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The Education Policy Initiative (EPI) is a program within the Ford School that brings together nationally-recognized education policy scholars focused on the generation and dissemination of policy-relevant education research.

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Bringing the actual science of reading to policy and practice

Nov 19, 2020, 2:30-4:00 pm EST
Come learn from four stakeholders renowned for their experience and expertise in improving children's literacy; two professors of education, an education reporter, and the head of one of Michigan's school administrator associations.
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Measuring Liberal Arts: Creating an index for higher education

Nov 13, 2020, 2:00-3:30 pm EST
The seminars feature path-breaking projects seeking to develop and refine measures of undergraduate education, and especially its liberal arts components, and to determine its impact on the present and future lives of students. 

The value of residential Liberal Arts education: Lessons from COVID-19

Oct 23, 2020, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
The Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is an exploratory project to develop and implement a state-of-the-art measurement project to improve our understanding of the value of undergraduate educational experiences, and promote evidence-based models of undergraduate student success.

Taking the measure of the Liberal Arts

Sep 15, 2020, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
Join us for a year-long series of virtual panel discussions and seminars exploring the values, dimensions, and outcomes of liberal arts education, and how they might be measured.

Silvia Robles Seminar

Aug 21, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Daniel Kreisman Seminar

Aug 15, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

The AP Program and College Outcomes

Jul 31, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Amanda Ketner Seminar

Jul 24, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Emanuele Bardelli Seminar

Jul 10, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Are RCTs an Efficient Approach to Structure the Field of Program Evaluation?

Jun 19, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Brian Jacob Seminar

Jun 12, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Public Transfers and the Educational Attainment of Poor Mothers

Jun 5, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
About CIERS: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

College Major Choice and the Dot-Com Crash

May 29, 2018, 8:30-10:30 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School