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ABOUT THE SCHOOL 3The Mission of the SchoolFounded in 1914 as the Institute for PublicAdministration, today the Gerald R. Ford Schoolof Public Policy is one of the top-ranked publicpolicy programs in the United States. Drawingon the University of Michigan’s internationalreputation as a leading center for social science research,the Ford School offers graduate and professional educationfor those planning careers focused on public issues.The school was named in 1999 for Gerald R. Ford,the 38th President of the United States and a 1935 graduateof the University of Michigan. The mission of theschool is to offer outstanding education for leadershipin public policy analysis and public management and toexcel in social science research that illuminates publicissues and promotes better public policy. Our goal isthree-fold, to provide education, research, and service,and these depend on each other. Teaching and publicservice pose challenges that sharpen and strengthen ourresearch agenda. Research enriches the education we provideand guides our direct contributions to public service.Through rigorous training of policy analysts and publicmanagers, we seek to improve the quality of deliberationabout public policy. We believe the Ford School mission isbest pursued by an interdisciplinary group of faculty whomeet the criteria of academic excellence in the socialscience disciplines, who push beyond the boundaries ofthose disciplines, and who take seriously the implicationsof their work for policy problems.The program is interdisciplinary, designed to preparestudents to work in the increasingly complex world of policyanalysis and public management. The School providesstrong training in both domestic U.S. policy and in internationalpolicy and includes rigorous work in methodologiesthat enable graduates to analyze and evaluate the effects“The Ford School draws people whocombine a deep desire to make theworld a better place with a sharp eyetoward intellectual analysis.The passionateconversations about policystem from a love of the subject, not a desire to pontificateor argue for argument’s sake. Teachers and students alikeapproach the subject matter with a combination of academicrigor and a personal humility that creates a wonderfullearning environment.” — Mark Wallace, MPP 2004Former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer addresses a Ford School class.F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

4 ABOUT THE SCHOOLLife at the Ford Schoolof public policy decisions. The program is quite flexible,providing training that focuses on economic, political,organizational, and quantitative analysis. Students areencouraged to develop areas of specialization and havethe extensive resources of the University of Michiganfrom which to develop their programs of study.The faculty, many of whom hold joint appointmentswith other academic departments, is among the strongestin the field. Faculty members are distinguished by theiracademic research and enthusiastic teaching as well as bytheir active participation in the practice of public policy.With a student body of about 165 Masters studentsand 35 Ph.D. students, the School is large enough to offerdiversity of intellectual and political interests while smallenough to be friendly and comfortable. The full range ofgraduate coursework at the University of Michigan is availableto Ford School students. Michigan has a strong traditionof interdisciplinary work and students are encouragedto follow that tradition in pursuing their policy interestsin areas that range from Asian Studies to Urban Planning.A foundation of core courses in the School preparesstudents for the elective portion of their graduate work.In addition to rigorous academic training, the FordSchool believes students should learn about the realworld context in which policy decisions are made andimplemented. Students are offered a variety of classroomand hands-on opportunities to work in government andcommunity organizations, developing a sense of the manyfactors that converge in policymaking.Distinguished policy practitioners are frequent visitorson campus. Diplomats, elected officials, and public mangersfrom around the world all bring their perspectives to theschool through special courses, guest lectures, classroomvisits, and discussion sessions.The informal and friendly atmosphere of the Schoolencourages students to get to know one another, the faculty,and the school’s alumni. From this rich mix of experience,students learn about the policymaking world and areextremely well prepared to enter that world as skilledand effective participants.The Ford School is home to an energetic studentbody that takes an active role in the life of the School,organizing activities that range from community serviceprojects to hosting policymakers, to social activities.Students also play an important role in the governanceof the School, serving on the Admissions, Curriculum,and Executive Committees.FORD SCHOOL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSAssociation for Public Policy, Learning, andEducation (APPLE)Community Service OrganizationEnvironmental Policy Student GroupInternational Policy Students AssociationMichigan Journal of Public AffairsSocial CommitteeStudent Affairs CommitteeStudents of Color in Public PolicyWomen and Gender in Public PolicyTo learn more about student organizationsat the school, visit our website,www.fordschool.umich.edu and followlinks to the prospective students section.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

ABOUT THE SCHOOL 5Living in Ann ArborAnn Arbor is a vibrant and cosmopolitan place inwhich to live, work, and play. Home to some of thenation’s finest spectator sports and entertainmentevents as well as an exciting array of cafes, comedy clubs,art fairs, museums, theaters, restaurants, and recreationcenters, the city boasts all the trappings of a majormetropolis while retaining the familiarity of a collegetown. Yet unlike most college towns, Ann Arbor, throughthe University Musical Society, is one of the top five presentersof performing arts in the country. The area hasmore than 20 museums of art, science, and history andhosts summer art and jazz festivals that attract more than1,000,000 visitors annually.Ann Arbor is easily accessible by air, train, bus, andcar. The city is about ninety minutes from Boston, NewYork, and Washington by plane. It is thirty miles fromDetroit’s international airport and forty-five miles fromdowntown Detroit. Chicago and Toronto are just a fourhourride by train or car. For more information aboutAnn Arbor, visit www.arborweb.com.The Ann Arbor Street Art Fairs attract hundreds of thousands of people everyJuly (above). From intimate jazz at the Firefly Club to the Berlin Philharmonicat Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor plays host to a variety of cultural events yearround,including films at the historic Michigan Theater (right).F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

6 ABOUT THE SCHOOLGrowth of the SchoolIn 1999, the Ford School began a period of growththat coincided with the naming of the School forPresident Ford. With strong support from theUniversity, the school added new academic and outreachprograms, nearly doubled the size of its faculty, substantiallyincreased funding for students, and began planninga move into its own building.Faculty growth and program development are closelytied and each has benefited from private philanthropicsupport. Recent gifts have endowed professorships to supportresearch on broad issues of public policy and in educationpolicy. Prominent faculty have, in turn, helped theschool to develop innovative programs such as DistanceLearning Project for Quantitative Social Science, a programthat is training a new generation of policy researchers inSouth Africa.Financial support is critical to students as they preparefor their careers. Friends and alumni of the school haveprovided funding for both fellowships and internships.This funding enables students to make educational decisionsbased on their career goals rather than financialneed.Public lectures and events are an important part of apolicy program at a public university. Support from foundationsand individuals has helped the school to fulfill thisresponsibility. With ongoing support for such activities,the Ford School organizes lectures, symposia, and conferenceson topics such as the role of the United Nations ininternational crises, healthcare for the uninsured, privacyin the information age, and educational segregation andachievement.The rapid expansion of the Ford School has pushedcurrent facilities to their limit. Currently housed in threebuildings on the U-M central campus, construction on theFord school’s new home, Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, willbegin in the fall of 2004. Located at the southern entranceto the main campus, the building, when completed in2006, will bring all of the School’s programs and servicestogether in one place and will provide space for publicevents and for quiet study and informal conversation.James Levinsohn is the J. Ira and NickiHarris Family Professor of Public PolicyRichard Holbrooke, former U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations,delivered the Citigroup Lecture in 2003.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

Joan and Sanford Weill HallABOUT THE SCHOOL 7COMMITTEE FOR THE FORD SCHOOLThe Committee for the Ford School provides the School withadvice and counsel on matters related to program growth andexpansion. Its members include:Martin J. Allen, Jr.Gerald R. Ford FoundationGrand Rapids, MIAkinari HoriiBank of JapanTokyo, JapanJohn J.H. SchwarzPhysicianBattle Creek, MIPeter F. Borish, MPP 1982One ChicagoNew York, NYJames B. Hudak, MPP 1971United Behavioral HealthSan Francisco, CAAllen SinaiPrimark Decision EconomicsNew York, NYFrederick O. Brown, MPP 1996Treystar HoldingsPortage, MIHendrick G. MeijerMeijer, Inc.Grand Rapids, MIMichael B. StaeblerPepper Hamilton LLPDetroit, MISusan C. BrownKalamazoo, MIMartha A. DarlingAnn Arbor, MIJudith C. FreyThe Issues Network GroupGrand Rapids, MILyman HamiltonCarmel, CARichard W. OdgersPillsbury Winthrop LLPSan Francisco, CAMargaret Ann (Ranny) RieckerThe Harry A. and Margaret D. TowsleyFoundationHerbert H. and Grace A. Dow FoundationMidland, MIFrank ZarbHellman and FriedmanNew York, NYPresident Ford speaking on campus.F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

