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November 12, 2019
James Hilton, vice provost for academic innovation, says universities looking to innovate should not just put existing degree programs online, but think deeper about how they could change instruction to serve different groups of students: “There’s an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine how we deliver education for this century, for this technology, this economy, this political environment.”
Inside Higher Ed -
November 12, 2019
Comments by Marjorie Treadwell, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Courtney Townsel, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, were featured in an article about the 13-year-high preterm birth rate in Detroit, according to statistics from the state of Michigan. “I think the entire medical community continues to be frustrated with the health disparities that we continue to see. I think it’s highlighted by cities like Detroit, which have high rates of African American patient populations,” Townsel said.
Detroit Free Press -
November 12, 2019
“By any measure, the state’s takeover of Detroit schools was a failure. But it was also a constitutional abdication. Though the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution does not require absolute equality in educational outcomes, it has also emphasized that a basic education is of fundamental, constitutional importance. … There can be no doubt that the state is responsible for Detroit’s plight,” wrote Eli Savit, lecturer in law.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2019
Daniel Crane, the Frederick Paul Furth Sr. Professor of Law, was quoted in a story about how the rising movement in the United States to consider charging the country’s biggest tech companies with violating antitrust laws is running headlong into powerful and well-funded conservatives and libertarians committed to pushing back on those efforts.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2019
“ISIS will focus on ensuring that its toxic worldview persists and survives, despite all the setbacks it has suffered the past few years. … With this certainty, ISIS’ propaganda and recruiting techniques will likewise find currency with vulnerable refugee populations caught up in Syria’s war-torn landscape,” co-wrote Javed Ali, the Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The Hill -
November 11, 2019
Research by Roya Ensafi, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and colleagues shows that Russia is succeeding in imposing a highly effective internet censorship regime across thousands of disparate, privately owned providers in an effort also aimed at making government snooping pervasive. “As other governments decide to crack down on the free flow of information online, they may follow Russia’s game plan,” said Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who was not involved with the study.
The Associated Press -
November 8, 2019
“There’s a real disconnect between the manufacturing economy and the rest of the economy right now, and our Michigan economy is more manufacturing-heavy than the nation as a whole. I don’t think we’re in a psychological crisis zone in Michigan but I think the key is to avoid letting it get much worse,” said Gabriel Ehrlich, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, on Michigan’s slowing economy and soft labor market.
The Washington Post -
November 8, 2019
Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication and political science, and research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research, says election poll results sound so definitive, like the results of a running race. But polling and the statistical modeling underlying the results involve a set of assumptions that are not usually made explicit, such as figuring out how representative survey respondents are of the general population and the people who will turn out to vote, he says.
The Christian Science Monitor -
November 8, 2019
“I think people don’t care as much about taxes as they care about how their life is going. … We’ve continued to see the gains go disproportionately to the top. And we’ve continued to see the bottom 90 percent — it’s just not all working for them,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, who helped develop a list of possible tax increases and spending cuts that presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren drew on to fund her health care proposal.
The New York Times -
November 7, 2019
The U.S. system of enterprise collective bargaining, where unions bargain only with one company at a time, has become a mismatch with the way the economy is organized, says Kate Andrias, professor of law. She points out that wages are higher and income inequality is lower in countries like France and Germany where sectoral bargaining is common.
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