Detroit Free Press and Deadline Detroit quoted Terry Cooper of the USC Price School on whether it is unusual for a city government to raise funds for a nonprofit. Cooper, the USC professor, said the…
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Perhaps no major city in the United States has faced more difficult economic challenges in recent years than Detroit. On Oct. 15, the USC Price School of Public Policy’s Bedrosian…
View more photos of the event here. The Leading from the West speaker series, is a platform that offers insight into effective governance through conversations with leaders that have guided…
by Donnajean Ward I’ve written a lot about Detroit these past few months. It’s my home town so almost every media mention gets my click and it seems like everyone…
by Robyn Burleson On October 15, the Price community welcomes Kevyn Orr to campus as part of the Leading from the West speaker series, in partnership with the USC Price Athenian…
by Donnajean Ward In May of this year, I accompanied a group of USC Price undergraduates to Detroit for a week to not only visit and view the oft-discussed decline…
by Donnajean Ward Detroit is famous for a lot of things and more and more the city is becoming known for urban farming. During our week-long visit as part of the…
by Donnajean Ward Last month, from May 17-23, 2015, I was a member of a team taking a group of 15 undergraduates from USC Price to the City of Detroit as…
by Jeremy Loudenback After a year in which stories about cities facing bankruptcy from Detroit to San Bernadino were widely reported, it’s no secret that the fiscal health of many local…
by Jeremy Loudenback The judge in Detroit’s bankruptcy case is already having a big impact on how other cities on the brink of bankruptcy deal with employee public pensions. According to…
by Jeremy Loudenback In July, the city of Detroit found itself in trouble again, attracting the headlines that have earned it an ugly reputation for urban and social dysfunction. After…
Raphael Bostic penned an opinion piece for The Orange County Register on how Detroit is an example of good governance, perhaps particularly as the city’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing gets…