RECENT FORD SCHOOL VISITORSMadeline AlbrightU.S. Secretary of State 1997–2001Oscar AriasNobel Peace Prize LaureateDennis ArcherMayor of Detroit 1994–2000Samuel BergerNational Security Advisor 1996–2000Catherine BertiniDirector, World Food Program1992–2002Kenneth BurnleyCEO, Detroit Public SchoolsJohn DingellU.S. House of RepresentativesVernon EhlersU.S. House of RepresentativesGerald FordPresident of the United States 1974–76Harold Ford, Jr.U.S. House of RepresentativesDebra Fraser-HowzeNational Black Leadership Council onAIDSGail GilbertU.S. Joints Chiefs of StaffRichard HolbrookeU.S Ambassador to the United Nations1999–2000Joseph JohnsonU.S. Department of Education,1997–2000Michael S. KantorSecretary of Commerce 1994–1996Kwame KilpatrickMayor of DetroitPaul KrugmanThe New York TimesAndrew LadleyU.N. Office in East TimorSteven LewisU.N. Special Representative onHIV/AIDSCarl LevinU.S. SenateClockwise from upper left: Namanga Ngongi, Robin Wright, Paul O’NeillNamanga NgongiU.N. Special Representative to theDemocratic Republic of CongoPaul O’NeillSecretary of the Treasury 2001–2002Brent ScowcroftNational Security Advisor 1974–76,1988–92Lawrence SummersSecretary of the Treasury 1999–2000Frank Von HippelFederation of American ScientistsRobin WrightThe Los Angeles TimesVisitors andSpecial OpportunitiesEach year the Ford School hosts policy practitionerswho have worked at various levels of government,in national and international organizations, or whowork at the intersection of public and private concerns.Some visitors spend a semester on campus teaching.Others visit to give lectures and seminars and to meet withstudents about policy and career interests. Students havefrequent opportunities to meet informally with visitors toexplore topics of mutual interest.The Ford School offers several programs that enrichour academic program by giving students opportunitiesfor close interaction with policymakers and by providinghands-on experience in the policymaking world. Programsvary from year to year. Some of the current and/or recentopportunities are listed below.Special Courses in 2004–05Barbara Freese was Assistant Attorney General ofMinnesota 1986–1999. In that capacity she had responsibilityfor overseeing implementation of the Clean Air Act.In the fall of 2004, she will teach a class on environmentalpolicy, looking at the policy challenges of moving beyondfossil fuels.Sharon Rothwell was Chief of Staff for Governor JohnEngler of Michigan for twelve years. In fall 2004 she willteach Human Resource Management in the Public Sector.Renmin University Visiting Faculty — The Ford Schoolis pleased to have faculty from the School of PublicAdministration in Beijing teaching here on a regular basis.Visitors in 2004–05 will be Dr. S. Yinhong, teaching a classon Chinese foreign policy, and Dr. X. Guangjian, who willteach a course on Chinese economic reform policy.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

ABOUT THE SCHOOL 9Outreach OpportunitiesThe Applied Policy Seminar (APS)The APS is a regular part of the Ford School curriculum.Students in the course are assigned to one of a number ofprojects with local units of government. Frequently thesecourses focus on a proposed policy change and examinethe costs and benefits of such a change. Recent projectshave included studying the feasibility of city-sponsoredrecycling in Bay City, Michigan, development of a comprehensivecommercial development plan for areas adjacentto the UM campus, and exploration of privatization ofmunicipal parking in Ann Arbor.The Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE)The IPE is a school-wide policy simulation held in Januaryeach year. In 2004, the IPE focused on urban revitalizationin a metropolitan context, looking particularly atDetroit, Michigan. The Detroit metropolitan area is astudy in contrasts. The 2000 U.S. Census found Detroit tobe one of the nation’s most racially and economically segregatedmetropolitan areas. Fifty years of flight from thecity has led to a host of economic and infrastructure problemswhile suburban areas enjoy the benefits of the newtechnology economy. The IPE studied a proposal to convertthe State Fairgrounds (a site of 200 acres) in Detroitto a regional park, under the authority of a regional parkbureau. Competing proposals, such as private developmentof the site or the transfer of ownership to the city,were considered. Students evaluated these proposals fromthe perspective of various stakeholders and final reportswere shared with state and local policymakers. The 2003IPE focused on the development of the Global AIDS Fundand brought speakers from the United Nations, majorpharmaceutical firms, governments, and activist organizationsto campus to talk with students.Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social ScienceThis is an ongoing program to provide assistance tosocial science researchers in South Africa as they developdata archives and the skill to use them in policymaking.Students do much of the work through web-based informationsharing and make a trip to South Africa in January/February to work directly with social scientists there.Developing Country TourEach year the International Policy Students Association(IPSA) works with a Ford School faculty member to plana trip to a developing country during the late-Februaryvacation. Through the course, Economic and SocialPolicies of a Selected Developing Country, students developtheir knowledge of a country. Drawing on the expertiseof faculty from across the UM campus, students study theeconomics, politics, sociology, and culture of the selectedcountry. The student group and faculty sponsors thenvisit the country for 8–10 days to meet with policymakers,opposition leaders, non-profit organizations, and journalists.In 2004 the course focused on Cuba.International Policy ResourcesThe University has a wide array of internationally focusedresearch and teaching programs. The InternationalInstitute in home to many of these and full descriptionsof the activities available to students can be found onthe Institute’s website: www.umich.edu/~iinet. OtherU-M offices, such as the Center for International andComparative Law, the Population Studies Center, andthe William Davidson Institute also provide programsof interest to policy students.F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

ABOUT THE SCHOOL 11Research CentersThe Ford School is home to several major researchcenters focusing on policy issues. All are collaborativeefforts involving faculty from across the U-Mcampus and reflecting the strong commitment to interdisciplinarywork found on campus. Ford School faculty andstudents are affiliated with each center through researchprojects, courses, and informal discussion groups. Moreinformation about each of these centers is available atwww.fordschool.umich.edu/research.Center for Local, State, and Urban PolicyEstablished in 1999, the Center’s mission is to foster society’sunderstanding of the policy issues facing states, cities,and metropolitan areas and to seek effective solutions tothem. Recent research at the Center has focused on landuse and on privatization of public services.National Poverty CenterFunded by the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, the NPC fosters multi-disciplinary research onpoverty and poverty-related policy in the United States,trains researchers, and disseminates its findings to thepolicy and research communities.Nonprofit and Public Management CenterNPM is focused on improving education and research onthe management of public and nonprofit organizations.It provides training to professional school students whoplan careers in this field or who anticipate substantialinvolvement through volunteer service to nonprofits andit conducts research on the distinctive roles and contributionsof the nonprofit sector.Research and Training Program on Povertyand Public PolicyThe program provides the opportunity for one to twoyears of research and extensive training at the Universityof Michigan to outstanding American scholars who aremembers of groups that are underrepresented in thesocial sciences (e.g. members of racial and ethnic minoritygroups, individuals from socio-economically disadvantagedbackgrounds, etc.) The program is made possible bygrants from the Ford Foundation.Michigan Program on Poverty andSocial Welfare PolicySince its creation in 1995, this program has worked topromote interdisciplinary research on the effects ofpoverty on families and communities, to evaluate welfarereform, examine the practices of social service agencies,and share findings with researchers and public policydecision-makers.“I came to the Ford Schoolbecause of its strength inquantitative analysis. I haverealized that not only haveI developed this skill setthrough work with my professors, but I havegained vast knowledge and skills from my classmateswho come from many diverse careers andbackgrounds. I can see, in my internship withthe City of Detroit, how useful the skills I haveobtained, both inside the classroom and frommy peers, are in the real world of policymaking.”— Romonda McKinney, MPP 2005F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

