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Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Workshop Archive Spring 2016 March 28 Lauren Sartain, Senior Researcher, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research The Benefits of Being a Big Fish: Incoming Rank and Student Outcomes More > April 11 Jonathan Davis, Doctoral Student, Chicago Harris Deferred Acceptance Mechanisms Can Improve Match Quality: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Teach for America Pilot More > April 18 Nadav Klein, Postdoctoral Scholar, Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab, Chicago HarrisOf Inspiration and Personal Improvement: Understanding When and Why People Believe in Their Own and Others' Potential More > April 25 Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Doctoral Student, Chicago Harris Collateral Consequences of Exclusionary Discipline (with Lauren Sartain) More > May 2 Pallavi Vyas, Doctoral Student, Chicago Harris The Impact of Higher Education on Teen Birth Rates More > May 9 Jennifer Augustine, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina U.S. Mothers' Pursuit of Additional Education and Their Children's Well-Being More > May 23 William Schneider, Doctoral Student, Columbia University Relationship Transitions and the Risk for Child Maltreatment More > May 25 Stefanie Schurer, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Early Life Health Interventions and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Special Care Nursery Assignment in Australia's Northern Territory More > Fall 2015 October 5 Andrés Hojman, Department of Economics Doctoral Student & Senior Research Assistant -
Research Strongly Supports Investment in Early Childhood Education
EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 Research strongly supports investment in early childhood education. As policymakers debate investing in quality early childhood education programs, they should note the widespread agreement among researchers about the value of such programs. An extensive body of research in education, developmental psychology, neuroscience, medicine and economics shows that quality early childhood education programs produce better education, health, economic and social outcomes for children, families, and the nation. As researchers, we urge policymakers to make decisions based on the full body of scientific knowledge about early education and child development. We provide this research summary to support and guide future investment in quality early childhood education programs. Quality early childhood education can reduce the achievement gap. Too many American children start school inadequately prepared to succeed. Gaps in cognitive, linguistic, social, and emotional skills due to unequal opportunities become evident well before children enter kindergarten. The resulting achievement gap widens as children progress through school, despite strong efforts at remediation. The long-term consequences include high rates of school failure, grade repetition, inappropriate special education placements, and dropout; involvement in risky behaviors and crime; and, even higher risk for adult chronic disease including hypertension, heart disease, obesity and diabetes. These problems are not limited to the poor: many children who fail a grade and drop out are from middle-income families. The costs of remediation, social dependency, poor health, and lost productivity are very high to individuals and our nation. Access to quality early childhood education is essential. The early learning programs and child care that many parents can afford are not of good enough quality to appreciably affect early disparities in development. -
History of the School of Social Work
CHAPTER ONE: THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS Social work education as a degree program at the University of Michigan began in 1921, some 104 years after the university's founding in 1817. This chapter covers social work programs at Michigan from 1921 to 1951. During the first fourteen years of this period a Curriculum in Social Work was offered at the undergraduate level in Ann Arbor in the university's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. In 1935 the university opened a graduate program for social work in Detroit, where the program leading to a master's degree remained until 1951. In 1951 this graduate program was moved to the Ann Arbor campus, where it has continued its master's program, with the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science initiated in 1957. Part One, Historical Context, presents highlights of the early years of the university as a context for this history of social work education at Michigan, especially in regard to university goals, such as teaching, research, and service. The activities of faculty members at the university who were active prior to 1921 in connecting the fields of economics, philosophy, and sociology to "charity work," philanthropy, social work practice, and social work education are noted. As a historical context, early "training" schools and programs in social work education in the United States are cited. Part Two, Curriculum in Social Work: 1921-35, describes features of the university's program in social work education at the undergraduate level in Ann Arbor from 1921 to 1935. Part Three, Graduate Social Work Programs: 1935-51, covers the graduate program in social work offered by the university in Detroit from 1935 to 1951. -
Paa2018 2018 Annual Meeting Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, Colorado • April 26-28
Population Association of America 2018 ANNUAL MEETING FINAL PROGRAM #PAA2018 2018 ANNUAL MEETING SHERATON DENVER DOWNTOWN, DENVER, COLORADO • APRIL 26-28 8630 FENTON STREET, SUITE 722, SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 301.565.6710 www.populationassociation.org Directors: Mikko Myrskylä - Emilio Zagheni www.demogr.mpg.de The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research is recruiting at PhD, Post-doctoral and Research Scientist (Assistant Professor) levels to Research Groups on: Digital Demography, Migration and Generational Processes Fertility, Health, and Labor For more information please scan the QR code or see: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/jobs/ Population Association of America 2018 ANNUAL MEETING FINAL PROGRAM April 26 – 28 Sheraton Denver Downtown Denver, CO Population Association of America 8630 Fenton Street, Suite 722 Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.565.6710 www.populationassociation.org Come visit us in Booth 219! CHITWAN VALLEY FAMILY STUDY (CVFS) Disseminates, archives, NACDA advances research on and preserves data for 4 aging, helping researchers with population studies. reasons secondary data resources. to visit Booth 319 Offers comprehensive Provides leadership and training statistics, Census data, and in data access, curation, and spatial data of China. methods of analysis. Also check out Booth 219! HRS, PSID and Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) TABLE OF CONTENTS Meeting Information 4 General Information. 4 Meeting Facilities. 5 Exhibitors and Exhibit Floor Plan . 8 #PAA2018 Sponsors. 10 Acknowledgements. 11 2018 Program Organizing Committee . 12 Organizers and Co-Organizers. 13 PAA Information 17 Board of Directors, Past Officers, and Staff . 18 Demography Editors . 20 PAA Fund 21 PAA Fund Donation Form . 22 PAA Fund Campaign. 23 Contributors.