American Enterprise Institute

Publication

Owen-Smith presents alternative research methods for measuring AI’s economic impact

Oct 9, 2025

Policymakers do not have the data they need to fully understand AI’s impact on the U.S. economy, labor force, and industries. Jason Owen-Smith and experts from across the U.S. address this gap in a new policy report from AEI.

News

Ford School Welcomes AEI President Robert Doar for “Whither the Center-Right?”

Oct 6, 2025

On a political spectrum that is becoming increasingly more divided, American Enterprise Institute president Robert Doar is optimistic that his center-right think tank is forging a path through the fray. “I think we're dividing into three countries: e...

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Announcing the Ford School Fall Events Schedule

Aug 22, 2025

Ford School fall events will look at the state of U.S. democracy, international crises, and the Abundance debate. The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of events for the autumn 2025, engaging with our students, faculty, staff, and...

In the Media

Jacob discusses new research and the shift in the "Grammar of Schooling"

Sep 4, 2024 American Enterprise Institute

Brian Jacob, Ford School professor discussed his recent papers "Did COVID-19 Shift the “Grammar of Schooling”?" and "The Lasting Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic" coauthored with Cristina Stanojevich about how schools have been transformed since the ...

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Stevenson highlights disproportionate impact of the pandemic and recession on women, mothers

Nov 24, 2020

Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson's analysis on the disproportionate toll the COVID-19 recession has had on women and mothers in the U.S. has been widely cited. As the debate continues about the potential for another economic stimulus package, a...

Publication

Employer Resource Networks hold promise to increase retention and improve productivity of entry-level workers - Shaefer

Sep 24, 2020

Employer Resource Networks (ERNs) involve local networks of employers collectively providing work support services to their entry-level workforce. In a paper published for the American Enterprise Institute, Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

State & Hill

Complex and fragile: The university's dual role as society's servant and society's critic

Dec 14, 2017

It's been 200 years since the founding of Michigan's first and flagship university: ours. Every moment is a turning point. But this moment—our bicentennial—is particularly poignant. As schools and stakeholders across the University of Michigan lo...

Stevenson contributes to bipartisan AEI-Brookings report supporting paid family leave

Jun 7, 2017

As a member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Paid Family Leave, Betsey Stevenson has contributed to a recently released bipartisan report highlighting the benefits and costs of paid leave. In the May 2017 report, titled “Paid family and medi...

Dynarski's FAFSA reform championed by American Enterprise Institute writer

Apr 5, 2016

Susan Dynarski's proposal to eliminate the FAFSA form was among the reforms championed by an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) writer and research assistant in an article published Tuesday, April 5. In "Fix student aid and FAFSA to help more studen...

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 annou...

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

"Economics of Carbon Taxes," Barry Rabe's latest blog post

Nov 14, 2012

Economics of Carbon TaxesBy Barry RabeThe idea of enacting a carbon tax to address climate change and fiscal woes may be as plausible as relying on new leadership to steer the Chicago Cubs to their first world championship in over a century.But now t...

"Economics of Carbon Taxes," Barry Rabe's latest blog post image

Education policy debate: "We should close the U.S. Department of Education"

Sep 2, 2026, 6:30-7:45 pm EDT

Marsal Family School of Education, Prechter Lab, Room 2202

Join the Life-Changing Education team for a watch party featuring an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) debate on the motion, "We should close the U.S. Department of Education." Hear expert perspectives on both sides of the issue and connect with members of the Marsal community through thoughtful conversation about the future of education policy.

Conversations Across Differences

"Whither the Center-Right?"

Sep 25, 2025, 4:30-6:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (Room 1110)

Join Robert Doar, the president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the United States' premier public policy think tanks, for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes.

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Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Escaping poverty through entrepreneurship

Oct 4, 2017, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

A Policy Talks @ the Ford School event with a lecture by Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute, on poverty and public policy. Followed by a conversation with Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, and community Q&A.

Robert Doar: Whither the Center-Right?

Sep 25, 2025 1:27:37