FacultyAxelrodBlankChamberlinCharlesChenCohenRobert Axelrod is Arthur W. Bromage DistinguishedUniversity Professor of Political Science and PublicPolicy. His areas of specialization include internationalsecurity, formal models, and complex adaptivesystems. Bob’s books include Conflict of Interest,The Structure of Decision, The Evolution of Cooperation,and The Complexity of Cooperation. His work focuseson questions of how patterns of social behavioremerge and draws on current research in a widerange of disciplines, including biology, psychology,and computer science. He is the winner of severalnational awards and was named a MacArthurFellow. He is a graduate of the University ofChicago and received his Ph.D. from Yale University.Rebecca M. Blank is Dean of the Ford School ofPublic Policy, the Henry Carter Adams CollegiateProfessor of Public Policy, and Professor ofEconomics. She also serves as co-director of theNational Poverty Center. Her research focuses onthe interaction between the macroeconomy, governmentanti-poverty programs, and the behaviorand well-being of low-income families. Her publicationsinclude It Takes a Nation: A New Agenda forFighting Poverty, Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform,and Is the Market Moral? Becky joined the facultyafter serving as a Member of the President’sCouncil of Economic Advisers in Washington,D.C. A graduate of the University of Minnesota,she received her Ph.D. from the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology.John R. Chamberlin is Professor of Political Scienceand Public Policy. His research interests includelocal government accountability, legislative re-districting,representation and elections, and ethicsand public policy. At the Ford School, he teachesValues, Ethics and Public Policy, Policy andManagement in the Nonprofit Sector, AppliedRegression Analysis, and the Applied Policy Seminar.He is a graduate of Lehigh University and receivedhis Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Businessat Stanford University. John joined the Michiganfaculty in 1970.Kerwin K. Charles is Associate Professor of PublicPolicy and Economics. He is also a ResearchAssociate at the National Bureau of EconomicResearch. His research focuses on a range of subjectsin the broad area of empirical labor economics.His work has examined the effects of abortionlegalization on outcomes for children born aroundthe time of legalization, how the racial compositionof neighborhoods affects the social connectionspeople make, causes for the dramatic convergencein completed schooling between recent generationsof American men and women, the effect ofretirement on subjective well-being, how wealth ispropagated across generations within a family,and the many dimensions of the effect of healthshocks—including the effect on family stability andlabor supply. In ongoing work, he is studying theassortative mating in economic models and variousaspects of consumption behavior among lowincome populations. Kerwin received his Ph.D. atCornell University.Anthony S. Chen is Assistant Professor of PublicPolicy and Sociology. His teaching and researchinterests include twentieth-century American politicaldevelopment, social inequality, and publicpolicy with a special emphasis on civil rights,employment, and poverty. With the support of theNational Science Foundation, he recently completeda dissertation on the origins of affirmative actionpolicies in employment which he is expanding intoa book manuscript provisionally titled “Jobs, Politics,and Civil Rights: Equal Employment OpportunityPolicy in the United States 1941–1972”. Tony waseducated in the public schools of Alief, Texas.He holds a B.A. from Rice University and a Ph.D.from the University of California at Berkeley, wherehe was a Soros Fellow.David K. Cohen is John Dewey Collegiate Professorof Education, and Walter H. Annenberg Professorof Education Policy. His current research interestsinclude educational policy, the relations betweenpolicy and instruction, and the improvement ofteaching. His past work has included studies ofthe effects of schooling, various efforts to reformschools and teaching, the evaluation of educationalexperiments and large-scale intervention programs,and the relations between research and policy.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

FACULTY 13With Professors Brian Rowan and DeborahLoewenberg Ball at the School of Education,David co-directs the Study of InstructionalImprovement, a large longitudinal study of effortsto improve instruction and learning in reading/language arts and mathematics in high-povertyelementary schools. David received his Ph.D.from the University of Rochester.Mary E. Corcoran is Professor of Political Science,Public Policy, Social Work, and Women’s Studies.Her research focuses on the effects of gender andrace discrimination on economic status and earningsand on welfare and employment policies.Mary has published articles on intergenerationalmobility, welfare to work, and sex-based economicinequality. She teaches seminars on poverty andinequality and on women and employment andis the faculty director of the Ford School doctoralprogram. Mary received her Ph.D. from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.Paul N. Courant serves as Provost and ExecutiveVice President for Academic Affairs at theUniversity of Michigan. He is also Professor ofEconomics and Public Policy and served asDirector of the Institute of Public Policy Studies,the forerunner to the Ford School, in the 1980s.His research interests include local economicdevelopment, tax policy, relationships betweeneconomic growth and environmental policy, housing,gender differences in pay, and the economicsof higher education. Paul served in Washington,D.C., as the Senior Staff Economist for thePresident’s Council of Economic Advisors. He isthe author of half a dozen books, including anintroductory text in economics, and more thansixty monographs and papers in economics andpublic policy. He is a graduate of SwarthmoreCollege and received his graduate degrees atPrinceton University.Sandra K. Danziger is Professor of Social Workin the U-M School of Social Work and ResearchProfessor at the Ford School. She is also Directorof the Michigan Program on Poverty and SocialWelfare Policy, an interdisciplinary research programhoused at the Ford School. Sandra’sresearch has focused on how public policies andprograms affect disadvantaged families. Herrecent research focuses on barriers to employmentamong single mothers making the transition fromwelfare to work and welfare reform implementation.Her research topics fall within the more generalareas of poverty policy and social service programs,demographic trends in child and family well-being,gender issues across the life course, program evaluation,and qualitative methods. Sandra completedher undergraduate work at Boston University andreceived her Ph.D. in Sociology there as well.Sheldon H. Danziger is the Henry J. MeyerCollegiate Professor of Public Policy, Co-Directorof the National Poverty Center, Research Professorat the Population Studies Center, and Directorof the Research and Training Program on Povertyand Public Policy. He is co-author or co-editor ofnumerous books and articles, including: DetroitDivided, Understanding Poverty, Investing in Childrenfrom Birth to College, America Unequal, and ConfrontingPoverty: Prescriptions for Change. Sheldon’s researchfocuses on welfare reform and the effects of economic,demographic, and public policy changeson trends in poverty and inequality. He receivedhis Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology.Matthew Davis is Assistant Professor of Pediatricsand Internal Medicine at the University of MichiganMedical School. He works on several collaborativeprojects with the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention and the State of Michigan MedicaidProgram, and pursues a research agenda focusingon financing and insurance issues regarding preventivehealth services for children and their families.In 2002 he initiated Issues in Child and FamilyHealth Policy, a course that introduces students toa broad range of health problems affecting childrenand examines potential policy remedies. Mattreceived his M.D. from Harvard Medical Schooland subsequently obtained his M.A. in publicpolicy from the Harris School at the Universityof Chicago.CorcoranCourantDanzingerDanzingerDavisF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

14 F A CULTYDeardorffDiNardoDominguezGarciaGerberGoldenbergAlan W. Deardorff is the John W. SweetlandProfessor of International Economics and Professorof Public Policy. Alan’s research focuses on internationaltrade. With Bob Stern, he has developedthe Michigan Model of World Production andTrade, which is used to estimate the effects oftrade agreements. Alan also does theoretical workon international trade and trade policy. Thisranges from fundamental determinants of comparativeadvantage to the role of the WTO in economicdevelopment. He has served as a consultantto the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor,State, and Treasury and to international organizationsincluding the OECD and the World Bank.Alan received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.John DiNardo is Professor of Economics andPublic Policy. A labor economist and appliedeconometrician, his interests include labor unionsand the effect of labor market institutions oninequality. He also has done work in diverse areassuch as the effect of minimum drinking age legislationon marijuana and alcohol consumption, andthe effect of low electoral turnout on election outcomes.He is co-author, with J. Johnston, of a textbookon econometrics. John received his A.B. andM.P.P from the University of Michigan and hisPh.D. in Economics from Princeton University.Kathryn M. Dominguez is Professor of PublicPolicy and Economics. Her research interestsinclude topics in international financial marketsand macroeconomics. She has written numerousarticles on foreign exchange rate behavior and isauthor of Exchange Rate Efficiency and the Behavior ofInternational Asset Markets and Does Foreign ExchangeIntervention Work? (with Jeff Frankel). Prior to comingto Michigan, Kathryn taught at the KennedySchool of Government and the Woodrow WilsonSchool. She is a Research Associate at theNational Bureau of Economic Research and theFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She hasalso worked as a research consultant for US AID,the Federal Reserve System, the InternationalMonetary Fund, and the World Bank. Kathrynteaches macroeconomics, finance, and internationaleconomics at the Ford School. She receivedher Ph.D. from Yale University.Stephen Garcia is Assistant Professor of PublicPolicy. Trained as a social psychologist, he is interestedin public policy as it relates to decision-making,conflict management, and negotiation. Histeaching interests focus on public and nonprofitmanagement questions. He previously worked as amarketing consultant for Charles Schwab, MerrillLynch, and Wells Fargo. He was most recently afellow at the Program on Negotiation at HarvardLaw School. Steve received his undergraduatedegree from Stanford University and earned hisPh.D. from Princeton UniversityElisabeth R. Gerber is Professor of Public Policyand Director of the Center for Local, State, andUrban Policy at the Ford School. Her currentresearch involves studies of intergovernmentalcooperation, land use and economic developmentpolicy, local fiscal policy, and local politicalaccountability. She has written articles on directdemocracy, election reform, primary elections,legislative process, voter behavior, land use policy,and political representation. Liz is the author ofThe Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and thePromise of Direct Legislation, co-author of Stealing theInitiative: How State Government Responds to DirectDemocracy, and co-editor of Voting at the Fault Line:California’s Experiment with the Blanket Primary andMichigan at the Millennium. She received her Ph.D. inPolitical Science from the University of Michigan.Edie N. Goldenberg is Professor of PoliticalScience and Public Policy. She served as theDirector of the Institute of Public Policy Studies(the forerunner to the Ford School) from 1987–1989and as Dean of the College of Literature, Science,and the Arts from 1989–1998. She is currentlyserving as faculty director of U-M’s undergraduatestudy semester in Washington, D.C. Her researchinterests include bureaucracy and the politics ofhigher education. She is author of Making thePapers: The Access of Resource Poor Groups to theMetropolitan Papers and co-author of Campaigningfor Congress. Edie served in the federal Office ofPersonnel Management and is a member of theNational Academy of Public Administration.She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

