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Michigan Today article on Policy Talks @ the Ford School guests Ornstein and Mann
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A new article in Michigan Today recounts the career paths of Norman Ornstein (PhD '74) and Thomas Mann (MA '68/PhD '77), who recently returned to the Ford School to discuss their book, It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.
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Students flex policy muscles in Integrated Policy Exercise
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Now in its 13th consecutive year, the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE) has become a signature activity of the Ford School master's program. For three days during the first week of January, MPP and MPA students role play stakeholders in a large-scale, intensive, and continually evolving simulation of a real policy issue. The exercise allows students to experience first-hand the complexity of policymaking, hone much-need skills, and interact with real policy experts.
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Fall edition of State & Hill examines global and human security, Bob Axelrod's research on cooperation, the irrepressible First Lady Betty Ford, more
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
In this issue of the Ford School's magazine, State & Hill, readers will learn about global and human security through the eyes of the Ford School: faculty studying the 1994 Rwandan genocide, small arms, terrorist networks, and survivors of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; students interning for Innovations in Poverty Action; and alums working for USAID. Click through the magazine below to read businessman, philanthropist, and Ford School friend Hank Meijer's discussion of the forthcoming Detroit Meijer store; a story on iconic First Lady Betty Ford and the U-M's fall tribute to her legacy; and how a BA alum who works for the Dept. of Justice is ensuring prisoner's rights.
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A conversation with businessman, philanthropist, and Ford School friend, Hank Meijer
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Detroiters spend an estimated $4.6 billion each year on groceries and other merchandise. And more than $1.5 billion of those retail dollars are spent outside of the city.
That's about to change: in May 2012 Michigan-based retailer Meijer broke ground on the first of two planned locations. The first location will anchor the forthcoming Gateway Marketplace on the city's west side with a supercenter—a combination grocery and department store format employed by other retailers but originated by Meijer in 1962.
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Irrepressible First Lady Betty Ford
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Being ladylike does not require silence
There are photos and movies of Betty Ford in her family home from the 1960s. They show a caring homemaker and mother, busy looking after her husband and four young children in their suburban Virginia home. In these images, she looks every inch the typical midcentury middle-class housewife.
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Community is an intervention: NPC panel on recession and recovery emphasizes collaboration across sectors
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
On November 19 at the U-M Detroit Center, the National Poverty Center (NPC) in conjunction with the C.S. Mott Foundation, hosted the panel discussion, "Michigan's Recession and Recovery: Opportunities for the Research, Non-profit, and Civic Engagement Communities."
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Watch Policy Talks @ the Ford School conversation with Chairman Ben Bernanke
Monday, November 5, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at Rackham Auditorium on 1/14. The event is free, open to the public, and will require a seating pass. More info will be posted here as it becomes available. Update 1/15: The video and transcript are now available.
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October edition of 'the Ford School feed' – Betty Ford tribute, open Alumni Board nominations, new faculty hires, more
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes yesterday.
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Race, inequality, cultural deficiency narratives, and schooling: a lecture by Angel Harris
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Angel Harris, associate professor of sociology and African American studies at Princeton University, will give a lecture on "Race, inequality, cultural deficiency narratives, and schooling" on Friday, October 19, 2012.
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Michigan Public Policy Survey reflects divide amongst local leaders over the state's emergency manager law
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The latest poll from the Michigan Public Policy Survey reflects divided opinions over the state's emergency manager law, the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have reported.
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Local leaders split over state's emergency manager law
Monday, September 24, 2012
Less than half (38 percent) of Michigan's local leaders support the state's emergency manager law, while about a third (30 percent) oppose it, and the rest are neutral or unsure, according to a University of Michigan survey.
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New York Times: NPC research shows majority of parents still providing financial boost to young-adult children
Friday, September 21, 2012
In its article, "From Parents, a Living Inheritance," The New York Times cited a research finding by Patrick Wightman that 62 percent of young adults age 23 to 25 receive some type of financial help from their parents.
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Gen. Michael Hayden on al-Qaida, career, and the importance of policy analysts
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Four-star general Michael Hayden, retired U.S. Air Force, delivered the Ford School's annual Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture last Friday, September 7—closing out the first week of fall 2012 semester at the Ford School. Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), General Hayden spoke on "Law, policy, and the war on al-Qaida: An emerging consensus" to an audience of more than 200 students, faculty, and U-M community members at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
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"Choices for federal spending and taxes," a lecture by Doug Elmendorf
Monday, September 10, 2012
"Choices for federal spending and taxes," a Policy Talks @ the Ford School lecture by Doug Elmendorf.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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MPPS findings encouraging but some cities still struggling, Ivacko says
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The latest poll in the Michigan Public Policy Survey, conducted by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), has received national attention for its promising findings. Only one-third of the local governments in Michigan say they are somewhat or significantly less able to meet their fiscal needs this year—a big drop from last year when nearly half reported having such difficulties.
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CLOSUP survey: Fiscal stress easing for Michigan's local governments, many still suffering
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Only one-third of the local governments in Michigan say they are somewhat or significantly less able to meet their fiscal needs this year—a big drop from last year when nearly half reported having such difficulties, according to a University of Michigan survey.
Other findings in the poll by the U-M's Ford School of Public Policy point to a trend of easing in fiscal stress for local governments overall in the state, though many are still suffering ongoing declines.
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New Year Kick-Off: Welcome Week at the Ford School
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The official start of the school year, Welcome Week and Orientation (August 27–August 31) at the Ford School gives new master's students the opportunity to meet and engage with peers, faculty, and staff, and begin the process of preparing for the academic year. Every year during the week prior to the start of classes, new MPP and MPA candidates receive their handbooks, meet future professors, learn how best to utilize Student and Academic Services, and how not to get lost in Weill Hall.
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Local gov'ts get ahead of state policy on curbing health care costs, Ivacko says
Monday, August 13, 2012
Tom Ivacko was quoted by The (Southgate, MI) News-Herald on how Michigan's local governments have responded to various fiscal challenges.
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Ivacko: Consolidating government easier said than done
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
In a guest column for Bridge Magazine, Tom Ivacko predicted that wholesale local government mergers were not a likely solution for cash-strapped municipalities. Ivacko is an administrator and program manager at the Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy.
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Ford School names DeLeeuw and McIntyre as its third annual Bohnett Public Service Fellows
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Incoming MPP candidates Andrew DeLeeuw and Adrianna McIntyre have been named the 2013 recipients of the David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship.
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