Education Policy Initiative

1. June 5, 2024

   Study: Higher education responds to labor‑market needs

   Do universities respond to the changing needs of industry by offering curriculums that provide students with skills they need on the job? Yes, according to a new study.

2. January 26, 2023

   Transitional kindergarten widely available, supported

   New findings by U-M’s Education Policy Initiative provide the first systematic description of transitional kindergarten, one of the largest early learning options the state funds.

3. May 10, 2022

   Public school investment reduces adult crime, study shows

   Increased investment in public schools pays off through reductions in adult crime, according to a new U-M study from the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative.

4. May 19, 2021

   Report: HAIL scholarship program boosts students’ trajectory

   HAIL, a U-M scholarship program that launched five years ago for high achieving, low-income students in Michigan, has boosted applications and enrollment while helping to diversify the student body.

5. July 20, 2020

   Campus briefs

   Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

6. December 1, 2016

   Survey shows charter school practices similar to public schools

   A new study by U-M’s Education Policy Initiative shows Michigan’s charter schools follow similar practices as the traditional public schools that their students would otherwise attend.