new fund

Dec 2, 2015

Coach Beilein and his family have made a series of gifts to establish the Beilein Family Fund for BA students like their son Andy, who earned his bachelor's in public policy at the Ford School in 2012. Here’s Coach B and Ray Batra, the first student...

Brian Jacob to use behavioral nudges to encourage teacher retention at high-needs MI schools

Dec 2, 2015

Brian Jacob, professor of economics, education and public policy at the University of Michigan, was awarded a $486,501 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the relationship between behavioral nudges and intrinsic motivation.Jacob,...

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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...

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Reclaimed pine and river views: Mark Wallace is putting old Detroit to its highest and best use

Nov 30, 2015

A couple years ago, Mark Wallace (MPP ’04) built two electric guitars. A long-time musician, he had recently taken up woodworking and thought he might give guitar-making a try. He built two, he says, because he was afraid that one might not work...