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Researcher shows red states embrace wind energy for the sake of bottom line

Oct 25, 2018

While renewable energy through wind mills is often seen as a coastal undertaking, Sarah Mills, senior project manager at the Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), details how research reveals that red states are pursuing...

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Local leaders offer advice, experience

Oct 24, 2018

An event at the Ford School, “Women Leading Local Government,” spotlighted women around the state of Michigan who are leading communities and developing policies. The interactive seminar allowed graduate and professional students a chance to...

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Greetings from the Dean - Feed October 2018

Oct 18, 2018

Dear friends: New academic programs, a major new center for diplomacy work, and faculty making an impact on issues ranging from college student mid-term election turnout to European financial stability … As fall colors reach peak beauty in Ann...

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CLOSUP survey reveals that local officials are perplexed on Prop 1

Oct 12, 2018

On November 6, Michigan voters will have the option to either affirm or oppose Proposal 1, an amendment to the Michigan state constitution that will legalize the use of recreational marijuana. While public opinion polls convey support for the...

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John Chamberlin responds to criticisms of Michigan’s Proposal 2

Oct 11, 2018

With Michigan’s upcoming election, commentary around the ballot’s Proposal 2, which would establish a citizen’s commission responsible for creating voting district lines, has run the gamut. In the October 10, 2018, piece for Bridge titled “5...

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Professor Brian Jacob says Michigan student-teacher ratio is higher than reported estimations

Sep 28, 2018

As education in Michigan falls under ever greater scrutiny, one glaring issue seems to stand out: the state’s lopsided student-teacher ratio. One of the highest ratios in the nation, Ford School professor Brian Jacob believes the issue is even worse...

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Ford School research suggests refugee restrictions will harm Michigan’s economy

Sep 28, 2018

In line with his “America First” foreign policy, President Trump recently declared that the United States will limit the number of refugees permitted into the United States. Research from Global Detroit and the Ford School, however, shows how such...

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Harvard Magazine publishes feature on previously-announced partnership with U-M Poverty Solutions

Sep 25, 2018

Two new partnership between U-M’s Poverty Solutions and Harvard University’s Equality of Opportunity Project (EOP), announced last week, will integrate high-level research with the applied scholarship U-M’s initiative is known for to tackle the...

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Hampshire to Crain’s Detroit: scooters can enhance city’s mobility offerings

Sep 25, 2018

As electric scooters blanket urban centers around the country, cities are grappling with how to regulate them, including Detroit. In the past few weeks, the city’s central business district has become host to the mobility option, reports Crain’s...

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Introducing our 2019 David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellows

Sep 21, 2018

Three Ford School graduate students – Eric Hanss, Jonatan Martinez, and Nick Najor – have recently been selected to serve the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office as the 2019 David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellows. In addition to completing...

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Bloomberg cites Catherine Hausman - oil executive pay disproportionate to oil price

Sep 21, 2018

In “How Oil Bosses Make Their Own Luck,” Bloomberg Opinion columnist Liam Denning reports that oil executive compensation continues to skyrocket in a disparate relation to oil prices. Instead of pay reflecting fluctuations in price, oil executives...

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Michigan-Harvard team up to bolster Detroit economy, tackle nationwide opioid epidemic

Sep 14, 2018

The University of Michigan and Harvard University are forming two new partnerships designed to spur economic mobility and reduce poverty in Detroit, as well as combine resources and expertise in response to the national opioid...

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From insight to impact: fall 2018 faculty news

Sep 4, 2018

Our top-notch associate leadership team remains in place, with Paula Lantz continuing on as associate dean for academic affairs, Elisabeth Gerber continuing as the school’s associate dean for research and policy engagement, and Ann Lin continuing to...

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Making an Impact: Researcher Sarah Mills gives Michigan communities the straight story on wind turbines

Aug 24, 2018

By Terry Kosdrosky, Public Engagement & Impact A company wants to build wind turbines in your township and is offering landowners, many of them farmers, a sweet deal to lease property. Meanwhile, your board meeting is packed with strongly opposed...

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New report from CLOSUP: Rising confidence in Michigan’s direction but partisan differences remain

Jul 27, 2018

An annual survey by University of Michigan researchers has tracked two straight years of improving evaluations for the Michigan legislature and the governor by the local government leaders of the state. About 56 percent of Michigan’s local...