FACULTY 15Edward M. Gramlich is Professor of Economicsand Public Policy. Currently he is on leave toserve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.He has also served as Acting Director of theCongressional Budget Office and as Chair of the1994-96 Advisory Council on Social Security. Nedis the author of several books including, A Guide toBenefit Cost Analysis, and Is It Time to Reform SocialSecurity? At the Federal Reserve, he has been deeplyinvolved in low-income housing issues, consumerprotection laws, and loan guarantee programs, inaddition to questions of overall monetary policy.Ned teaches and does research in macroeconomics,fiscal policy, and distributional issues. A graduateof Williams College, he received his Ph.D. fromYale University.Richard L. Hall is Professor of Political Scienceand Public Policy. His research focuses onAmerican national politics. He has studied participationand representation and is currently doinga study of interest group lobbying in federal policymaking.Rick is the author of Participation inCongress. Prior to coming to the Ford School, heserved in a staff role on Capitol Hill. Rick teachesthe core course on the political environment ofpolicymaking. He received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Jude C. Hays is Assistant Professor of PoliticalScience and Public Policy. His research focuses onthe interconnections between the internationaleconomy and domestic politics. He has studiedthe effects of electoral politics on foreign exchangeand bond markets and the role that democraticinstitutions play in mediating the impact of economicglobalization on public finance. At the FordSchool, he teaches foreign policy analysis. Jude is agraduate of the University of Nebraska and receivedhis Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.James R. Hines Jr. is Professor of Public Policyand Economics, and Professor of BusinessEconomics at the Michigan Business School. Heis also Research Director of the UM Office of TaxPolicy Research. His research focuses on tax policy,examining the determinants of foreign directinvestment, the influence of tax regimes on thelocation and magnitude of R&D investment,export incentives, transfer pricing, the design oftax treaty policy, and the effects of tax policies onother activities of multinational firms. His researchalso explores issues related to tax compliance,the efficiency consequences of taxation, and theimpact of tax exemptions on nonprofit organizationsin the United States. A graduate of YaleCollege, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard.Brian Kahin holds faculty appointments in theFord School, the U-M School of Information, andthe Department of Communication Studies. Hiscurrent research focuses on patent policy and thechanging nature of knowledge. From 1997–2000Brian served as Senior Policy Analyst at the WhiteHouse Office of Science and Technology Policy,where he was responsible for issues in intellectualproperty, Internet policy, and electronic commerce.He was the founding director of HarvardInformation Infrastructure Project. He has editednumerous books on the social, economic, andpolicy implications of information technology,including most recently, Understanding the DigitalEconomy and Transforming Enterprise. Brian is a graduateof Harvard College and Harvard Law School.James A. Levinsohn is the J. Ira and Nicki HarrisFamily Professor of Public Policy and Professor ofEconomics. He also serves as Associate Dean ofthe Ford School. Jim’s research focuses on theeconometric analysis of microeconomic data andfalls into the fields of international trade, industrialorganization, and development economics.His recent policy-related work has been for thePresidency of South Africa (credit and poverty),the Ministry of Health of Botswana (HIV/AIDS),the World Bank (trade and poverty), and theNational Academy of Sciences (fuel economy standardsfor vehicles). Jim teaches microeconomics,international economics, and empirical developmenteconomics at the Ford School. He receivedhis M.P.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.GramlichHallHaysHinesKahinLevinsohnF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

16 F A CULTYFord School students participate in acommunity service project in Detroit.LinMcCraryRabeScheveSchoeniSeefeldtAnn Chih Lin is Associate Professor of PublicPolicy and Political Science. She studies how peopleinterpret policies, laws, and regulations, andthe effect those beliefs have on the implementationof policy. Her book, Reform in the Making,examined the implementation of prison rehabilitationprograms. Ann has also written on crime,immigration, poverty, race, and the aftermath ofSeptember 11th. She is on the board of variouslocal and national organizations and was formerlya social worker and administrator. She teachescourses on policymaking, immigration, governanceand implementation, and qualitative researchtechniques. Ann received her A.B. from Princetonand her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.Justin McCrary is Assistant Professor of Economicsand Public Policy. His primary research focus todate has been an examination of the role of thefederal courts in the racial integration of municipalpolice departments in the United States. He isalso interested in crime, health, development, andeconometric theory. At the Ford School, Justinteaches courses in statistics and in social policy.He received his Ph.D. in Economics from theUniversity of California at Berkeley.Barry Rabe is Professor of Public Policy at theFord School and Professor of EnvironmentalPolicy in the School of Natural Resources andEnvironment. He serves as Director of the Programon the Environment, a campus-wide undergraduateinitiative in environmental policy and science.Barry’s research examines a wide range of intergovernmentaland cross-boundary environmentalconcerns, focusing on the United States andCanada. Much of his recent work examines thepolitics of climate change and explores whyAmerican states have become far more active thatthe federal government in reducing greenhouse gasemissions. Barry serves as president of the publicpolicy section of the American Political ScienceAssociation and has just completed a 10-year termas editor of the American Governance and PublicPolicy book series for Georgetown University Press.He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.Kenneth Scheve is Associate Professor of PublicPolicy. His research focuses on international economicpolicymaking and comparative politicalbehavior. Ken has published articles on the politicsof trade, immigration, foreign investment, regionaleconomic integration, and macroeconomic policies.His current research interests also include studyingthe electoral behavior of voters and elites in ethnicallyheterogeneous societies. A graduate of theUniversity of Notre Dame, Ken received his Ph.D.from Harvard University.Robert F. Schoeni is Associate Professor of PublicPolicy and Research Associate Professor at theUniversity of Michigan Institute for Social Research.Trained as an economist, Bob’s research interestsinclude the economics and demography of aging,labor economics, welfare reform, and immigration.He has served as a senior economist for thePresident’s Council of Economic Advisers inWashington, D.C. and as Associate Director ofthe Labor and Population Program at RAND. Agraduate of Bowling Green State University, Bobreceived his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.Kristin Seefeldt is a Research Investigator at theFord School. Her primary research interests arepolicy development and implementation, in particularstate welfare and employment and trainingpolicies, as well as outcomes for current and formerwelfare recipients after welfare reform. She iscurrently engaged in a project tracking the wellbeingof a group of women transitioning from welfareto work. Kristin is the author of CQ Vital IssuesSeries: Welfare Reform as well as author or co-authorof numerous journal articles and policy reports.Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, sheworked at the Urban Institute and at the Centerfor Law and Social Policy. A graduate of GeorgetownUniversity, Kristin received her M.P.P. from theFord School.Carl Simon is Professor of Economics, Math, andPublic Policy. He is also the Director of the Centerfor the Study of Complex Systems. His researchinterests center around mathematical modelswhich involve natural dynamics or motion overWWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

FACULTY 17time. He has applied dynamic modeling to themovements of an economy over time, the spreadof AIDS, and the evolution of biological and economicsystems. Carl has also conducted researchon how political office holders manipulate economicparameters to achieve their goals. He isco-author of a textbook, Mathematics for Economists.Carl teaches calculus and courses focused onquantitative decision analysis. He received hisPh.D. from Northwestern University.Robert M. Stern is Professor Emeritus ofEconomics and Public Policy. His research focuseson multilateral trade agreements, the economiceffects of regional trading arrangements, and“sweatshop” issues including child labor exploitation.With Alan Deardorff, he has developed theMichigan Model of World Production and Trade.Bob is author of numerous publications on trade,international commodity problems, and balanceof-paymentpolicies. He has served as a consultantto the U.S. Departments of Labor, State, andTreasury, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,and the United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment. Bob teaches courses on internationaleconomic policy. He received his Ph.D. fromColumbia University.Katherine Terrell is Professor of InternationalBusiness and Business Economics and Professorof Public Policy. Her research interests are in laboreconomics and its applications in Latin Americaand Central and Eastern Europe. Her publishedwork includes analyses of income inequality, theincentive effects of unemployment insurance,labor mobility, female-male earnings differentials,and public-private wage differentials. Kathy servesas a consultant to the World Bank and is a memberof the Centre of Economic Policy Research.She teaches international labor markets and publicpolicy. Kathy received her Ph.D. at CornellUniversity.David Thacher is Assistant Professor of PublicPolicy and Urban Planning. Most of his researchcenters on the use of case studies and other socialscience methods to study values and ethics in publicpolicy, particularly in criminal justice policy,public management, and housing policy. He hasrecently published articles about order maintenancepolicing, inequality in criminal victimization, andthe management of interorganizational partnerships.He teaches courses in crime policy, publicmanagement, housing policy, and values andethics in public policy. David received his Ph.D.from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Robert P. Van Houweling is Assistant Professorof Political Science and Public Policy. He has beenselected as a Robert Wood Johnson FoundationScholar in Health Policy. As a result he is currentlyon leave, pursuing research at the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. Rob’s research and teachingfocus on American politics, with an emphasis onlegislative organization and behavior. His currentwork examines the role of party organizations in themodern U.S. Congress. Rob also studies electionsand representation, recently publishing an articleon the effects of a variety of voting technologieson the racial discrepancy in spoiled ballots in the2000 presidential election. A University of Michigangraduate, Rob received his Ph.D. at Harvard.Before entering graduate school, he served as alegislative assistant to Senator Tom Daschle.Maris A. Vinovskis is the A.M. Bentley Professorof History, Professor of Public Policy, and ResearchProfessor at the Center for Political Studies in theU-M Institute for Social Research. He hasauthored or co-authored nine books, the mostrecent, The Birth of Head Start: Preschool EducationPolicies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations,forthcoming from the University of Chicago Pressin 2005. Maris has served in Washington, DC asDeputy Staff Director of the U.S. House SelectCommittee on Population and as ResearchAdvisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Officeof Educational Research and Improvement. Hehas also been a consultant to the U.S. Departmentsof Education and Health and Human Services.Currently he is a member of the IndependentReview Panel for the Department of Education.Maris received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.SimonSternTerrellThatcherVan LouwelingVinovskisF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

