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Announcing winter 2023 Ford School events

Jan 11, 2023
 The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for the winter 2023 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise...
EPI Speaker Series

Higher skills: How can higher education meet the ever-evolving needs of the labor market?

Oct 27, 2023, 8:30 am-3:00 pm EDT
Michigan League Second Floor, Michigan room
The goal of the conference is to facilitate dialogue between policymakers, practitioners, and researchers around the changing nature of skill demand in the U.S. workforce and how postsecondary institutions can better respond to these changes. The conference is made possible through funding from the National Science Foundation.  
EPI Speaker Series

New perspectives on college choice: The role of family, gender, and career planning in the education decisions of college ready students from families with low incomes

Feb 16, 2023, 12:00-12:50 pm EST
1210 Weill Hall
Postsecondary education plays a vital role in promoting intergenerational mobility in the United States; however, there are large and growing gaps in college attendance, college quality, and college completion rates by family income. As a policy response, colleges and universities have tried to increase economic diversity, and several interventions have been promising.