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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