18 F A CULTYWaltzWeissWhitmanYangAlgerCaproniSusan Waltz is Professor of Public Policy. Her professionalinterests focus on international humanrights and international development issues. Shehas a regional interest in the Middle East andNorth Africa, and her current research examinesthe contribution of small states to the politicalprocess of creating international human rightsstandards. Susan has served on the governingboards of Amnesty International and the AmericanFriends Service Committee, both Nobel PeaceLaureates. She is currently involved in internationalefforts to stem the illicit trade in small arms. Atthe Ford School, Susan teaches international publicpolicy, including courses on human rights andthe international politics of poverty. She receivedher PhD from the University of Denver.Janet A. Weiss is the Mary C. Bromage Professorof Business Administration and Professor of PublicPolicy. She also serves as Associate Provost forAcademic Affairs of the University, devoting nearlyall of her time to questions of higher educationpolicy and institutional change. Her research interestsfocus on the management of public and nonprofitorganizations and education reform. Janethas served as a consultant on policy design andevaluation to local, state, and federal agenciesand several national commissions, especially in thefield of education reform. She was the founder ofthe Nonprofit and Public Management Center atU-M that is a collaboration of the Schools ofBusiness and Social Work and the Ford School.Janet received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.Marina V.N. Whitman is Professor of BusinessAdministration and Public Policy. Her researchexamines questions of international trade andinvestment, changing relationships between firmsand their various constituencies, and the worldwideeconomic and social impact of globalization.Marina has served on the President’s Council ofEconomic Advisers and as a group vice-presidentat General Motors. She teaches a course, jointlywith Jude Hays, on globalization, public policy,and economic development. Marina received herPh.D. at Columbia University.Dean Yang is Assistant Professor of Public Policyand Economics. In the area of crime and corruption,he has examined the economics of crime displacementin the context of customs reforms inColombia and the Philippines. Dean also studiesthe causes of international migration and the consequencesfor source countries, with current workon El Salvador and the Philippines. At the FordSchool he teaches courses on the economics ofdeveloping countries and on microeconomics.Dean completed his undergraduate and Ph.D.degrees in economics at Harvard University.Adjunct FacultyJonathan Alger is Assistant General Counsel atthe University of Michigan, where he also teachesinterdisciplinary courses for the Schools of PublicPolicy, Information, Law, and Education. His areasof practice and scholarly interest include highereducation law and policy, affirmative action, intellectualproperty, free speech and media rights, andcyberspace law. Jonathan previously served aschief counsel for the American Association ofUniversity Professors in Washington, DC, attorneyadvisorin the U.S. Department of Education’sOffice for Civil Rights, and associate at the lawfirm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He is a widelyrecognized speaker and author on higher educationlegal issues and has given hundreds of presentationsthroughout the United States and overseas.Jonathan is a graduate of Swarthmore Collegeand Harvard Law School.Paula Caproni is Lecturer in the Ford School andon the Management and Organizations faculty ofthe U-M Business School. She is also Director ofProfessional Development for the Executive MBAProgram. Her research focuses on understandingand managing complex human relationships inorganizations. She is particularly interested inwhat characteristics and behaviors predict professionalsuccess. She is the author of The PracticalCoach: Management Skills for Everyday Life. Paula is aconsultant to numerous public and private sectororganizations. Her teaching interests include lead-WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

FACULTY 19ership, interpersonal skills, and team development.After receiving her M.B.A. from the University ofMassachusetts, Paula earned her Ph.D. at YaleUniversity.Elena Delbanco has been teaching at the FordSchool for the past seventeen years. Before that,she worked as a journalist, editor, and AssociateDirector of the Bennington Writing Workshops inVermont. With a background in social work, shetaught for Head Start and Mobilization for Youthin the 1960s and then developed and administerededucational programs at Phoenix House, New YorkCity’s residential drug treatment program. For tenyears, she worked as a therapist in the CounselingService at Bennington College in Vermont. At theFord School she teaches writing, joining her longterminterest in policy with her commitment to itsexcellent and persuasive articulation.David Morse teaches writing at the Ford School.For the past seven years, he has been involved in thestudy and teaching of the use of language. Beforecompleting a masters degree in fiction writing fromthe University of Michigan, he edited for an educationalnon-profit organization in Washington, DC,and taught English as a Second Language for twoyears in Iwakuni, Japan. David currently divides histime between tutoring at the Ford School and lecturingin the University’s Great Books program,where he teaches a recitation section for honorsfreshman on ancient Greek and Roman literature.Virginia Rezmierski is Adjunct Associate Professorof Public Policy and Information. Her professionalinterests focus on policy issues related to informationtechnology and the development of institutionalnorms to address these issues. She is particularlyinterested in privacy, the security of electronicrecords and systems, and access to/restrictions onpotentially offensive material on the Internet. Ginnyteaches two seminars, one on technology, emerginglaw, and applied policy and the other on ethics andvalues in information technology use. She is trainedas a psychologist and received her Ph.D. from theUniversity of Michigan.Douglas R. Ross is Lecturer in Public Policy. He hasserved in several capacities in state and federal government.Most recently he was Assistant Secretaryof Labor for Employment and Training at the U.S.Department of Labor. Previously he served asDirector of the Michigan Department of Commerceand as a member of the Michigan Senate. Dougalso has extensive private sector experience, includingserving as President of Michigan Future, Inc. aneconomic development organization. He is also thefounder of University Preparatory Academy, a charterschool in Detroit. Doug was an undergraduateat the University of Michigan and received hisM.P.A. from Princeton University.Craig Ruff is Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. He isPresident and CEO of Public Sector Consultants, aLansing, Michigan firm specializing in health, education,economic, environmental, and technology policy.Prior to joining the firm, he served for elevenyears in the executive office of the governor, workingprimarily on human services issues. Craig chairs theMichigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairsand the Partnership for Learning. He is a member ofmany other civic and charitable boards as well. Atthe Ford School, he teaches courses on state politicsand policies. Craig received his A.B. and his M.P.P.from the University of Michigan.DelbancoMorseRezmierskiRossRuffF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

Curriculum

CURRICULUM 21Degrees offeredThe Ford School offers the Master inPublic Policy (MPP), the Master in PublicAdministration (MPA), and Doctorate inPublic Policy and Social Science (Ph.D.)degrees. In addition, it offers a numberof combined degree programs with other professionalschools on the U-M campus. Most students enroll inthe 2-year MPP program. The MPA is a 1-year programdesigned for students who have considerable workexperience. The Ph.D. program, offered jointly withthe Departments of Economics, Political Science, orSociology, is designed for students who plan careersin social science and policy-related areas.MPP CORE COURSES513 Calculus529 Statistics555 Microeconomics A and573 Microeconomics Bor559 Accelerated Microeconomics560 Foreign Policy and the Management ofInternational Relationsor585 Political Environment of Policymaking580 Values, Ethics, and Public Policy587 Public Management638 Integrated Policy ExerciseMasters in Public PolicyThe MPP is designed for those who are interested in acareer in government or a career dealing with publicissues in the private or nonprofit sector. The programfocuses on developing the different kinds of analyticaland managerial skills required to understand and addresspublic issues. The degree requires 48 hours of graduatecredit and a ten-week internship, which is usually takenbetween the first and second year of the program. Studentstake core courses that develop a foundation of analyticalskills in economic, organizational, political, and quantitativefields. As core requirements are completed, studentstake additional courses in these areas and supplementtheir work with specialized courses in particular policyfields. Student may choose from virtually all graduateprograms at the University when selecting these courses.They are encouraged to choose a policy focus withinthe School and to augment those courses with offeringsfrom other departments and programs. Detailed degreerequirements can be found on the School’s website:www.fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum.Master in Public AdministrationThe MPA program is designed to enhance the analyticalabilities and management skills of professionals workingin the public and nonprofit sectors. The degree is designedto strengthen core skills for people already launched ontheir careers while also allowing them to deepen theirknowledge in substantive fields related to their long-termcareer interests. It is a one-year program requiring 30hours of graduate credit. Applicants must have five yearsof working experience at the time of admission as well asmeeting general admission requirements. Specific courserequirements and other information about the MPA programcan be found at: www.fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum.F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

