Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside U Michigan  U Michigan News Roosevelt Vanguard dream.DETROIT Upcoming Events The University of Michigan's first dream.DETROIT installment, Art and Urban Development in Detroit. dream.DETROIT is a year-long community development project. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." — Franklin Roosevelt    Center on Education > Roosevelt Home > U Michigan > Education Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: Updated: 6/24/2008 Mission Statement: The University of Michigan Roosevelt Institution Policy Center on Education believes that education creates the foundation for any functional modern society. With this basic belief in mind, this organization plans to create education policy that takes local needs and socio-economic issues into account. The Center also hopes to bring education issues to the forefront of the academic discourse at the University of Michigan through media presentations and discussion forums open to the university community. 2007-2008 Education Center Policy Leadership: Policy Center Director:  Lesley H Plimpton Meetings: Undecided for Winter 2008 Group members: Lesley H Plimpton Virginia C Bailey Mallory A Bressler Kristy L Garvey Alena R Levine Kirsten E McAlister Joshua P Nussbaum Kat Oshman Naamah B Paley Erica A Zviklin   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359