public policy analysis

Sociologist Pamela Herd joined the Ford School faculty in September 2024 as the Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. Her research focuses on inequality and how it interacts with policy issues including health, aging, and administrative burd...

This September, the Ford School launched the Policy Analysis Learning Lab (PAL), a learning support initiative designed to equip students with the confidence to use policy analysis for the public good. Inaugural faculty director Alton Worthington bri...

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized again as one of America’s top graduate programs in public affairs, ranked 4th in the U.S. according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The Ford S...

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized again as one of America’s top graduate programs in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. According to the rankings, based ...

In rankings originally published in March 2016, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized in the top ten of America’s “public affairs” programs.   According to the re-released U.S. News and World R...

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan continues to be recognized nationally in the latest U.S News & World Report rankings of “public affairs” programs. According to the rankings, the Ford School is the #1 progr...

Class will meet on: February 1  February 6 February 8 February 10 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall) February 13 February 15 February 17 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall)

Class will meet on: February 1  February 6 February 8 February 10 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall) February 13 February 15 February 17 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall)

This class will meet in person on: January 19 January 24 January 26 January 28 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall) January 31 February 2 February 4 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall)

This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally. Systematic thinking about how soci...

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.