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Michael Barr quoted in Free Press on Bitcoin ATMs in low-income neighborhoods

Jun 29, 2018

Bitcoin ATMs in poor neighborhoods are "not a safe or sound way of providing financial services to low-income people," says Dean Michael Barr in an interview with Detroit Free Press journalist Susan Tompor. The article, titled "Bitcoin ATMs...

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Rabe speaks with Michigan Radio's Environment Report on public support for carbon pricing

Jun 22, 2018

Professor Barry Rabe spoke on air with Michigan Radio's Rebecca Williams on June 21 about the tricky politics of climate change policies such as carbon taxing and cap-and-trade. The interview took place as the National Surveys on Energy and...

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CLOSUP report: Michigan officials report housing shortages

Jun 22, 2018

Many local governments in Michigan feel they have a shortage of housing in their counties and cities, according to a survey from University of Michigan researchers. About 40 percent of local officials say they have too little single family...

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Lantz, Iovan, et al published in The Milbank Quarterly on using “Pay for Success” to finance childhood asthma interventions

Jun 22, 2018

“Pay for Success” (PFS) financing could help scale implementation of evidence-based childhood asthma interventions in the Medicaid population if legal and regulatory barriers can be overcome, write Paula Lantz, Samantha Iovan, and co-authors in the...

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A Q&A with Jackson Voss (MPP '18), the 2018 Riecker Fellow

May 31, 2018

Jackson Voss (MPP '18) was selected to serve as the 2018 Margaret Ann (Ranny) Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellow in the Washington, DC office of U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight...

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Most local jurisdictions follow master plan, but struggle with too few planners

May 7, 2018

Nearly half of Michigan’s largest local governments feel they have little staff capacity for land use planning and zoning, according to a survey from University of Michigan researchers. This survey is the first statewide attempt to explore which...

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In new study, Raimi finds people with strongly held beliefs tend to overestimate knowledge

Apr 17, 2018

Michael Hall and Katilin Raimi have co-authored a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology: “Is belief superiority justified by superior knowledge?” The researchers find that individuals expressing belief superiority, or...

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Jacob: Grow Detroit’s Young Talent benefits youth “long after they receive their last paycheck”

Apr 13, 2018

The administrators of Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, a youth summer employment program, always knew that the program made a difference in participants’ lives. Now, that intuition is backed up by data. Researchers at the University of Michigan,...

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The Ford School ranked number 5 program of public affairs in the U.S.

Mar 20, 2018

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally as a top graduate program in public affairs, according to the latest U.S News & World Report rankings. In overall rankings for public...

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Ford School grows strength in international development with two key faculty hires

Mar 14, 2018

Two outstanding scholars will join the Ford School this fall as assistant professors, both with expertise in international development. Yusuf Neggers is a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He...

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Farley on “Detroit: The emergence, decline and possible revitalization of a great city”

Feb 16, 2018

Reynolds Farley has contributed a chapter entitled “Detroit: The emergence, decline and possible revitalization of a great city” for the August 2017 book A Twenty-First Century Approach to Community Change: Partnering to Improve Life Outcomes for...

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Daniel Raimi’s The Fracking Debate provides evidence, context around shale revolution

Feb 14, 2018

From 2013-2016, Daniel Raimi traveled to every major oil and gas producing region of the United States to investigate the local impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The stories he gathered from those trips were the beginnings of Raimi’s...

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In Brookings, Jacob argues for greater support systems for community college students

Feb 7, 2018

In his most recent report for the Brookings Institution, Brian Jacob highlights the many advantages of support programs for community college students, with data showing a profound impact on students receiving these interventions. Jacob’s piece,...

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CLOSUP publishes report, hosts webinar on local government workforce issues and challenges

Feb 7, 2018

In January, the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) published a report and hosted a webinar on the views of Michigan local government officials regarding workforce issues and challenges. The results come from the Spring 2017...

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Rabe & Mills: "State energy policy in the Trump era: Insights from public opinion"

Feb 5, 2018

An article by Barry Rabe and Sarah Mills, "State energy policy in the Trump Era: Insights from public opinion," was published in the December 2017 edition of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. Abstract In light of President...