Christopher Borick, Jacquelyn Pless, Erich Schwartzel and moderator Barry Rabe review emerging patterns in policy development in these two states as well as nationally. November 2012.
Scott Page talks about diversity in public policy decisionmaking and shows that as policy problems grow more difficult the benefits of diversity become even more pronounced, provided that we agree on fundamental ends. January, 2010.
Olga Savic Stella, Margaret Garry, Brad Wilson, Dan Carmody, and moderator Larissa Larsen discuss urban food retail, including past, current and future approaches to improving access to fresh food in urban areas like Detroit, Michigan.
Patricia L. Caruso, Robert Brown & Dennis Schrantz discuss changes in Michigan crime & corrections policies at "Rightsizing Michigan's Prison Population: Policy-driven Expansion and Reduction in an Era of Mass Incarceration" panel.
Panelists John C. Austin, Charles L. Ballard, Kim Hill, Christopher Hayter, with moderator Paul Courant discuss the current and future state of the Michigan economy. February 2009. Hosted by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The Charge to the Class was delivered by U.S. Senator Carl Levin. May, 2014.
Barry Rabe is an environmental policy professor at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the Ford School.
The 2013 Charge to the Class was be delivered by Paul O'Neill. Also includes Susan Collins, Carl Simon, Amazin' Blue, Eli Day (BA'13) & Cynthia Rathinasamy (MPP'13). May, 2013.
Mark Funkhouser describes how government and citizens working together can produce positive outcomes, including in community economic development and the tools and techniques of deliberative democracy. April, 2013.
The Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP ) discusses findings from the Michigan Public Policy Survey and the solutions suggested by these leaders. April, 2013.
