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Local leaders support reforming Michigan’s system of funding local government

January 1, 2013

This report presents the views of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding both the state’s system of funding local government and their jurisdictions’ ability to provide public services in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The findings are...

Student Working Papers

Disparities in Green Infrastructure Implementation in Washtenaw County, Michigan

June 1, 2018

Aleah Rogalski

Many Michigan cities’ water infrastructure are unable to handle excessive stormwater which can result in flooding or combined sewer overflows. Green infrastructure has been used as a solution to allow water to naturally infiltrate into the ground,...

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Local leaders support eliminating Michigan’s Personal Property Tax if funds are replaced, but distrust state follow-through

November 1, 2012

As state lawmakers consider reform and partial elimination of Michigan’s Personal Property Tax (PPT), this report presents local government leaders’ assessments of the PPT and its impact on their jurisdictions, as well as their views on potential...

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Beyond trust in government: government trust in citizens?

March 1, 2013

This is the first of several reports on the opinions of Michigan’s local government leaders regarding citizen engagement in their jurisdictions. This report focuses on the levels of trust local officials feel toward their citizens as responsible...

Student Working Papers

The Prioritization of the Prisoner Community Versus the Host-Community in the Relocation of Utah’s Draper State Prison

June 1, 2018

Anna Silver

A sea of carceral facilities has quietly seeped across the U.S. in the past several decades, yet almost no peer-reviewed research documenting the effect of a prison’s location on prisoners exists. To begin reversing this silence, this paper realizes...

Student Working Papers

Reinvest in Adult Workforce Development

March 1, 2019

Kelia Washington

A decade of major job loss resulted in declining government revenue, wages, and youth population in Michigan, all of which has place economic strain on the state and its residents. Michigan, once the leader in auto industry manufacturing, now...

Student Working Papers

Alleviating Racial Disparities in Urban Communities: A Two-generation Approach

May 12, 2020

Lindsey Barrett

The most recent U.S. American Community Survey revealed that despite a second year of growth for median income in Michigan, poverty rates for residents in the state’s poorest cities-- Detroit and Flint-- have stagnated. Survey results also uncover...

Student Working Papers

Autonomous Vehicle Development in Michigan

March 1, 2019

Paige Brogan

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are the transportation of the future, promising mobility like the world has never seen. The development of this technology is still underway, and a finished product is years-to-decades away. Michigan should fight to be the...

Education

The Education Policy Initiative at CLOSUP

July 2007 - June 2012

NOTE: EPI was launched as a research initiative at CLOSUP in 2007 but is now operating as a stand-alone initiative within the Ford School. For current information on EPI, see the current EPI website. Otherwise, information regarding EPI on CLOSUP's website is for archival purposes only, intended to document EPI's startup phase when it was housed within CLOSUP. Summary: Under the leadership of former CLOSUP Director Brian Jacob, in the Fall of 2007 CLOSUP launched the Education Policy Initiative (EPI), a program of coordinated activities designed to bring the latest academic knowledge to...

Student Working Papers

Ethics & Transparency in Michigan: A State Falling Behind

March 1, 2019

Nick Guisinger

The United States Government and the various state governments all have laws establishing rules around government ethics and transparency. These are put in place to avoid conflicts of interest or corruption among public officials and to ensure that...

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