22 CURRICULUMCLASS PROFILE — MASTER’S LEVELThe student body at the Ford School is a richmix of people from different backgrounds, differentparts of world, and with different kindsof experiences. The commonalities among ourstudents are a deep desire to make a differencein the world and a commitment to develop theskills needed to do so. Average class compositionfor the last three years reflects the diversityof the Ford School.Incoming class size: 81Degree sought: MPP 95%, MPA 5%Combined degrees (MPP and another master’slevel degree): 13%Gender: Men 46%, women 54%Minorities: 31%International students: 22%Work experience: 6+ years, 9%; 4-6years, 10%;1-4 years, 51%;

CURRICULUM 23Accelerated Undergraduate ProgramThe Ford School offers an accelerated program in publicpolicy for outstanding undergraduates enrolled in theU-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Studentsin political science, economics, or general studies maycomplete both the bachelor’s degree and the MPP infive years of study. Students complete their fourth yearof undergraduate study and their first year of graduatestudy concurrently. Detailed information can be foundat www.fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum.Doctorate in Public Policy and Social ScienceThe joint doctoral program, offered by the Ford Schooland the Departments of Economics, Political Science, orSociology provides students with full training in the theoreticaland methodological traditions of their social sciencediscipline. They then bring their disciplinary training tobear on key questions of public policy. With its extraordinaryquality and breadth of expertise in the social sciences,the University of Michigan is uniquely suited to train scholarsin the application of social science to the challenges ofpublic affairs.The doctoral program combines the interdisciplinarystrength and policy focus of the Ford School with internationallyrecognized social science departments at theUniversity of Michigan. In this program, students developa theoretical grounding in a social science discipline.This is combined with multi-disciplinary training in theeconomic, political, and institutional frameworks withinwhich policies are developed, implemented, administered,and evaluated, and includes training in a wide range ofmethods used to analyze policy outcomes and effects.Students are expected to specialize in a substantive policyarea as well, such as health, aging, poverty, internationaleconomics, human rights, tax policy, or immigration.Upon completion of the program, students go on topositions in academia or research organizations.The joint doctoral program is distinctive in offeringa strong disciplinary orientation to students as they begintheir work, providing extensive training in the empiricalmethods critical to data collection and analysis, offeringa wide array of research training opportunities, and facilitatingmultidisciplinary training and research which helpsto illuminate public policy issues.Requirements for the doctoral degree have beendeveloped by the Ford School and the Departmentsof Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. Fulldetails can be found on the Ford School website:www.fordschool.umich.edu, following the Ph.D. programlinks. Departmental requirements vary and students areencouraged to visit the relevant departmental websiteand read the program description carefully.Ph.D. in Public Policy and Economics(www.econ.lsa.umich.edu)Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science(www.polisci.lsa.umich.edu)Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology(www.lsa.umich.edu/soc)F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

24 CURRICULUMCoursesThe Ford School offers a wide range of courses.These can be grouped together in the followingbroad categories: methodologies of policy analysis,economic policy, U.S. social policy, international developmentand politics, public and nonprofit management, andthe politics of policymaking. Students often choose tofocus their course work within one of these areas. Otherstudents choose to sample from several areas, assemblingthe group of courses that will best prepare them for thework they want to do. Within and between these broadcategories, there are sub-groupings such as education policy,international trade, welfare and employment, globaldevelopment, and race and politics. By focusing on theseareas, students can bring further specialization to theirwork. Whatever method students choose for organizingtheir course work, they are encouraged to explore thepossibilities offered in other U-M schools as well. Crossdisciplinarywork is easy and encouraged. Faculty advisorsand the student services staff can provide suggestions andadvice about courses outside the School that might beparticularly useful.Course offerings of the last three years are given here.The list includes courses offered annually and specialcourses taught by visitors. The field and expertise of ourvisitors varies from year to year, but they consistently offerinteresting courses on topics of great interest to students.Many of the courses taught by visitors can be found underthe “Special Topics” heading for 700 level courses. For fullcourse descriptions, please visit the Ford School website:www.fordschool.umich and click on “courses” in the curriculumsection.All master’s level students are required to enroll in theIntegrated Policy Exercise each year. The IPE is a policysimulation held in the first week of January. It providesstudents with an opportunity to work intensively on a policyissue. The faculty leader divides students into teams representingdifferent constituencies with an interest in thepolicy being studied. Working in small groups, studentsare assigned to represent a particular viewpoint such aslobbying organization, elected politician, professionalorganization, or advocacy group. Each group spends theweek in consultation with experts on the topic, preparespolitical strategies to achieve their clients’ objectives, anddevelops policy positions for their group. The week culminatesin a negotiation process between all the groupsinvolved.Catherine Bertini, former Director ofthe World Food Program, taught acourse on international food policy.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

CURRICULUM 25FORD SCHOOL COURSES 2001–2003513 Calculus518 Information Technology in Small Nonprofit Organizations529 Statistics530 Economics of Regulation534 Economics of Developing Countries535 Regulating Business in the Rich Countries536 Economics and Social Policy541 International Trade Policy542 International Financial Policy555 Microeconomics A556 Macroeconomics558 Microeconomics B – Economic Decisionmaking559 Accelerated Microeconomics560 Foreign Policy and Management OfInternational Relations563 Politics of Environmental Sustainability569 Applied Regression Analysis570 Topics in Competition Policy571 Applied Econometrics572 Policy Models - Econometrics II575 Tax Policy and Business576 Social Policy and Business578 Applied Policy Seminar580 Values, Ethics, and Public Policy585 Political Environment of Policymaking587 Public Management600 Survey Methodology628 Issues in Education Policy636 Program Evaluation637 Field Training638 Integrated Policy Exercise652 Housing and Community Development670 Nonprofit Marketing671 Policy and Management in Nonprofit Sector673 International Security Affairs674 Economic and Social Policy — Selected Developing Country675 Human Rights and International Policy676 International Politics of Poverty and Development677 Immigration Policy679 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector678 Policy Advocacy680 Globalization and Public Policy682 Politics and Policy at the State Level684 Legislative Policy Process686 State and Local Policy687 Negotiation and Conflict Management688 Ideas and Expressions in the Information Age689 Equality in Public Policy692 Thinking About Crime693 Management of Election Campaigns695 Education Policy698 Practical Politics700 Directed Research720 Ethics, Values, and Information Dilemmas721 Race and Civil Rights Policy722 Race and Policy723 Wealth and Inequality726 Normative Theories of Taxation728 Information Tech. — Emerging Law and Policy730 Women and Employment Policy731 Distance Learning — South Africa732 Public Policy in Post-Secondary Education733 Issues in Higher Education Policy735 Managing Professional Relationships736 Poverty and Inequality738 Professional Issues in Public Policy740 Child and Family Health Policy741 Principles of Finance and Global Fin. Markets.742 International Trade and Investment744 Economics of the Public Sector746 Social Welfare Policy747 Topics in International Economic Policy749 Political Economy of Governmental Regulation750 Special Topics in Public PolicyPolicies for Changing Econ. KnowledgeThe European Union — Markets and PolicyInternational Food Policy751 Issues in ChinaChinese Foreign PolicyEconomic Reform Policies752 Africa — Agriculture, Hunger, and Development770 History and Policymaking810 Research Seminar for Ph.D. students815 Governance and Implementation836 Poverty and Public PolicyF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

