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Under-Utilized Contributions By International Students: Case Study For Education And Research, Gina Chowa, Kofi Danso, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

International social work education in the United States focuses on globalization and international practicum for American students. a readily available resource, international social work graduate students, is rarely utilized. This article discusses a case study of five African students who engage in a process of realigning their academic knowledge to respond to local social development challenges in their home countries. These processes result in profound innovations that are based on theory, indigenous experience, and culturally competent practice.

Welfare Reform And Asset Accumulation: Asset Limit Changes, Financial Assets, And Vehicle Ownership, Yunju Nam

Center for Social Development Research

Objective. Over the past decade, federal and state governments have substantially liberalized asset limits in welfare. This paper examines whether this policy change promotes asset accumulation among the target population of actual and potential welfare recipients. Methods. Utilizing household data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and state data, this study employs a difference-in-difference approach in order to determine whether state asset limits affect the target population’s financial and vehicle asset accumulation. This study develops a new policy measure that considers the time period following the adoption of liberalized asset limits. Results. Analysis results suggest that increased asset limits …

Seed Account Monitoring Research: Participants And Savings Outcomes At June 30, 2007, Lisa Reyes Mason, Margaret Clancy, Vernon Loke, Youngmi Kim, Yunju Nam, Soda Lo

Center for Social Development Research

SEED Account Monitoring Research: Participants and Savings Outcomes at June 30, 2007

The Balance Sheets Of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets And Liabilities., Adam Carasso, Signe-Mary Mckernan

Center for Social Development Research

The Balance Sheets of Low-Income Households: What We Know About Their Assets and Liabilities.

The Effects Of Welfare And Ida Program Rules On The Asset Holding Of Low-Income Families, Signe-Mary Mckernan, Caroline Ratcliff, Yunju Nam

Center for Social Development Research

The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on the Asset Holding of Low-Income Families

Examining Minority And Poor Youth's College Aspirations And Expectations: The Potential Role Of College Savings, William Elliott Iii

Center for Social Development Research

In this study, the following three questions are examined: (1) Is having savings for college associated with higher college expectations? (2) Are college expectations associated with math achievement? and (3) Do college expectations act as a mediator for college aspirations? Findings indicate that youth with college savings are more likely to have higher college expectations and having higher college expectations is associated with math achievement. Further, college expectations act as a mediator for college aspirations. These findings suggest that policies designed to promote youth college savings may have a positive impact on college expectations.

National And International Volunteerism Among Volunteers In The United States, 2005, Benjamin J. Lough, Kimberly A. Spring

Center for Social Development Research

National and International Volunteerism Among Volunteers in the United States, 2005

The Estimated Economic Value Of A Us Volunteer Abroad, Benjamin Lough, Amanda Moore Mcbride, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

The Estimated Economic Value of a US Volunteer Abroad

The Elderly In Uruguay: Volunteer Work And Civic Service Actors, Anabel Cruz, Lucia Pérez

Center for Social Development Research

The Elderly in Uruguay: Volunteer Work and Civic Service Actors

Asset Building In Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Sustainable Economic Development For Rural Farmers, Gina Chowa

Center for Social Development Research

Asset Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Sustainable Economic Development for Rural Farmers

Asset-Based Policy In Taiwan: Demonstrations And Policy Progress, Li-Chen Cheng

Center for Social Development Research

Asset-Based Policy in Taiwan: Demonstrations and Policy Progress

Domestic Violence, Economic Abuse, And Implications Of A Program For Building Economic Resources For Low-Income Women, Cynthia K. Sanders

Center for Social Development Research

Domestic Violence, Economic Abuse, and Implications of a Program for Building Economic Resources for Low-Income Women

Measuring Effectiveness Of Civic Participation At The University Level In Turkey: A Case Study Of The Civic Involvement Project At Sabanci University, Tara Hopkins

Center for Social Development Research

Sabanci University, located in Istanbul, Turkey, launched the Civic Involvement Project (CIP) in 1999 for students at the university level. This study examines the effectiveness of CIP, with the principle goals of measuring participants’ perceptions and identifying the program’s strengths and weaknesses. In addition, this research seeks to better understand how CIP compares to other youth involvement/participation programs. The impact of service-learning on several civic education variables (i.e. social awareness, social networking, political awareness, critical thinking, and personal development) and the effects of characteristics of service-learning experiences on the development of students are also explored.

