Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy

Dean search job posting now open With inclusive outreach and community input through faculty, staff, and student town halls, the University of Michigan Provost has approved a job posting and the search firm Isaacson, Miller posted it publicly on D...

The American Economic Association named Susan M. Collins, former Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Ford School and current Boston Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO, as one of four Distinguished Fellows for 2025. The award recognizes the lifetim...

Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes, interim dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a scholar known for her research on the organizational implementation of social policy and societal safety nets, has been recommended as the school’s next Joan a...

Today, University of Michigan Provost Laurie McCauley announced the appointment of the advisory committee that will assist her in the search for the next Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The committee is char...

Michael S. Barr will be the new Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective Aug. 1. His five-year appointment was approved Thursday by the Board of Regents. Barr is the Roy F. and Jean Hump...

The fall 2016 issue of State & Hill magazine was mailed to alumni and friends of the Ford School on December 15, 2016. This edition of the magazine, titled “Innovation for the public good,” highlights faculty, students, and alumni who are demonstr...

CNBC’s Steve Liesman interviewed Susan M. Collins for the Live @ Jackson Hole, Wyo., segment, “Debating Fed rate hikes.”Collins and Carmen Reinhart (Kennedy School) spoke with Leisman about Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s policy speech, and whet...

Established in 1914 as the Institute of Public Administration, the Ford School became the School of Public Policy in 1995 and was re-named in honor of President Gerald R. Ford in 1999. The Ford School has experienced unprecedented growth over the pas...