26 CURRICULUMRECENT FORD SCHOOL INTERNSHIPSFederal GovernmentCongressional Budget Office, BudgetAnalysis DivisionWashington, DCExecutive Office of the President, Office ofManagement & BudgetWashington, DCExport-Import Bank of the United StatesWashington, DCGeneral Accounting Office, DefenseCapabilities & ManagementNorfolk, VAU.S. Agency for International Development,Bureau of Asia and the Near EastNew Delhi, IndiaU.S. Department of Agriculture, ForeignAgricultural ServiceLondon, EnglandU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau ofEconomic AnalysisWashington, DCU.S. Department of State, Office of PublicAffairsSan Salvador, El SalvadorU.S. Department of Treasury, InternationalAffairs DivisionWashington, DCU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,National Center for Patient SafetyAnn Arbor, MIU.S. Trade Representative, PermanentMission to the WTOGeneva, SwitzerlandState & Local GovernmentAnn Arbor Public Schools ResearchDepartmentAnn Arbor, MIBaltimore City Mayoral FellowshipBaltimore, MDCity of Chicago, Office of Budget &ManagementChicago, ILCity of Detroit, Office of the MayorDetroit, MICity of San Jose, City Manager’s OfficeSan Jose, CACommonwealth of Massachusetts, Office ofFinance & AdministrationBoston, MANew York City Department of HomelessServicesNew York, NYOregon Commission on Children andFamiliesSalem, ORState of Michigan, Governor’s Public PolicyFellowshipLansing, MIWashtenaw County, Criminal JusticeCollaborative CouncilAnn Arbor, MIInternational OrganizationsAsian Development BankManila, PhilippinesEuropean Bank for Reconstruction &DevelopmentLondon, EnglandOrganization for Economic Cooperation &DevelopmentParis, FranceUN Development Fund for WomenAlmaty, KazakhstanUN Office of the High Commissioner forHuman RightsGeneva, SwitzerlandUN World Food Program, HIV/AIDSDepartmentRome, ItalyUN World Food Program, Monitoring &Evaluation TeamHarare, ZimbabweUNICEF, Child Rights DivisionGeneva, SwitzerlandNonprofit & Non-GovernmentalOrganizationsAmnesty International, Stop ViolenceAgainst Women CampaignLondon, EnglandAshoka Innovators for the PublicMumbai, IndiaBay Area School Reform CollaborativeSan Francisco, CACARE Sri LankaColombo, Sri LankaCenter for European Policy StudiesBrussels, BelgiumElectronic Frontier Foundation – AudiovisualFree Expression CampaignSan Francisco, CAInitiative for a Competitive Inner CityBoston, MAMichigan Environmental CouncilLansing, MIMid-America Institute on PovertyChicago, ILNew York Industrial Retention NetworkNew York, NYPopulation Action InternationalWashington, DCUrban Institute, Income Benefits CenterWashington, DCWorld Resources Institute, Digital DividendsProjectWashington, DCPrivate SectorAltria Group, Inc., Corporate SocialResponsibilityNew York, NYDecision Economics, Inc.Boston, MANational Economic Research AssociatesNew York, NYPricewaterhouseCoopers, Tax Policy GroupHouston, TXTal Cual, Political SectionCaracas, VenezuelaTucker Alan, Health PracticeChicago, ILVan Scoyoc AssociatesWashington, DCVisteon Corp., Government AffairsDearborn, MIWWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

CURRICULUM 27InternshipsThe MPP degree requirements include a ten-weekpublic policy internship completed between thefirst and second years of the program. Internshipsallow students to apply their knowledge to significantproblems in the public, private, or non-profit sectors andprovide students the opportunity to develop and enhanceskills in areas of professional interest. Internships alsohelp students clarify their career direction, give perspectiveon the selection of second-year electives, and assiststudents in gaining experience and establishing networksof great value in securing employment after graduation.Internships may be with government agencies, publicinterest groups, non-profit organizations, internationalagencies, non-governmental organizations, or private sectorfirms. The Ford School has developed a substantialnetwork of agencies and organizations in the U.S. andabroad which have hosted FSPP interns. Career Servicesstaff work individually with students to assist them inidentifying and securing internships appropriate to theircareer needs and goals.The summer internship does not earn academic credit,however, completion of an approved internship is an academicdegree requirement of the MPP program. Studentscomplete an internship report at the end of the summersummarizing their experiences. First year students mayaccess these reports in the Career Services library to learnmore about the nature of the work, summer project deliverables,and the culture of a wide variety of organizations.“For my internship, Iworked at the UrbanInstitute’s Health PolicyCenter on an evaluationof state children’s healthinsurance programs (SCHIP). Using data submittedby SCHIP organizers from across thecountry, I wrote and presented a report on thechallenges of recruiting and retaining specialpopulations in SCHIP programs. I learned a lotabout the importance of qualitative analysis andwas able to put the writing and policy analysisskills I developed at the Ford School and thehealth economics and policy knowledge I gainedfrom the School of Public Health to good use.”— Uchenna Ukaegbu, MPP/MPH 2005F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

28 ABOUT THE SCHOOLCareer ServicesEmployers in both the public and private sectorsincreasingly demand the skills acquiredthrough graduate study in public policy. FordSchool graduates are actively recruited byemployers at all levels of government, privatesector firms, and international and non-profit organizationsin the US and abroad.The Career Services staff helps students connect withemployers by arranging on-campus interviews, posting jobopenings, and consulting with employers on effectivestrategies for recruiting Ford School students. The staffalso assists students in clarifying their interests and values,exploring career options, and developing successful strategiesfor securing internships and full-time positions.Programs and services available through the Ford Schoolinclude:Individual Career CounselingThe School’s size allows staff to work with each student todevelop personalized career plans and job search strategies.Students are encouraged to begin working with staffearly in their first semester to discuss career goals andstrategies to identify and secure summer internships.Career Programs & Professional Skills ProgramsCareer Services offers a wide range of programs to helpstudents explore careers and develop the professionalskills necessary to compete effectively in the job market.Programs include resume and cover letter writing workshopsand panel presentations where alumni and otherpolicy practitioners discuss the nature of their work andthe skills employers seek in hiring new professionals withintheir organizations. The School’s staff is actively involvedwith the Association of Policy Schools of InternationalAffairs, providing access to a host of international careerresources.On-Campus RecruitingThroughout the year, organizations interested in FordSchool students visit campus to present information sessionsand conduct interviews for both full-time and internshippositions. These on-campus visits provide studentswith the opportunity to connect face to face with employersspecifically interested in the skills of policy students.In addition, students are encouraged to take advantageof opportunities offered by the University’s centralizedcareer services office, The Career Center.Alumni ConnectionsFord School alumni are one of the greatest resourcesavailable to assist students in their career planning. Manyalumni return to Ann Arbor to share their expertise withcurrent students through information sessions, panel discussions,and mock interviews. Their first-hand knowledgeof the “world of work” provides students with an insider’sprospective on a variety of organizations and career fields.Alums also assist by informing the School of internshipand job opportunities within their organizations.Throughout the year, the School provides students withopportunities to formally and informally meet alumni.Each year, the School organizes a Washington D.C. trip,which includes a student-alumni networking receptionand presentations by alumni in their workplaces. Alumnireceptions are held annually. Alumni are also available byphone or e-mail to assist students in exploring careers andto serve as networking contacts.Additional information on Career Services can befound at www.fordschool.umich.edu/careers/.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

C AREER SERVICES 29EMPLOYERS OF RECENT GRADUATESFederal GovernmentCongressional Budget Office, Health CostEstimates UnitWashington, DCExecutive Office of the President, Office ofManagement & BudgetWashington, DCFederal Reserve Bank of New York, MarketsGroupNew York, NYGeneral Accounting Office, NaturalResources & Environment TeamWashington, DCFederal Bureau of Investigation,Counterterrorism DivisionWashington, DCU.S. Agency for International Development,Latin American BureauWashington, DCU.S. Department of Commerce,International Trade AdministrationWashington, DCU.S. Department of Justice, Immigration &Naturalization ServiceWashington, DCU.S. Department of State, Foreign ServiceBangkok, ThailandU.S. Department of Treasury, CommunityDevelopment Financial InstitutionsWashington, DCU.S. Environmental Protection Agency,Office of the Inspector GeneralChicago, ILU.S. Senate, Office of Senator Tom Daschle(South Dakota)Washington, DCState & Local GovernmentCalifornia Legislative Analyst’s OfficeSacramento, CACalifornia Public Utilities CommissionSan Francisco, CAChicago Public Schools, Strategic Planningand DevelopmentChicago, ILCity of Casper, Office of the City ManagerCasper, WYCity of Los Angeles, Office of EconomicDevelopmentLos Angeles, CACity of New York, Mayor’s Officeof OperationsNew York, NYMetropolitan Transit AuthorityNew York, NYState of Michigan, Senate Fiscal AgencyLansing, MIState of Minnesota, Office of the GovernorMinneapolis, MNState of New York, Division of the BudgetAlbany, NYNon-Profit OrganizationsAcademy for Educational Development,Civil Society and GovernanceWashington, DCBay Area World Trade CenterOakland, CABerkeley Policy AssociatesOakland, CACenter for Court InnovationNew York, NYCenter for What WorksNew York, NYChild Welfare LeagueWashington, DCEducation Commission of the StatesDenver, COGreenlining InstituteSan Francisco, CAMichigan Legal ServicesDetroit, MIMichigan Municipal LeagueAnn Arbor, MINational League of CitiesWashington, DCNational Governors Association, Center forBest PracticesWashington, DCThe Joyce FoundationChicago, ILInternational OrganizationsOrganization for Economic Cooperationand DevelopmentParis, FranceOverseas Economic Cooperation FundTokyo, JapanSouth CentreGeneva, SwitzerlandUNICEFGeneva, SwitzerlandUnited Nations Development ProgramNew York, NYUnited Nations Centre for InternationalCrime PreventionVienna, AustriaUnited Nations High Commissionerfor RefugeesZagreb, CroatiaWorld Bank, Poverty and Social ImpactAnalysis UnitWashington, DCPrivate SectorABT Associates, International Environment,Trade and AgricultureWashington, DCArthur Andersen, International Trade &Customs GroupNew York, NYBain, Cuneo e AssociatiMilan, ItalyBank of New York, Risk ManagementNew York, NYBooz Allen Hamilton, Change ManagementWashington, DCDeloitte Consulting, Public Sector PracticeSacramento, CAFord Motor Company FundDearborn, MIICF Consulting, Global Climate ChangeGroupFairfax, VAMoody’s Investors Service, US PublicFinanceNew York, NYNavigant ConsultingSan Francisco, CAPlanning and Development CollaborativeInternational (PADCO)Washington, DCRenaissance Holdings, Inc.Portland, ORSociété Général, Corporate and InvestmentBanking GroupHouston, TXF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

