Dean Barr on the start of an exciting new semester at the Ford School.
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New faculty add depth in key areas

We welcome new faculty with expertise in education and social policy, national security, and racial justice, and who will help build students’ leadership and negotiation skills.
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Community conversation: panel on Afghanistan withdrawal

Mel Levitsky, Susan Page, Javed Ali, and John Ciorciari weighed in on the events in Afghanistan and what it means for U.S. policy and diplomacy going forward.
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Seven new PhDs complete rigorous training program in causal inference research

The Causal Inference in Education Policy Research program trains doctoral students to apply the methods of causal inference to work in education research, policy, and practice. More »

Hidden costs for a clean energy transition

Energy economist Catherine Hausman and co-author Lucas Davis (UC-Berkeley) find poor urban and rural areas bear the financial burden of legacy natural gas. More »

Should high-stakes government decisions be reliant on machine learning?

Ben Green and computer scientist Yiling Chen (Harvard) provide the first direct evidence that algorithmic risk assessments create more harm and exacerbate racial disparities. More »

Pandemic implications for Medicare, Social Security

An epidemiological taskforce with Paula Lantz recently assessed the direct effects and outcomes of COVID-19 and how they will impact social insurance programs. More »

Rick Hall wins APSA career achievement and excellence in mentoring awards

Poverty Solutions and CFLP receive Kauffman grant to support Detroit entrepreneurs.

Adrienne Harris nominated as New York State’s top financial regulator