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ANN ARBOR—What is the impact of a liberal arts education on students’ lives? University of Michigan researchers were recently awarded a $1.1 million grant extension to answer this question with greater richness than previously possible. For more than two years, the College and Beyond II project at U-M has been asking this question, and others,… Continue reading U-M team examines liberal arts impact on students’ lives a decade after graduation

ANN ARBOR – This episode of Michigan Minds is part of a special series from the University of Michigan Public Engagement & Impact in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President for Research on firearm injury prevention. Download this episode As part of the Michigan Minds Firearm Injury Prevention Series, Lisa Wexler, PhD, joins… Continue reading Michigan Minds – Firearm Injury Prevention Series: Safe Firearm Storage with Lisa Wexler

ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan will launch a new Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention to generate knowledge and advance innovative solutions that reduce firearm injury, a public health crisis that leads to more than 100 deaths per day across the United States. “Firearm violence led to nearly 40,000 deaths nationwide last year, and… Continue reading Michigan Minds Special Series: Firearm Injury Prevention

ANN ARBOR—A falloff in consumer confidence in May is due to surging inflation that consumers anticipate will persist in the year ahead, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Record proportions of consumers reported higher prices across a wide range of discretionary purchases, including homes, vehicles and household durables. The impact of higher… Continue reading Record concerns about rising prices

ANN ARBOR – In the nearly 20 years that University of Michigan social work professor Trina Shanks has lived in Detroit and researched issues related to the impact of poverty, she’s gotten much closer to solutions. Shanks, director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being, faculty associate at the Survey Research Center at… Continue reading How to improve family well-being in Detroit

ANN ARBOR—Now that many schools nationwide have announced plans to hold in-person sessions this fall, questions have been raised about what’s next for students who spent much of the last year learning virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pamela Davis-Kean, a University of Michigan professor of psychology and research professor at the Institute for Social Research,… Continue reading Schools, parents should use summer to prepare their K-12 students for fall in-person classes

ANN ARBOR – News images of immigrants have an effect on some Americans’ attitudes towards immigration, a new University of Michigan study shows. Photos of large groups of immigrants, such as the migrant caravan, may decrease support for immigration. Images of individuals, however, produce the opposite effect. In line with work on “person positivity,” personalized… Continue reading News photos shape immigration attitudes

ANN ARBOR—Career and technical education programs could offer one way of bolstering educational attainment among and providing valuable job skills to students with disabilities, according to a new University of Michigan study. The research from the Youth Policy Lab looks at career and technical education participation among students with disabilities in Michigan, and shows numerous tangible… Continue reading Career, technical education provides pathway for students with disabilities, U-M study shows

ANN ARBOR—Fertility rates in the United States have hit an all-time low—and have cratered since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Pamela Smock, a research professor in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and a professor of sociology, discusses how the blend of changing social attitudes, a changing… Continue reading What’s behind the falling U.S. birthrate?

ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education Wednesday, May 12: https://youtu.be/tljr0Ox4W_Q At the end of the school year in 2020 parents, educators, and researchers, wondered how to deal with the “COVID slide” related to achievement… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education