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Ford School, STPP student Jasmine Crumsey joins in Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill
Thursday, February 2, 2012
University of Michigan ecology graduate student Jasmine Crumsey joined nearly 30 other scientists from across the country in Washington, DC, this week to brief congressional staff members about climate change research.
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Sheldon Danziger comments on safety net for very poor following Romney's remarks
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sheldon Danziger, director of the National Poverty Center and professor of public policy, commented on the strength of programs for the very poor following controversial remarks by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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MPPS report about Economic Vitality Incentive Program appears in Associated Press, more
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The latest Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), published Wednesday by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), was detailed in an Associated Press story that was published in a number of papers, including the Chicago Tribune.
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Barry Rabe's work cited in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on President Obama's shale gas endorsement.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
President Obama's message in the State of the Union in support of shale gas drilling likely found a receptive audience in parts of Pennsylvania—a state considered essential to his reelection effort in 2012, according to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Michigan Radio interviews Helen Levy about health insurance exchanges
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Helen Levy spoke with Michigan Radio to discuss the health insurance exchanges currently being set up in Michigan under the Affordable Care Act.
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CLOSUP poll: Incentives working, but local officials in Michigan lukewarm about state funding reforms
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Only a small minority of local officials in Michigan believe that major reforms in the way they receive state funding that require adoption of "dashboard" reports will be very effective in improving the overall performance of their governments.
The sweeping policy changes began last year and require local governments that are eligible for funding to create dashboards—scorecards that measure their performance in key areas, such as fiscal stability, public safety and economic strength. State policymakers believe these dashboards will help improve the accountability and transparency of local governments.
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Barry Rabe quoted by ClimateWire on President Obama's rejection of oil pipeline from Canada
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Professor Barry Rabe was quoted by ClimateWire on President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would extend from Canada to Texas.
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Revamped Applied Policy Seminar launches students into "real world" policy challenges
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
For the Winter 2011 Applied Policy Seminar (APS), Huron Consulting Group tasked Kim Dunham (MPP '11) and her team of MPP students with assessing the firm's ability to extend into a new market. The students were responsible for creating a series of memorandums, developing a final report, and presenting their findings in front of the company's chief executive officer.
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January edition of 'the Ford School feed' - New Alumni Board takes office, new research from NPC's Great Recession study, tales from the Applied Policy Seminar, and more
Monday, January 23, 2012
The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes today.
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Ford students "exercise" to open 2012 with policy simulation
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The Ford School's MPA and MPP cohorts quickly turned their attention at the start of 2012 from "NYE" to "IPE."
The Integrated Policy Exercise is an intensive, three-day simulation in which students work en masse on a number of policymaking scenarios that are simultaneously evolving.
"You have to come up with solutions at the same time other crises are happening around you," said Professor Ann Lin, who organized the IPE this year. "The IPE really gives students a chance to see what working in a dynamic policy environment looks like."
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Employers: hire a Ford School intern or grad
Monday, January 23, 2012
Is your organization looking to fill a summer internship or full-time position? Then consider a Ford School student or graduate.
Ford School students develop a unique combination of skills relevant to the needs of organizations in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Through the MPP program, students are taught theories and problem-solving techniques for a global marketplace, developing expertise in economic and policy analysis, international affairs and diplomacy, program evaluation, public management, and more. BA students earn a social science-based liberal arts degree that gives them substantive knowledge and analytical skills to understand policy problems—and help create solutions.
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Tom Ivacko pens two-part Dome op-ed about declining health of Michigan cities
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy's (CLOSUP) Tom Ivacko wrote a two-part column for Dome magazine about the declining health of Michigan cities and what is being done to combat this decline.
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National Poverty Center researchers: perceived job insecurity impacts mental health
Monday, January 23, 2012
Mental health consequences of the Great Recession may extend to workers who perceive job insecurity, even if they have avoided unemployment, according to researchers working with data from the National Poverty Center's Michigan Recession and Recovery Study.
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Tom Ivacko quoted in Bridge Magazine article, "Big Township Bank Accounts Draw Concern, Defense"
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tom Ivacko, administrator for the Center of Local, State and Urban Policy, was quoted in a Bridge Magazine article that suggests townships are generally in much better shape financially than other local units of government.
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Susan M. Dynarski elected to Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Susan M. Dynarski was one of seven new representatives elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. Her term expires in 2015.
An Associate Professor at both the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the School of Education, Dynarski is the third member of the Ford School faculty to join the APPAM Policy Council. Sandra Danziger was elected last year, while Brian A. Jacob's term expires in 2012.
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Doug Brook (MPA '67) honored with Naval Postgraduate School teaching excellence award
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Ford School alumnus Doug Brook (MPA '67) was awarded the prestigious 2011 Naval Postgraduate School's Louis D. Liskin Award for Teaching Excellence.
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Elena Delbanco interviewed by The New York Times, NPR about finding a new home for her father's revered cello.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Elena Delbanco, lecturer in expository writing in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and her husband, Nicholas Delbanco, discussed with The New York Times and National Public Radio the decision to find a new owner for the 300-year-old Stradivarius cello that belonged to Elena's father, renowned cellist Bernard Greenhouse.
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John Ciorciari quoted in AFP News article, "Taiwan-China ties could falter after poll: experts"
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Assistant Professor of Public Policy John Ciorciari was quoted Wednesday by AFP News on the potential impact of Saturday's Taiwanese presidential elections on relations between Taiwan and China.
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Joe Schwarz spoke to Battle Creek Enquirer in article, "Cuts to military: 3,000 local jobs could hang in the balance"
Friday, January 6, 2012
Joe Schwarz spoke to the Battle Creek Enquirer about President Obama's announced cuts to national defense spending, and its impact on both southwest Michigan and the rest of the country.
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State & Hill's Winter 2012 issue explores education reform, policy, evaluation, and more
Thursday, January 5, 2012
State & Hill's Winter 2012 issue offers readers an opportunity to learn about the wide array of education reform and policy issues that our students, alumni, and faculty are tackling right now. Click through the magazine below to read about Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob's research on charter schools, or how two alums size up No Child Left Behind ten years after its enactment, or how a first-year MPP student started a school in India. Other articles include a Q&A with philanthropist David Bohnett, an interview with four Ford School military veteran students, and a recap of the new Chinese policy course—replete with photos from a two-week trip to Beijing.
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