Student Life, April 20, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

April 20, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7B56HT9

Student Life, March 30, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

March 30, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7RB73PC

Student Life - Career Fair Guide, February 01, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

February 01, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K700015W

Student Life, January 19, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

January 19, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7RF5T45

Student Life, January 17, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

January 17, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7W66JVG

2007 Model Practice Building: Cohort Brief, Center For Public Health Systems Science, Nikole Lobb Dougherty

Center for Public Health Systems Science

This report is part of a series of reports and presentations to communicate on the progress of the Missouri Foundation for Health’s (MFH) Healthy and Active Communities Initiative (H&AC). This report provides a descriptive snapshot of the activities that occurred over the three-year grant period of the 2007 Model Practice Building (MPB) grantees.

Social Impact: Love Or Money: The Rise Of For-Profit Social Services, Rick Skwiot

Social Impact Publication

For better or for worse, for-profit social-service providers—in mental health, welfare, and medical care—are driving fundamental change in an industry previously driven largely by humanitarian concerns.

Social Impact, Edward L. Lawler, Tonya E. Edmonds, Enola K. Proctor, Julie Kennedy, Jessica Martin, Toky Branding + Design, Donna Boyd, Ellen Rostand, Michelle Kassman

Social Impact Publication

From the Dean: Make Space for Social Work;

Perspectives: In the News: Social Work Faculty and Staff Comment on Civilian Service, Health Care Costs, and Native American Stereotypes;

Perspectives: Civic Service Worldwide;

Perspectives: The Future of Social Work Research with Enola K. Proctor;

Interview: Q&A with Greg Echele;

Scattered Image: Leaders in social work education agree that the profession has an image problem but remain at odds on the best way to change it.;

Place, Space, & People: Traditionally two disparate fields, architecture and social work are interacting in new ways that involve communities in producing socially innovative design.;

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Social Impact, Edward F. Lawler, Tonya E. Edmonds, Luis H. Zayas, Enola K. Proctor, Ellen Rostand, Jessica Martin, Toky Branding + Design, Donna Boyd

Social Impact Publication

From the Dean: Challenging Our Profession;

Perspectives: In The News: Social Work Faculty and Alumni Comment on Latina Mental Health, Saving in China, and the Poverty Line.;

Bookshelf: From the Internet to Economics: What Faculty and Staff are Reading.;

Perspectives by Arlene Rubin Stiffman: Indictment of Cruelty or Testimony of the Human Spirit?;

Perspectives with Gina Chowa: Student Exports Poverty-Fighting Idea to Africa;

Interview: Q&A with Richard A. Gephardt;

Perspectives: A Closer Look at Immigration with Luis H. Zayas; 16 For Love or Money: The Rise of For-Profit Social Services.;

The 4-2-1 Phenomenon: New Partnership Explores Aging in China.;

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Social Impact: 4-2-1 Phenomenon: New Partnership Explores Aging In China, Mu Mian

Social Impact Publication

There is a traditional belief that every child will have a younger generation to support them. Thishas resulted in an obligation on the child to take child of the elderly.

Social Impact: Scattered Image, Rick Skwiot

Social Impact Publication

Most inside the social work profession agree that it has an image problem, which affects recruitment, pay, status, funding, and social influence. But they often disagree on who is a social worker, what the term "social work" means, whether to re-brand or scrap the term, who ought to do it, and what the image problem really is. Whatever it may be, it causes at least one social work school dean to worry "a lot" and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) to launch a multi-year campaign to change the image.

Social Impact: Q&A With Greg Echele, Ellen Rostand

Social Impact Publication

Interview with Greg Echele

Social Impact: Anything But Ordinary: A New View Of Federal Service, Judy H. Watts

Social Impact Publication

Presidential Management Fellows program offers solution to federal workforce challenge.

Social Impact: Perspectives With Luis H. Zayas: A Closer Look At Immigration, Betsy Rogers

Social Impact Publication

Immigration reform took center stage last spring as hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Latin America and elsewhere filled American streets to protest proposed legislation widely seen as harsh and punitive. The immigrants' numbers and fervor took many by surprise, but Luis Zayas, the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work and professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, finds nothing historically unusual in today's migrations.

Social Impact: Perspectives With Enola K. Proctor: The Future Of Social Work Research, Betsy Rogers, Geoff Story

Social Impact Publication

As an academic discipline and a profession, social work is undergoing a dramatic transformation, embracing new standards of evidence, effectiveness, and accountability in both research and practice. Characteristically, the Brown School is leading the way, and Enola K. Proctor, associate dean for research, has become a national champion for the new standards.

Social Impact: Sowing The Seeds Of Knowledge, Brenda Murphy-Niederkorn

Social Impact Publication

Social Work PhDs share their impact and reflect on their doctoral education.

Social Impact: A Sense Of Place: Place-Based Initiatives Help Communities And Students, Rick Skwiot

Social Impact Publication

Kirkland has been advocating and teaching "place-based" social work for some 30 years under the rubric "social and economic development."