Inflation and the labor market since 2020: A successful soft landing?
The threat of inflation seems to be receding and the possibility of a 'soft landing' is improving, according to a panel of economists at the Ford School. ...
Returning students practice leadership skills
On an overcast morning in late August, 38 continuing Ford School MPP students gathered in the Dixboro Woods to strategize, communicate, and achieve a shared objective. But it wasn’t to fulfill a…...
Ford School’s Ali and Ciorciari warn of escalation after Hamas attack on Israel
Ford School experts have been commenting on the Hamas attacks on Israel: ...
Shaefer praises Minnesota child tax credit
Luke Shaefer, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota's initiative appears to be one of the most ambitious child tax credits in the nation. It covers one of the broadest age ranges — through age 17 — and…...
Rabe’s commentary on environment policy focus on EVs and climate action
The Ford School's professor Barry Rabe has been commenting on the many forces at work as the U.S. moves to tackle climate change, as well as introduce more eclectic vehicle (EV) manufacture and…...
Michelmore and Pilkauskas discuss the benefits of tax credits
Over the past few months, Ford School associate professors Katherine Michelmore and Natasha Pilkauskas...
Ford School’s Joe Schwarz celebrated as ”Hero of the Game”
The Ford School’s Joe Schwarz, lecturer in public policy and a longtime public servant and veteran, was hailed as the “Hero of the Game” during Michigan’s home football game against Rutgers. ...
Ciorciari on differences in GOP Senators' support for Ukraine
“What seems clear at this point is that these younger Republicans, whether it’s because they have a different worldview, and are more Jacksonian, or whether it’s because they are genuinely more…...
Leiser on the far-right shift in the Ottawa County government
“It’s almost as if instead of leading with, ‘OK, what’s our job in this jurisdiction in this county? What services do we provide?’ – and then sort of taking the cues from citizens and policy from…...
Kleinman on the hazards of facial recognition technology in schools
“One thing that’s different from a lot of these earlier kinds of surveillance technologies is the way that the data travels so far beyond the school where it’s coming from,” Kleinman said in an…...
Tara Lanigan (MPA, '21) on her pivot to the public sector
1. What do you work on? I support the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program, which is a transportation technology and innovation program for local…...
Introducing the 2023 David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellows
First-year Master’s students, Madison Prinzing (MPP ‘25) and Katrina Wheelan (MPP ‘25) have been selected as the 2023 Bohnett Fellows. ...