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The value of residential Liberal Arts education: Lessons from COVID-19

Oct 23, 2020, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
The Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is an exploratory project to develop and implement a state-of-the-art measurement project to improve our understanding of the value of undergraduate educational experiences, and promote evidence-based models of undergraduate student success.

Taking the measure of the Liberal Arts

Sep 15, 2020, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
Join us for a year-long series of virtual panel discussions and seminars exploring the values, dimensions, and outcomes of liberal arts education, and how they might be measured.

Ford School Reunion

Oct 4-5, 2019, 12:00-6:00 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
We'll be celebrating this fall! Save the date and join us for the Ford School Reunion!
Ford School

2019 Ford School Commencement

May 4, 2019, 4:30-6:30 pm EDT
Rackham Auditorium
The Ford School is proud to celebrate the achievements of the graduating classes of 2019!

Silvia Robles Seminar

Aug 21, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Daniel Kreisman Seminar

Aug 15, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

The AP Program and College Outcomes

Jul 31, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Amanda Ketner Seminar

Jul 24, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Emanuele Bardelli Seminar

Jul 10, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Improving Equality of Opportunity in America: New Insights from Big Data

Jun 21, 2018, 4:00-5:20 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
This talk will show how children’s chances of climbing the income ladder vary across neighborhoods, analyze the sources of racial disparities in intergenerational mobility, and discuss the role of higher education in creating greater income mobility. 
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Are RCTs an Efficient Approach to Structure the Field of Program Evaluation?

Jun 19, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Brian Jacob Seminar

Jun 12, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

Public Transfers and the Educational Attainment of Poor Mothers

Jun 5, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
About CIERS: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School

College Major Choice and the Dot-Com Crash

May 29, 2018, 8:30-10:30 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Occupation Choice - Worker Skills and Occupation Tasks

May 22, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Efficient Coverage of Community College Taxing Districts

Apr 18, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
About CIERS: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Ford School
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth

Apr 11, 2018, 8:30-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall, Room 3240
Wealth is highly correlated between parents and their children; however, little is known about the extent to which these relationships are genetic or determined by environmental factors. We use administrative data on the net wealth of a large sample of Swedish adoptees merged with similar information for their biological and adoptive parents.
Ford School