30 ABOUT THE SCHOOLAdmission & Financial AidMasters Programs Admissions“As I start my PresidentialManagement Fellowshipwith US AID, I am indebtedto the Career Services officefor the assistance I receivedin preparing for the PMF. The information sessions,interview prep, and alumni networking were allimmensely helpful. That preparation, combinedwith the quantitative skills I learned throughcourses and my summer internship at USTR inGeneva enabled me to secure one of my “dream”jobs.” — Bulbul Gupta, MPP 2004, Office of Strategicand Performance Planning US Agency for InternationalDevelopmentThe School seeks applicants from a diversity ofacademic backgrounds—aiming for a blendfrom among social science majors interestedin adding analytical and managerial problemsolvingskills to their knowledge of the economic,social, and political environments of public policy;students with training in the physical sciences, mathematics,engineering, and humanities who seek to adapt theirskills and problem-solving orientation to public sectorissues and acquire greater knowledge of the public sector;and people who have been employed in positions relatedto the public sector and wish to gain additional knowledgeand skills through graduate work.The most efficient and preferred application method isthrough the web. Applicants are encouraged to submit theUniversity of Michigan Rackham Graduate School’s on-lineapplication (https://apply.embark.com/Grad/UMich/).Applicants who are already enrolled in another UMRackham program follow a different procedure andshould review the information at the Ford School website:www.fordschool.umich.edu/admissions.Application forms are also available in PDF at:http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Admis/rackhamalt.htmlApplicants who cannot access the Internet should contactthe Ford School (fsppadmit@umich.edu or (734)764-0453)to request a CD version of the forms.WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

ADMISSION & FINANCIAL AID 31Rackham grants application fee waivers on a limited basisto United States citizens and permanent residents who fallinto one of the following categories: current and formerTeach for America Corps members, Peace Corps members,Truman Scholars, and Public Policy & InternationalAffairs Fellows (PPIA). Full information is available atwww.fordschool.umich.edu/admissions. The School alsohas partnerships with the Edmund S. Muskie/FreedomSupport Act Graduate Fellowship Program (www.soros.org),the Ford Foundation International Fellows Program(www.iie.org) and the Fulbright Scholars Program(www.iie.org) and invites applications from participantsin these programs.Fee waivers are available on a limited basis to applicantsexperiencing financial hardship. Address questionsabout these waivers to Rackham and visitwww.rackham.umich.edu/Admis/pdfforms/fee_policy.pdffor more information. International students are noteligible for fee waivers.Financial Aid and Employment OpportunitiesStudents seeking financial assistance as they pursuegraduate studies at the Ford School should explore threeprimary funding sources at the University of Michigan:• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy(www.fordschool.umich.edu)• U-M Office of Financial Aid(www.finaid.umich.edu)• Rackham School of Graduate Studies(www.rackham.umich.edu)In addition to these resources, students often find additionalfinancial assistance through other University ofMichigan departments. Students interested in internationalpolicy should contact the International Institute by visitingtheir website at www.umich.edu/~iinet. This website providesa wealth of information about funding resources opento both domestic and international students. A number ofFord School students serve as graduate student instructors(GSI), both at the school and in other departments oncampus. Openings for GSI positions are typically postedin March for the upcoming fall semester and in Octoberfor the upcoming winter semester.Many Ford School students seek employment opportunitiesthat use the skills they are developing while in graduateschool. There are a number of research and work-studypositions available on campus. In the past students haveworked at the Institute for Social Research, the Instituteof Science and Technology, the Office of the Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs, the Transplant Policy Center, theGreat Lakes Trade Adjustment Center, and the University’sOffice of Government Relations. In addition to workingon campus, students are encouraged to consider the possibilityof off-campus employment in policy-related positions.In recent years students have worked for the City ofAnn Arbor, the Michigan Municipal League, WashtenawCounty, the Ann Arbor Art Center, the WashtenawDevelopment Council, and the Non-Profit Enterprises atWork (NEW) Center. The Ford School’s Career Servicesoffice maintains a binder of resources and job leads toassist students in finding part-time work opportunities.F ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

32 ADMISSION & FINANCIAL AIDDoctoral ProgramAdmissionsApplications for the joint doctoral program are availableon-line through the Rackham School of Graduate Studieswebsite at www.rackham.umich.edu (follow links to admissions).Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit theirapplications using the on-line process. However, if you donot have reliable internet access you can request a CDapplication by writing to fordschoolphd@umich.edu orto the address listed below (include your full mailingaddress). Applicants must designate their interest inEconomics, Political Science, or Sociology at the time ofapplying and must be accepted by both the Ford Schooland that department. (Note that students applying toSociology must designate a program area within Sociologyat the time they apply. This can be changed after enrollment.)Joint Doctoral Program in Public Policy and Social ScienceGerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyUniversity of Michigan440 Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan StreetAnn Arbor, MI 48109-1220Financial AidDoctoral students will be supported by a combination offellowships, research assistantships, and teaching stipendsfor five years, as long as they maintain satisfactory progressin the program. Students are encouraged to seek bothteaching and research experience.Students are strongly encouraged to seek out fellowshipsfrom external sources. The Rackham Fellowships officeprovides an extensive list of University and non-Universitysources for graduate students. Applicants can access thisinformation at www.rackham.umich.edu, following linksfor prospective students, fellowships, and recruitment.Fellowships from external sources often offer multi-yearpackages of support. Applicants who are U.S. citizens orpermanent residents may wish to investigate the NationalScience Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships(www.nsf.gov) and Jacob Javits Graduate Fellowship(www.ed.gov). Several additional fellowships are open toU.S. minority applicants: the Ford Foundation PredoctoralFellowships for Minorities (www.nas.edu), the AmericanPolitical Science Association Minority Fellowships(www.apsanet.org), and the American SociologicalAssociation Minority Fellowships Program(www.asanet.org).WWW.FORDSCHOOL.UMICH.EDU

From the PresidentWelcome to the University of Michigan,one of our country’s great public universities.One of the many reasons Iam thrilled to be part of this university communityis because of its long-standing commitment todiversity. I firmly believe that we can learn some oflife’s most important lessons from each other. Themore varied the perspectives represented, the richerour education. Our differences—whether theybe the academic questions that engage us, age, economicbackground, gender, or race, to name just afew—bring a buoyancy to our campus communityand help create the intellectual vitality that makesMichigan internationally renowned.Since its founding more than one hundred andeighty years ago, the University has aspired to providean outstanding education to a diverse studentpopulation. Former President James B. Angell,in his 1879 commencement address, said, “Goodlearning is always catholic and generous. . . .It frowns on caste and bigotry. It spurns the artificialdistinctions of conventional society. It greets allcomers whose intellectual gifts entitle them toadmission to the goodly fellowship of cultivatedminds. It is essentially democratic in the best senseof that term.”Several years ago, Michigan’s faculty, through theUniversity Senate, reaffirmed its commitment “torecruiting and maintaining a culturally and raciallydiverse student body and faculty that are representativeof contemporary society, and to assuring thatthese diverse influences are respected and incorporatedinto the structure of the University.”I am proud to belong to an academic communitythat historically has embraced diversity and is ascommitted today to this ideal as it was during thedays of President Angell. I invite you to join me insupporting Michigan’s ongoing efforts to promotean appreciation of and openness to the viewpointsand contributions of others.Sincerely,Mary Sue ColemanPresident, University of MichiganF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

The Gerald R. FordSchool of Public PolicyThe University of Michigan440 Lorch HallAnn Arbor, Michigan 48109-1220Telephone 734 764-0453http://www.fordschool.umich.eduRegents of the University of MichiganDavid A. Brandon, PlymouthLaurence B. Deitch, Bingham FarmsOlivia P. Maynard, GoodrichRebecca McGowan, Ann ArborAndrea Fischer Newman, Ann ArborAndrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe ParkS. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe FarmsKatherine E. White, Ann ArborMary Sue Coleman, ex officioThe University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/affirmativeaction employer, complies with allapplicable federal and state laws regardingnondiscrimination and affirmative action,including Title IX of the Education Amendmentsof 1972 and Section 504 of the RehabilitationAct of 1973. The University of Michigan iscommitted to a policy of non-discrimination andequal opportunity for all persons regardless ofrace, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin orancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation,disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status inemployment, educational programs and activities,and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may beaddressed to the University’s Director ofAffirmative Action and Title IX/Section 504Coordinator, 4005 Wolverine Tower, Ann Arbor,Michigan 48109-1281, (734) 763-0235, TDD(734) 647-1388. For other University ofMichigan information call (734) 764-1817.Copyright 2004 The Regents of the Universityof Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.Program requirements and course offerings aresubject to change.