John Hope Franklin Central Michigan University’s NASPAA accredited MPA program is a founding member of the TIGRE Net.
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey. The Transnational Initiative on Governance Research and Education Network, or “TIGRE Net,” is an international group of scholars, students and field specialists dedicated to identifying the opportunities and challenges public managers con
10/20/2019
Teaching and Learning Politics and Government in the Age of Complexity The proposed panel seeks to foster in-depth discussions about existing and emerging approaches to teaching and learning politics and government in the twenty-first century. We will examine existing pedagogical designs, tools, and methods considering recent shifting global political currents, the gro...
08/27/2019
Please consider submitting your abstract to the panel[s] we're convening at the in Lisbon. We will focus on "Teaching and Learning Politics and Government in the Age of Complexity." Details here: https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/panel/teaching-and-learning-politics-and-government-age-complexity. Submit by Oct. 10!
Teaching and Learning Politics and Government in the Age of Complexity The proposed panel seeks to foster in-depth discussions about existing and emerging approaches to teaching and learning politics and government in the twenty-first century. We will examine existing pedagogical designs, tools, and methods considering recent shifting global political currents, the gro...
Quite a disturbing development in Detroit's "renaissance."
10/28/2017
Thank you for Eastern Michigan University for organizing this year's meeting of the Michigan Political Science Association https://www.mipsanet.org/conference.
We had a TIGRE Net panel with new friends and colleagues as well as old ones. — with Thomas Greitens, David E. Rutledge, Sohee Jeon, Nancy Quarles and Kyla Stepp in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
02/08/2017
We're pleased to welcome Ivo Hristov as a TIGRE Net visiting researcher at CMU. He is completing his Ph.D in Business and Management in the Department of Management and Law at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata. His main research fields include Performance Management and Management Accounting. He has teaching experience in Accounting and Managerial Accounting. We're providing a link to one of his recent articles:
http://file.scirp.org/pdf/JSS_2016112914560715.pdf.
10/17/2016
Workshop in Detroit, October 2016
10/14/2016
Thank you to Jose Ignacio Acevedo for sharing these files. I encourage everyone to review if you have some time to do so.
Detroit Future City has published a strategic plan for Detroit. Workshop participants should review this.
http://detroitfuturecity.com/framework/
Detroit Future City Strategic Framework | Detroit Future City DFC Strategic Framework FAQ Detroit Future City Strategic Framework Blueprint For Detroit’s Future The Detroit Strategic Framework, articulates a shared vision for Detroit’s future, and recommends specific actions for reaching that future. The vision resulted from a 24-month-long public process that...
For those of you who like to poke around with data, I strongly encourage you to visit this site.
http://datadrivendetroit.org/portfolio/
10/11/2016
We'll have some handouts at the workshop, but you can visit the following organizations' web pages for some background information on the methodology we'll be using.
https://www.kettering.org/
http://www.theworldcafe.com/
10/09/2016
Some good information and images as background.
Detroit: The Motor City's Rebirth in Images | Metro Jacksonville Detroit is a place on the move. Largely overlooked by negative media coverage , the reactivation of a great American city's urban core is well underway. Ultimately, words can't describe the turnaround underway in the city's core. Here's a narrative tour photographic look at the Motor City's rebirth…
10/09/2016
This is a good overview of some of the challenges to housing and redevelopment. http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/detroits-rebirth-as-americas-great-comeback-city-hits-roadblock-as-taxes-kill-homeowners-dreams
Detroit's rebirth as 'America's Great Comeback City' hits roadblock as taxes kill homeowners' dreams Detroit has the highest property taxes of any big U.S. city, and they are pegged to assessments out of whack with the 48% plunge in home values over the past decade